Day 9 Cutting the sheer clamp bevels

This morning we cut the bevels for the sheer clamps at the bow and stern. Using a string line stretched from one end of the boat to the other made finding the angle fairly simple. Cutting the bevels and having them mate up proved to be a little bit of a problem but with a lot of sanding, filing and such the sheer clamp ends matched up fairly well. I could not get the ends to mate up perfectly and this is a source of frustration. The ends were glued, screwed, and clamped (just for good measure). I was quite leery to use a temporary screw to hold the sheer clamps ends together as it seemed to me that the screw would become covered in epoxy and not be easily removed. However, the screws were easily removed and the sheer clamps are now formed. We decided to glue the deck beam pieces together since we had extra epoxy and time. The cheap clamps purchased prior to beginning this project worked well for the deck beam.

A friend arrived armed with several amazing looking steaks and the new Ronnie Baker Brooks CD so we decided it was a good time to quit for the day. On a side note, the steaks grilled to perfection proved to be fantastic and the CD is great.