As you can see from the design, the frames are made of fir. I drew up the frames in TurboCAD for a purpose. One of the most time consuming processes of building a boat is ensuring that the frames are built to proper specifications. Working from these old drawings is easy, but I wanted to cut down on the amount of time it would take from start to finish. I am lucky enough to have a friend at Weaver Boatworks in Deale, MD (Jim Weaver). He's a great guy and he and his company make the finest ocean power yachts in the world. Visit his site and you'll see what I mean. He happens to own a computer controlled routing table too. I am lucky to call him a friend and not because he is allowing me to use his equipment. It's because he is a great guy with or without a CNC routing table.
After drawing the frames in CAD I was able to export them into DXF files which they have converted to CNC code for use with their routing table. In 1 hour their machine will save me 4 weekends worth of work on the frames. I'll pickup the frames tomorrow and my son and I will begin to mount them on my jig. I'll take a picture and post it once we begin this process. I'm looking forward to a productive start. He and I are going to have a great spring break project!
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