Shimmin O The Chines

It sounds like it could be the title of an Irish folk ballad... "Shimmin O The Chines." As many ballads go, the actual work has so far been a mixture of hope and tragedy.

Well, perhaps "tragedy" might be a bit of an overstatement. But, what was that I said in the last post? "Two steps forward, one step back?"

In any case, Id made the shims by cutting a 14-inch piece of mahogany in half with a hand saw. Then I planed each half down to approximately 3/16" with a planer/jointer. I epoxied these into position along the low point in the port chine.

When I was planing down the overhanging edge, however, I wasnt paying enough attention to the angle at which I was holding my larger hand plane. Before I knew it, Id inadvertently gouged the side planking. Theres not much I can do about that now, other than fill the gouge in with epoxy. I guess its a good thing I wasnt planning on a bright finish for the sides.
 
Mahogany shims for filling in that low spot along the port chine.


The overhanging edge faired away quickly, but youve gotta watch the angle on those larger hand planes.

A close-up of the gouge in the plywood.

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