I was wondering where most of you took your measurements (nose, tail, width) off of. Do you just take them off the outside of the stringer? Or do you “snap” a chaulk line down the center and make the measurements off of that? I’ve seen heard of both ways, but which way do you guys do it? I’ve done two boards now and tried both ways, both boards seemed a little off though. Maybe its just cause I’ve only did two and will pick it up better, but it seems that making both sides the same measurement would be the easiest part of making a board. Any info would be great. Thanks guys.
I have snapped chalk lines on the last two blanks I shaped.(one was a parabolic stringer so I had too) Stringers in clark blanks wavered a little about an 1/8th in for the whole length. The material you make your templates from I find makes a bigger difference. Cardboard is garbage for templates, all the little ridges make the outline wobbly. Paper is too flimsy. Masonite works well as do doorskins.
I just want to learn and get better. So do you snap lines on all your blanks? I’m also using doorskins as my templates. Thanks for the reply.
use the chalk line to check the straightness of the stringer
if its straight then use the stringer
if not then snap a true line
Now are you doing the chaulk on the deck or on the bottom? When I did do the chaulk line, I did it on the deck, cause I was having a hard time with the line on the bottom. Because of the rocker curve. Thanks again.
check the stringer on the deck side if its good use the stringer
kind of eyeball it
if its off you will have to carefully push the line down to snap it
“Cardboard is garbage for templates, all the little ridges make the outline wobbly.”
Damn, guess I will have to throw away about 50 templates I have been using all these years.