Keepin' on, Keepin' on

I have finished all of the prep work and I am now ready to start stitching the hull together.  My final welds went much better than the beginning ones and I look forward to starting the next boat with a few skills under my belt.   

My last work was beveling the edges between the deck and the hull.  This involves taking down 2 layers of the plywood on the 4th and 5th panels.  I tried a few things, but a sharp block plain and a sanding block with 120 grit sand paper did the best work.  I did use a file on the epoxy portions and even tried a rasp.  The rasp tended to take out to much wood at a time for me, so I just used the curved side of the file to take down more of the wood.   Check out the photos below.  

I would recommend only sanding the last inch towards the tip.  I had the middle ply leave in a single chunk on a few tips.  Overall it was easy and each edge took about an hour.  Just make sure you bevel the right edge!

Drilling the holes was about a 3 hour Saturday morning listening to Car Talk and Wait, Wait Don't Tell me.  The recommended jig in the manual does make spacing the holes easy and quick.  I did break one drill bit, so have an extra or two on hand.  

Next step:  Bringing the panels together!!!!