Tools

We have been collecting the tools needed for the restoration work.  We recently purchased a Delta bandsaw listed on Craigslist.  The saw was listed as part of an estate sale and looked brand new.  It also included the mobility stand and was 1/10^th the cost of a new bandsaw.

Jorgensen bar clamps in 6” and 12” lengths have been accumulating, waiting for woodwork to begin.

W.L. Fuller taper point drills with counter sinks and stops, and a 3/8” plug cutter have been purchased as well.  The taper point drills are needed to allow the silicon-bronze screws to join the white oak frames together without splitting the framework, and also to countersink the screw head for covering with a mahogany bung or wood filler.
 

We have also been building tools.  Two dollies were made to set the over-turned boat on, from the yet to be built flip over rig.  This will allow moving the boat around the garage once out of the flip over rig.

This pile of wood parts was turned into sawhorses that will support the over-turned boat by the engine stringers.

They are adjustable to allow for leveling the boat using wedges under the support block.  The sawhorses are easy to disassemble, the plywood panels screw to the legs, so we can get them under the boat.