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| Hey, how y'all doin? This is what we are starting with. Click on any picture to see a larger image. Then click the back button to return to this page. |  |
 | Beam Jig for making roof beams. Use a glue that does not "creep". Online research found Titebond to be a good choice. I also used long screws 12 inches apart on the top and alternatly on the bottom. |
| There will be a lot of cuts. This one is significant because it is the first. |  |
 | Bulkhead in and walls started. The brace holds the wall at 5 degrees tumble in. |
| Plywood is glued with construction adhesive and screwed to the combing. I attempted to grind the nonskid but it just ate the grinder so I put extra matt and resin and rolled it into the nonskid. If it is that tuff it should do fine. |  |
 | Decision time. Follow the curve or bring the side up and the front out to form an angle. |
| To form the curve cut 2 inch wide strips of 3/4 inch plywood. Use plywood because dimentional lumber is not stable enough to fiberglass to. |  |
 | On the inside small blocks were used to hold the curve together. The left screw was tightened and the right screw was only tightened enough to hold the stips together and leave a small angle so the curve would form. |
| Once the curve is finished it needs to be cut to height. To do this a lazer level was laid across two beams and since there is a crown, a square was used to keep the lazer perpendicular to the beams. |  |
 | Curve is completed and fiberglassed with a layer of matt, 24 oz roving and another layer of matt. |
| Fiberglassed the same on the inside. Once set this is very strong. |  |
 | Both sides complete |
| All the deck beams are set |  |
 | and ready for the plywood. The roof will be a box beam with 1/2 inch layer of plywood on the top of the beam and another on the bottom. Screwed and glued. |
| To make the plywood stronger the ends and the sides were joined with strips of 3/4 plywood, glued and screwed. |  |
 | Plywood on |
| and ready for fiberglass. |  |
 | All fiberglassed. Originally the side was going to be glassed up and over the top 4 inches and the top glassed and lap 4 inches down the side. That is the way it started but with the hot sun we had to do the edge then the sides and the top. |
| All complete for now, a nice dry place to cut fiberglass inside. Next: Watertank construction |  |
