Shaping frame replacements

I’ve figured a way to clamp oak blocks in a secure way, so that I can drill into them from outside the boat. This is to position repair bits of oak on broken frames and hold them while gluing. Modified clamp does the job!

Today I’ve finished shaping scarves in remaining three cockpit frames which need repair. Next step was clamping and positioning of repair blocks and drilling from the outside (using the same holes in planking) to secure their position. M4 threaded rod, cut to size, was used to produce holding screws.

Having first four parts in place I could scribe their frame shape for pre-shaping in vice. Small pencil on wooden block is my way of taking shapes.
Since most of these frames are slightly tilted I scribed both faces of wood.

Parts are numbered to keep track on where they belong because now I remove them for off-boat shaping.

I could have use spoke shave and block plane to shape these bits but I was in a hurry - I hoped I can glue them already today and I didn’t want to start epoxying too late as the weather forecast for the night is minus temperatures.
So to save time I produced clouds of wood dust and hundreds of decibel noise with my angle grinder. Final finish was with sand paper. Then parts were moved back into boat, to check matching. Surprisingly they fit pretty nice.

Final shaping will be done with block plane and sandpaper - after epoxy cures.

In the end I’ve decided that I’ll postpone epoxy job till tomorrow - Long Friday!
I should be able to start working with glue around lunch time which will give it several hours of warmth - 8-10 degrees C - to kick off and start curing.

So I have 4 more wood blocks to attach and shape prior gluing. I’ll do that while the first 4 plus big frame is being glued.

In the meantime I finally got my new mainsail control system - Barton. As a last job today I’ve removed old mainsail track and cut to shape oak plank which will level the mahogany crossbeam up to bench level. This way I will be able to have new sail track as wide as the cockpit width - so broader spectrum for sail adjustments..