Phew! That little dimple in the deck (at the peak of the forward bulkhead) flattened out. Not that the 4 Jorgensen clamps had anything to do with it.
Trimming the overhang, inside and out, was the next task. There’s not a whole lot to this, other than burnin’ calories, almost a Milky Way’s bar worth. The outer edge of the deck was easy with the old 1897 Stanley #60 1/2 block plane. Inside curves, the cockpit area, are a different matter. I did them in two stages, first saw off most of the excess, then trim with a spokeshave.
Two tools are very useful for this task. The AccuScribe compass gave me another way of doing “reach around” marking. It’s 3 adjustment points give it a lot of flexibility, and also lots of possibility for something being loose. (Don’t ask.) The little Kataba saw is very handy. Like most Japanese saws, it cuts on the pull stroke, has a narrow kerf and hardened teeth.
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