Design model phase at Bill Buchbinder’s sail shop

Checking the fit of the cockpit with the bottom stringers

Bill just had to cut a sail

Construction of the fuselage—progression is from left to right

The concept and design phase is completed

Planing away  $ dollars $

Cutting the scarf joints

Truing the edge of all boards

Corey checks Bob’s choice of boards

Setting up the jig table and template

Scarf’s are epoxied

Scarf’s are epoxied

Bob loves his laser for all sorts of applications

Drawing out the template

Completed template

Piecing together the backbone

The backbone is set

I can feel the ice chips already!

Piecing the sides of the fuselage

Cockpit sides completed

Got any more weights?

Routing off the sides

The interior bracing is done, now comes the foam to stiffen the floor

Necessity is the mother of invention, especially when gluing

The back is on

Forming the back supports

Forming the front of the cockpit

Cross bracing the rear of the cockpit

Between the lead bars, screw/bolt boxes and the old bricks, the cockpit has about 200 pounds on it

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