Cutting up bending oak for this particular boat kind of sucked. I realized that the wood I had been saving for this project had more inclusions than I thought, so I decided to dig to the bottom of the pile where I abandoned some decent boards a few years ago. I planed and sliced up those boards only to realize that there were hidden cracks, and a spot of wavy grain, and I didn’t have quite enough ribs. It’s not a good idea to mix wood with different grain pattern and moisture content in a build, so I set all of that aside. Next I found a couple of really nice boards that unfortunately were a little too thin, so I turned back to my original plan and sliced up the questionable wood only to realize that it was indeed still questionable and there’s no way I was going to mix it with the other stuff that I cut earlier. Finally, I dug into the nice stock that we sell to customers and found just enough of what I needed. Overall I probably massacred 30 board feet of decent quality Oak to find 28 ribs. On the bright side, this new jig for breaking the edges of the ribs works great! Thanks to @nomadboatbuilding for the idea.
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