Today I finished taking measurements for the plan worksheets and then I rounded off the rest of the stringers with the slick plane. (the quality of these has really gone downhill over the last few years, can anyone recommend a better radius plane for breaking edges?)
After that, I made a stem template out of crappy plywood and took a quick trip to the lumberyard to find some stems. I do it this way because with a template I can work around the knots, and tightknot cedar costs half as much as clear and is often cut at 13/16, which lets me plane to the true 3/4 I’m looking for.
After making the stems I built the deck, checked the symmetry, and then made the outwales. I don’t I have to make these yet, but I usually try to do it early because it’s annoying job that breaks my flow at other stages.
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