Building the Models
A student cuts a design profile from a wood block.
A student plots a curve on his hull model.
Another student lays out a shear curve on his hull model.
A student prepares to make his initial profile cut.
Another student makes his initial profile cut.
A student prepares to make his initial profile cut.
Students at various stages of carving process.
A student cuts a shear line. Note the profile drawn in pencil on the side.
Cutting away.
Students at work at various stages.
Reuben and a student look at traditional boat designs together.
A student refines her hull models shape with a plane.
Reuben discusses a models shape with a student.
A student fairs a model.
A student sands his hull shape smooth.
A student uses the band saw.
A student contemplates hull shaping progress.
More contemplation.
Students work at various stages of progress.
More work at different carving stages.
Reuben discusses hull model progress with a student.
Rough shaping with a chisel.
A student sites the underwater shape of her hull model.
More chisel work.
Reuben and a student discuss hull model shape.
A student prepares to mount his model.
More model shaping.
Reuben discusses sail design with students.
Reuben references historical design.
A student adjusts a spokeshave.
Student sites student siting model.
Fine shaping with a cabinet scraper. Other key tools: chisel (foreground), spokeshave (left), and medium plane (right).
Carving away.
Reuben and a student discuss the implications of hull shape.
More discussion.
A student in the foreground uses a spokeshave in a tight curve near the bow of her model.
Student fairs model with sandpaper.
A student in the foreground planes his model.
A student discusses his model with Tony
A student uses the spokeshave.
A student uses a rasp in a tight curve.
More work with a rasp.
Final shaping of a model.
