Boom Gallows work and Beginning Mast

I finished up the boom gallow over these past couple weeks.  I forgot to take pictures of the Rigid Planer in action, but I moved everything outside as to not make a mess inside. This was the first time I used my thickness planer. It worked pretty well. Took a little time to get used to and was making a strange noise. Still not sure what that is??   I took the boom gallow down to 1 1/2 inches per the instructions and then used the bandsaw to cut out the final shape. 

This past weekend I used my Orbital Festool sander to sand down using 80 and then 120. I then took it outside and used my router to do a 1/4" round-over on all the edges. I was very pleased with the way it turned out. Next up on this will be to apply 2 coats of epoxy and then varnish. Will need to wait till warmer weather for this.

While I had the thickness planer outside, I marked all the mast pieces "staves" I need to build the mast. I marked the scarf joint on all the 8 pieces and used my hand planer to get down to the pencil lines. I will use a hand plane to get the rest. I need to sharpen my hand planes and just purchased "Wood Sharp 3000" for this purpose.  I will let you know how that turns out. 

Below is some of the mess I made in the driveway. I like the clean-up using a leaf blower!!! :-) Just blow it in the woods! 

Next up will be cleaning up the scarf joints and working on the tiller. I have all the wood strips cut and made a new jig out of some pressure treated wood. I just used the pattern for the tiller and marked one edge on the pressure treated wood and then cut out with jigsaw. This gives me the shape to clamp down on when epoxying them together. 

Below is the clamping jig. I used the same piece of wood as the boom gallow and you can see the 2 pieces screwed to the jig to hold it to the table.  Also on one side of the tiller where it fits into the rudder, I had to add a couple of short pieces to get the thickness.  With the tiller only being 3/4 inches, I am hoping I can get 2 tillers out of it. Maybe 1 to use as a spare.  The two types of wood I am using are Ash and Mahogany.  The pieces are just dry fitted.