After all the work to lay out the transom I was excited to get working on the same process for the other frames. After about an hour struggling with making frame 1 line up right I finally stepped back and asked myself how to make this go more smoothly. Then it hit me that most of the frames have at least one flat side, and I can use the miter saw (power!) to cut the angles I need. So after checking the angle five times with my rafter square, I put both frame pieces together and cut. The angle was perfect and matched exactly, no bevel to try and straighten out! I still need the plywood to make sure everything will stay aligned, but the angles are perfect now. This also saves a HUGE amount of time over shaping each piece by hand. I still have one frame left to cut out, but now that my layout time is down considerably, I think I can have all the frames made up this week. That's probably a little ambitious, but so is building a boat by hand.
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