Hi Chris,

What you suggest is just what I did on my Guillemot. My boxbeam was a bit flexible and I knew that if I aligned the forms rightside up and then flipped the skeleton, I'd have to do some more alignment once inverted. So I aligned the forms inverted from the beginning. Clamp some strips vertically near the ends of the stems to act as "sights". You can then make sure they're plumb and line-up with the centerline.

Have fun. Don't forget to refamiliarize yourself with your family when the boat's complete.

Ross

> Quick question....Should I string the forms onto the strongback bow up and
> flip the whole thing over (seems to be what Nick is doing) or is that just
> for display purposes of the book. Seems to be easier to align the forms
> deck-down and not worry about and deflection during rotation. I hate
> rotation deflection!

> By the way...I may be in trouble. I was hand planing the internal stems
> yesterday and was really enjoying it! When this thing starts looking like
> a yak, I may not see the wife and daughter until the glass is done!