Indoor things when there's snow outside

So building out doors in Maine does have its limits, especially after a snow storm or when it is 0 degrees outside or both.  How ever there are a bunch of things that can be done indoors to set your self up for the next construction weather window.  Building your frame halfs for example is a great way to spend your winter evenings ;-o.

I built a frame table half sized in my cellar that would allow me to lay out and construct each half of a "frame".  In the top picture I have the start of a frame half  laid out on the table with the shape derived from the table of offsets that come with the plans and drawn out full sized on the frame table.  These are sawn frames made of Doug Fir with 1" plywood gussets on both sides of the chine joint which is later notched for the chine log.  I prime any mating surface where wood meets wood- this case the plywood gussets will get mounted onto the primed area and fastened with 5/16 galvanized bolts to stabilize the joint.  The frames are later assembled on a full sized frame table out by the keel (to be described in another post).

In the second picture the Frame Storage Area takes shape and the family ping pong table is taken by eminent domain as a place to review blue prints.  The ping pong table has now been relinquished back to its intended recreational use now that all frames are standing- but I am getting ahead of the blog.