Friday, December 25, 2020

Building the Mast

Assembling the Mast 

The mast was built by gluing up 2X4 lumber trimmed to 3" square with thickened epoxy and scarfing to make the 18' length required. The top 10 ft were tapered to 2" at the top by using an electric hand plane.

Gluing up the mast


Tapering the mast



Next step
Use the electric hand plane to round the mast


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