Finally, after much talk and many questions I know have a camera and can post some pics about everything I have been talking about. So here it is, the beginning of my build of Bob Prichett's Classic Rouge River Dory using the plans in Roger Fletcher's Drift Boats and River Dories. I started from the VERY beginning... Insulating and drywalling the garage! Then came the building of the frames. CVG douglas fir found at Lowes. It took a while for my epoxy to come in so at first they were just screwed together with stainless steel #10 1 1/4" flat screws. This picture is after I unscrewed them and epoxyed them together, replacing the screws.

Next came the need for scarfing for the chine log, and inside and outside rails. This was the first major issue I ran into. After almost destroying my tablesaw making an improper jig I turned to the wooden boat people. So many responses with pictures and descriptions. Hera is what I came up with:

 The jig gives me about a 1:8 cut alowing me to glue together two and a half 8' long pieces to get the correct length needed. Then I made another jig to ensure that the pieces get glued straight after one piece slid a little to the side.

Then I finally got my ply wood in!!! 500 dollars worth, 5 sheets of 1/4" hydrotek for the sides and 2 1/2" for the bottom. Scarfing these was a big issue for me, I was just really nervious and over critical of the super expensive wood. Another post after thinking it is all over and again the wooden boat people pull through. The ply wood was not even at the seams when glued together, possibly because the scarf was not totaly flat. Anyways I decided to even out the pieces with thickened epoxy to then be smoothed out with a heat gun later. Im thinking also I may have not had enough weight on the clamp, I was just nervious of starving the joint. Here is what i used:

Anyway after a little evening out here is what I came up with:

A little smoothing out and I think everything will be just fine. Sorry for the bad lighting on the photos, my work space could be better lighted and a little larger.

Notice the raft frame collecting saw dust and the hearter on top of the groover. Should be getting out on the verde in AZ for a week coming up here in a little over a week, but Ill be pushing rubber once again. Cant wait to get some wood on the river! More posts to come.