The hull formation has begun. The last post was a dry fit. This one has the epoxy doing its thing. I had an idea to keep the chine flat to the board. I used an office stapler in the open position and actually stapled the chines down to the work board. Just enough penetration to give a good flat hold without any pins in the way.

I was also using some weights from time to time. You can see them in the pictures. The round silvery ones are 303 stainless steel blanks I use to machine locomotive wheels (2 per blank). Nice heavy hold down weights.

FYI epoxy glue doesn’t require tight holding to do a proper job. In fact light or no pressure is preferable. I little fillet is good practice. These fillets are a little large but they will be hidden under the deck so I was a bit generous. Epoxy is designed to be a gap filler too and the Dumas slots need a lot of filling. The slots are a bit oversize from the die crunching.

The keel isn’t glued in yet and that will be the next step.