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Using a bench vise
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Each timber was secured in a bench vise and a plane and spoke shave was used to bevel both faces.

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Checking the fit
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The final fit was made by trying the rough-cut timber against the battens.

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A second timber is cut
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Each timber had an identical piece fashioned after it to make a timber pair, one for each side of the boat.

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Attaching timber pairs
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Each pair would then be nailed to the keel, plumbed and the battens nailed to the new timber pair.

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Timbered out in the mid-ship section
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Attaching the timbers, referred to as timbering out, began in the mid-ship area, working towards the ends. Once a section was completed it was said to be timbered out.

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Placing the forward timber
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At the stem and stern sections timbers were butted and nailed to the stem and the stern post or the deadwoods joining the stem and stern post to the keel.

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Timbering out
2003
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The boat was timbered out from the mid-ship to the stem. In this case, the temporary mainframe moulds (fore hook, mid-ship bend and after hook) are kept in place until all of the timbering is complete.