The last finicky fastening job is fixing the ends of the gunwales to the stem and stern posts. After this the bird cage frame becomes quite stable and we can now apply the bottom stringers.
A difficult part is getting the end of the gunwales properly tapered to meet flush with the sides of the posts. We tried a number of tools, the block plane, smoothing plane and then the rasp but all were rather awkward to operate for this purpose as there was not much space. In the end what worked best was to us a handsaw and first cut an approximate bevel. Then using the saw flat against the side of the stem post just keep sawing layers into the gunwales paralell to the stem face. Worked pretty slick. The end result was a very nice fit.
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