No, it is not a rude expletive, it is an odd little plane used for shaping curved surfaces, it being curved itself.
The interesting thing is that we have been making the plane inside out from a block of wood which was then sawn in half and stuck back together with the outsides inwards... it does make sense I assure you.
We had a Paella Party this week by way of getting the social side of the course out of the pub, it was a great success and we cooked Paella for 23, lots of red, and a bucket of olives and breadsticks.
Generally this week has been about practicing skills, particularly chiselling and sawing accurately to lines, another one of those 'how difficult can this be' activities. Answer: very when you are expected to work to the line without meandering back and forth.
This has also been a week for converting a set of 'Offsets' for the boat I am going to be building and trying to get to grips with the maths of designing a gaff rig. The guy who took the original lines decided for some reason best known to himself to record the Offsets in decimal feet; I am sure there is a very special place reserved for him in the after life involving sulphur and pitchforks... decimal feet!!!
That's all for now, still wrestling with pictures but I will get there I assure you...
