Building a boat-hull Boeotian

[Kineas]

Now that I had all the steam-bent parts, I had to mitre them all together with a chisel. I put the cross pieces into the rims first. Note--my steam-bender mis-made the rims, so that they are too narrow and not cthick enough. However, if I ordered new ones my cost would have been into the $1000 range before any work was done--and for my experiments, I could survive with flat rims. But please note--everything I'm going to do on this project would have been easier with 2 inch wide rims!
So yes, Giannis--I KNOW they look odd.

Here's the first cross piece mitred into the top rim piece.



Here's how deep I cut the keel into the cross pieces.



Those holes you see are where I'll lace the rawhide cover onto the shield--in about 40 hours of work...

Here's the in-cut.