With the real pieces of coaming made up in Khaya, I was keen to avoid a corner post arrangement. The angle of intersection was so obtuse anyway it would’ve had to be really clunky, so instead came up with these long birdmouths to provide a mechanical joint. This was a good challenge to my colleague and fun to cut. A nice long stupidly sharp paring chisel was the key to a perfect fit.
Fettling everything to fit took patience and a super methodical approach as the whole thing was a sort of four way fit. It did help that the curved after piece’s two sides worked out ever so slightly tapered compared to each other, making for a very satisfactory final assembly.
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