In process: bending the slats for the athwarthship beams.

Here’s the jig I put together to bend the slats. That’s right, after several (as in 5) hours ripping them by hand, I am now going to bend and glue them back together.

wood bending jig

I take my time bending them the first time. When they get comfortable with it, I’ll epoxy them in place

Here my assistant is readying the epoxy materials: