Building a Wooden Sailboat #13: Daggerboard and Inspection Ports

In part thirteen of this series I make the daggerboard for my wooden Snipe class sailboat. I make it from 3/8" (9.9mm) 6061-T6 aluminum plate. I shape it using saws, files, an electric planer, grinder and flap disk, and sander. I show how to wet sand the aluminum up to a 2000 grit finish and buff or polish it to a near mirror finish. Then I laminate a handle from black walnut and attach it to the aluminum dagger board using aluminum and brass pins. These pins are epoxied in place and make a nice inlay in the wooden handle. Finally I show how to cut holes in the buoyancy compartment bulkheads to install watertight inspection ports or hatches. Plans & Information: https://snipeusa.com/ https://www.snipe.org/ Supplies: Round Inspection Ports: https://amzn.to/2T4EIDC Rectangle Inspection Port: https://amzn.to/2z0zC4x Sandpaper Assortment: https://amzn.to/3fWt5c3 Epoxy - https://amzn.to/2FN7fHp Marine Plywood - https://www.boulterplywood.com/ Sander: https://amzn.to/3bmUG2D Sanding Disks: https://amzn.to/2wkDxYT Vacuum: https://amzn.to/2Uw8ktt Camera Equipment: Canon SL2 - https://amzn.to/2GPW1ms Tripod - https://amzn.to/2XWVhSd GoPro Hero7 White: https://amzn.to/2ITsqtj