Bevin Builder Home Safety! Getting Started Scarfing Sides, Stern, Transom Chines Nailing on the bottom Fitting and adhesive Nailing & trimming Deck Beam Quarter Knees Frames Rails Foredeck Seat Risers Keel & Skeg Seats Oar Locks Painter & Oars Fill, Sand & Paint Your Pictures	Planing the Chines and Transom Flat You’re going to need a 4 foot straight edge and a sharp plane. Plane the chines (including sides) and transom flat so the bottom will bear fully on both. Use the 4 foot straight edge to ensure both sides are flat.When planing the transom work in from the ends. If you run all the way across, you’ll split out the plywood on the far side. Trim the stem as required using a saw and, or a plane. Test fit the bottom. Lay it so the trailing edge of the scarph is aft (looking from the outside.)
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