The deck pic I tried wetting down, so the discoloration is only water that has started to dry. I havent cleaned up the ends of the stem yet...make note here, do it before you glue it! I can see this biting me in the rear end here if I aint careful.
Some more sanding work and then varnish and she's done. If it were only truely that easy ;). Still a blast though.............again thank you for the help!
Oh, on the scuppers. Johns site and I've noticed on others using routers to round them over. Boy I dunno how yall do it. I bought the round over bit for my dremel and gave that a modest attempt at learning...well it didnt go so hot. I was trying to freehand it as I dont have the router bracket for the dremel yet. Gonna go by lowes tomorrow and see if they have it. Thankfully the screwup gunnels (first attempt), are perfect for practicing this on.
the deck from above......
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