Cutting the ama hull panels

3 hours of work today. Cutting the panels took about two hours. We used our small circular saw with a 85 mm diameter blade. The laser pointer helps to cut precisely, but the cutting speed is slow and okoume' sawdust flies everywhere: however we both wear glasses and since dust masks are very uncomfortable we do not use those.

By the time we had just started to cut the second panel, the first blade went dull and started to produce smoke and darker sawdust, so we replaced it.

The new blade allowed us to complete the cutting operation. We also tried to use the big circular saw, but it's a bit scary and more difficult to control so we went back to the small one. Here's an "aerial" view of the ama hull panels, completely cut but still screwed to the table while the offcuts have been removed. On the left are the two stacked outboard panels, on the right the two inboard ones. Remember that we cut all ama panels in one operations, so what you see are actually all four ama hull panels (two layers per side).

All section have been marked, unscrewed from the table and set apart. Then we spent about one hour to clean up the shop and put the remaining 6 mm panels (6 of them, again in two layers) on the table, ready to start the main hull panels. Here's a bunch of plywood offcuts at the end of the day:

Total work time to date: 17 hours