For a long time I've wanted to build a KR-2, but I didn't have a place to do it. Now, after moving from an apartment to a house, I've decided the best way is to build it in my basement as far as possible. I have a small two-car garage, but it's cold, drafty, and often damp. The basement is dry and heated, with a ground level door to the backyard, and I have woodworking and metalworking equipment there.
The problem is space. There's a furnace room in the middle of the basement, and the area where I want to put the assembly table is 76" wide on one end and 80" wide on the other. The KR manual says the table is made of two sheets of particle board put end to end "and cut off to length of table desired." But leaving the table 48" wide seems much more than I need and it would make it harder to move around it. How narrow a table can I get away with? (And how long does it have to be? My space is plenty long enough to build the boat, but I don't see any point making the table longer than it needs to be). The hard part is going to be getting the boat out the door, which is currently 32" wide (though if I take out the door frame I can get it to get to 34"). The plans seem to want me to build the tail after the boat, but I don't see why I can't do that last, and without the tail, the boat turned sideways can get through the door, maybe even with the wing spars on. Finally, I bought my plans awhile ago and have Serial No. 9159 in Book No. 78. Drawing 1 and Drawing 2 are the May, 1986 release, and the firewall template is dated February 15, 1981. Are these the latest version, and if not, is there a way to get the later ones? Mike Taglieri miket--...@juno.com
