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When he finished his caulking, he made a mast with a crosspiece, or boom, out of branches.

On a couple of them, you can still see the stub of a , crosspiece, burned black.

Below a heavy silver crosspiece was the blade.

“There should be padding and leather on the crosspieces,” said Brother Luke.

The thick perimeter pieces and crosspieces were joined with interlocking mortise and tenon joints.