Before going to work this morning I epoxied two support pieces to the sides of the front compartments about 1/3 of the way from the front. After work I cut the slots for the cross piece and fitted a cross piece. Then, rather than cut the slots I decided to screw/epoxy on a couple of [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Cutting and shaping’
July 6, 2008
6/236 Hatches
I slept in a bit this morning but got up to a cool morning on the edge of rain. It was a nice change from the heat. I started out the day by putting a wrap of 3″ tape around the ends of the yard and boom where holes will be drilled to run lines [...]
July 6, 2008
7/230 Seats!
Today I spent a lot of time with the belt sander shaping the rudder and leeboard. I also drilled holes in the rudder and rudder cheek and bolted them together. Not much to say about that but the wind was howling outside, it was hot and the belt sander is noisy. Our poor neighbours are [...]
July 4, 2008
6/223 Seat Support, Mast Partner and Step
I ripped the seat support piece and got it installed. Because the bolt that the leeboard rotates around passes through this support I did the following to make sure it passed through the right place: I took a piece of scrap and lined it up with a mark for the upper edge of the support. [...]
July 1, 2008
7/210 – Seat Supports, etc Photo Catch-up
Sunday, June 29th was a HOT day…well for here anyway after the long cold spring we have had. I was in the garage at 7:45 trying to get a few things done. First off I laminated a spar together. Used every C-clamp that I own to keep the joint together and align both halves [...]
June 26, 2008
2/201 More Leeboard Guard Action
Picked up a 5/8″ Forstner bit today to countersink holes large enough for the washers used with the 1/4″ bolts used to attach the upper leeboard guard to the gunwale. I measured the distance from end to end on the gunwale…33″. Then I measured in 1 1/2″ from each end for the two end bolts [...]
June 25, 2008
4/199 Leeboard Guards Nearly Done
Today I picked up some more lumber from Windsor plywood before heading for home. Once I got home I started working on the lower leeboard support. I used the upper guard as a template for the curve of the hull. I clamped the blank to the upper leeboard guard against the fence that was still [...]
June 24, 2008
10/195 June 18-23/2008 Leeboard
The pieces of 1/4″ plywood that I laminated together…weren’t. I had gaps and I had to consign the piece to the scrap heap. That will teach me for trying to stretch the epoxy and not screw/clamp it together properly as I only weighted it down with a toolbox and bucket full of clamps.
I spent a [...]
June 18, 2008
2/183 More Stem Work
Today after work I drove down to Lee Valley and picked up a big honking router bit..a straight template bit with cutters 1 1/2″ deep to trim the gunwales at the front and back using a template.
I also drove over to Windsor Plywood and picked up what should be enough lumber for me to finish [...]
June 10, 2008
3/163 Odds n’ Ends
Today I mucked about on a few odds n’ ends. First, I picked up some Sitka Spruce at a good price. I had it jointed and planed. Unfortunately, that made a few defects become obvious that weren’t apparent beforehand. I think that when it went through the planer/jointer some weaknesses were turned into cracks. [...]
