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| Insulation batting: a few more blocks are needed. |
Another month has come and gone, and the progress is rather slow. I have had to spend quite some time doing other things, and also re-doing things I screwed up. Amazing what a difference 10mm makes. And once cut, you cannnot put it back.
The insulation work has gone reasonably well, and showed up a few things that need re-doing. I have also received the light fittings, so a number of the boards have to come out again. But that will happen in August.
My co-workers have also been absent, but Alexander helped me with the router, and I am slowly getting better with it.
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| Oupa Piet's router; a dark art. |
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| CAD: It is going to fit! |
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| Yes sir! It goes in and looks right! |
CAD (Computer Aided Design) is the latest craze, and I used a variation to see how I will get the cabinetry into the boat: Cardboard Aided Design. These two cabinets will go into the front cabin, and need to be removable. Note, I used the 4 inch spikes as locating pins for the shelves inside. To handle the assembly single-handed I made long clamps from 50 x 50 brandering with threaded rod. It worked a treat. Now the cabinets have to be finished off, dis-assembled and glued, then sanded, varnished, fitted, fettled... a long way to go.
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| Threaded rod clamps hold all together, most of the time. |
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| Roofing spikes serve as locating pins. |
The next job is the rest of the front cabin: bunk, side cladding, panels against and under deckhead. Then comes the main cabin: One bulkhead has to be redone, the seats have to come out and be redesigned, and the hull insulated. The galley has to be fitted and re-evaluated, and then comes the bathroom. Not to mention the electrical system that has to come in soon. And then the plumbing.
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The two assemblies look right, but there is still a lot of work!
Note the split in the bigger cabinet, it is too big for the hatch
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I also made a plywood mockup of an anchor I intend having cut, but the first try showed that my bow roller is not right. And I made a mockup of the companionway ladder, but the final attempt will have to wait until I am better with the router, and the floor panels are in.
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| Anchor mockup |
And lastly I discovered that the sun is making fun of the very best varnish I could find. Six months down the line and it is flaking off the companionway hatch. So what now? Cladding with stainless steel? Making one out of stainless steel?
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| Screwing blocks being sealed. |
I have also begin preparing another lot of blocks to hold the panelling along the lower part of the hull, this must also be insulated, but there is still a lot of cabinetry to finish.
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| Companionway ladder will go here, but where exactly? |
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| Main hatch: varnish coming off already. |
