Project Log: Friday, March 18, 2011
Late one afternoon, I prepared the panels I'd cut out
the day before by epoxy-coating the back sides, and
applying a sealer coat of varnish to the exposed sides. |
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With these treatments now cured, I took the two smaller
side panels up to the boat and temporarily held them in
place with some cut-to-length cross braces so I could
mark the port openings from the outside. Then, as
in the main cabin, I cut out the port opening, leaving
1/4" - 1/2" of material inside the cut line for later
trimming. Then, I covered the face side of the
panels with paper to protect the veneer during panel
installation. |
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Up in the boat, I installed the two side panels with
5200 adhesive, just like I did in the main cabin.
I clamped all around the port openings, and added two
cross braces at the forward end to help hold the panels
tightly into the adhesive.
At the starboard aft end, I found a need for a small
clamping block, which I temporarily screwed to the main
bulkhead and used to force in a pair of wedges to press
that corner of the new panel tightly into place. |
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The impediment of the cross-bracing and protruding clamp
ends, along with frustration at the annoying time I'd
had keeping the lower forward cross brace in place (it
was inexplicably resistant to staying in place),
precluded any chance of attempting to install the panel
across the forward end at this time, so I left that for
another day.
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Total Time Today: 1.75 hours
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