Project Log: Thursday, November 13, 2014
Starting to port of the single plank that I'd installed
last time, I quickly filled in the new cabin sole within
the dinette. All the pieces were the same length,
and cut square, without any fussy fitting. I had
to slightly trim the final piece to width. Later,
I'd add some base trim to cover the small gaps around
all the edges of the sole.
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The main area of the sole went quickly, thanks to the
straightforward cuts required. The several deck
hatches meant that most of the planks were short, and
could run wild into the hatch openings for later
trimming. I cut each course of planks from a
single board, including pieces for the hatches (which I
labeled and set aside for later installation on the
loose hatches), to maintain as much color and grain
consistency as possible along each plank; however, I
chose the planks themselves randomly to avoid any
undesirable patterns within the sole. I installed
all the planks with glue and stainless brads. The
work went quickly and easily, though with many trips up
and down the ladder to measure and cut each series of
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Later in the day, after attending to other business
during the early afternoon, I finished up the main sole
installation by trimming the wild plank ends in the
hatches, using a router with a straight trimming bit.
This made a huge mess, of course, which I cleaned up
before knocking off. |
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Total Time Today: 5 hours
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