Project Log: Saturday, November 15, 2014
Starting up in the cabin, I sanded the first coat of
varnish on the sole, and also on the four small hatches,
then, after cleaning up, applied the second base coat.
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With a router, I trimmed the overhanging plank ends and
edges from the pilothouse sole panels, and milled the
small chamfer on the ends and elsewhere as required.
I found that I needed to slightly deepen the mortises
that I'd built in for the lifting hardware, so I used a
router and a plunge bit to freehand a slightly deeper
cut into the plywood. Then, I temporarily
installed the hardware to have a looksee, and to prepare
the holes for ease of final installation later. |
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The final thing to cover with Khaya sole material was
the beam across the aft end of the pilothouse, which
supported the longitudinal beams that held up the three
sole panels. I cut a series of short pieces of the
sole material and, throwing them into a messy pile,
chose them randomly to secure to the sole substrate atop
the beam. Shortly thereafter, I milled the edges
flush and, as elsewhere, chamfered the edges to match. |
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From some of the leftover pieces of cabin sole planking,
I prepared several pieces of trim that I'd use as base
trim around the perimeter of the cabin sole. I
simply ripped the sole into a pair of 3/4" trims, one
from each side and incorporating the already-chamfered
edge. I prepared more than enough for the job
to account for any cutting mistakes along the way.
With the milling work and sole installation complete, I
installed a sealer coat of varnish on the pilothouse
sole panels, after support beam, and baseboard trim
pieces. |
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Total Time Today: 3 hours
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