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Wednesday, March 26, 2008 First thing, I chiseled and sanded the protruding bungs from yesterday smooth, and while I was at it I sanded all the woodwork, since I'd soon need to apply another sealer coat for protection and initial build. |
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I milled a couple pieces of trim for the leading edge of the cabin trunk; I'd initially made some pieces late yesterday, but they weren't wide enough, so I repeated the process now. Then, when they were complete, I epoxied them in place. |
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The owner decided that we should minimize the protrusion of the round forward ports, as discussed on Monday, so I planed a board to just under 1/2" thickness which, after a test fit, proved to be the correct thickness to reduce the ports' protrusion to about 3/16"--just enough without being too much. |
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With the board's thickness correct, I constructed a very simple circle-cutting jig for a router, and then cut two 7" diameter circles from the 1/2" mahogany. Next, I cut out an opening in the centers of the pieces for the ports to fit through; since this opening would never be visible, I didn't bother using the hole saw to make the cut perfectly accurate, and instead jigsawed it out. After sanding the new spacers smooth and a test fit for alignment, I epoxied the spacers in place, holding them temporarily with screws. |
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I spent the balance of the day working on the two fussy trim pieces to complete the forward side of the main bulkhead's trim. Each piece required a multitude of cuts to fit relatively closely around the cleats and other obstructions beneath the sidedecks, and an accurate miter cut to mate with the trim/cleats that I installed yesterday. I wrapped up the templating, cutting, fitting, cutting, and re-fitting late in the afternoon and left the two pieces for installation tomorrow, when I'd also work on the aft-facing trim pieces and finish up the bulkhead installation. |
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