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| Tuesday, May 4, 2010 I'd hoped to get further into the cockpit sole grate project by now, but other things had kept me from making any real progress. With all the materials on hand, I was anxious to proceed. Other events prevented me from getting further on this day as well, but at least I made another step in the right direction. I had an offset pattern of the base of the cockpit sole that I'd made earlier. In an effort to make the most accurate patterns possible--thereby making the actual construction more accurate and easier--I first transposed the offset pattern onto another sheet of rosin paper to make a full-size pattern of the sole--or at least part of the sole. The corner between the cockpit well sides and the cockpit sole featured a rather wide radius, so the pattern I had was some measurement smaller than the top of the grate would need to be. So with the accurate actual pattern of the bottom of the sole--representing the inside edge of the radius--I used a scrap of wood, cut with a bevel to clear the radius and of the same thickness as the final grate would be--to mark a line representing the top edge of the sole, above the radius. Then, I transferred this to a new paper pattern, and tested its fit in the cockpit. |
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Pleased with the fit of this paper pattern, I next prepared to transfer it to a sheet of 1/4" pattern plywood, which would ultimately serve as the real template for the teak grate. I managed to lay out the pattern on the plywood, but other happenings at the shop prevented me from cutting it out on this day. |
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