| Kaholee Refit |
April 5, 2007 Overnight and into the morning, we got a foot or more of snow. Cleaning up, digging the truck out after sinking to the axles in the mud that was diabolically masquerading as grass, and related tasks ate up much of the morning, along with various office tasks. |
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I got started by sanding the mahogany panel I built yesterday for the port settee locker. I sanded the glue joint smooth, and rounded over the top and bottom edges into a pleasing profile. After another quick test fit, I removed it so that I could apply some varnish before installation. (The mahogany is a little bowed outward in these photos, since it's a friction fit and just a little tight.) |
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Next, I removed the masking tape and clamps from the forward hatch frame. The tape was well-stuck, and covered with epoxy. With time and patience, I cleaned it all off without a problem. |
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I became aware after lunch that I had made an error yesterday, and had started building the locker front--on which I spent 3.25 hours yesterday--in the wrong place. Oops! Apparently, something got lost in translation. Fortunately, however, it was easy to remove the dividers that I installed yesterday, leaving only four small screw holes to fill and paint over; I was glad I hadn't glued the cleats and dividers to the shelves. It took a couple minutes to remove what took over an hour to install. The mahogany panel I built would unfortunately be unusable elsewhere in the boat, since the solid material remaining around the large openings was of minimal dimension. I set the now-redundant panel aside, glad that I hadn't gotten around to varnishing or actually installing it. Because of my error, I subtracted the hours spent yesterday on the incorrect locker front from today's total. |
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I spent some time this afternoon completing a few random, non-noteworthy tasks, including applying more paint to the companionway slide, as well as to the inside of the new engine instrument panel surround. For now, I'm done with varnishing the exterior pieces; there is a good base of 5-6 coats on all pieces, and I like to do a few "final" coats once the pieces are installed, so that any transitions between sections become varnished in. (As we know, there's no such thing as a "final" coat of varnish.) I looked forward to a much more productive day tomorrow. |
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