onsdag 23 juli 2014

Gluing centreboard case


Garage door open half past eleven in the evening. Cutting and gluing wood. Swedish summer at its very best. 

söndag 4 maj 2014

Foils continued

After a another long brake I brought the foils to the family summerhouse. Managed to apply SEK 300 (€30) of epoxy light fairing compound on it an then remove almost all of it with the random orbital sander. Now they are ready for glass and epoxy. 



tisdag 21 januari 2014

We have a rudder!


The rudder is now shaped and is awaiting some fairing and then fibreglass and epoxy together with the centreboard. 

lördag 14 december 2013

Rudder under construction

Two hours of work with my number 4 and I have a 22mm thick blank that is slowly taking the shape if a rudder. 

söndag 17 november 2013

Test of glue joins

It's always a good idea to test how well your glue holds up (i.e read the manual and discover you've glued together things that's not meant to be together at all). 
All seems well, the glue holds up well, and a couple of minutes with a pull saw and a chisel have the part looking as it is supposed to


måndag 2 september 2013

Centreboard

Two hours in the garage and I have a centreboard. Some sanding and then the dreaded glassing. 
Before that I have to do some cleaning of the garage. For that reason, and to avoid getting dust in my lungs when sanding, I have bought myself a shop vac. 

lördag 27 juli 2013

More progress!


Beveled the last bulkheads and propped one of the sides sheats up on the bulkheads. I assume everyone does it. Lots of work for nothing more than the possibility to see ones progress. It's big!