Cleats II

Cut the cleats, this would have been so much easier if I had a bandsaw especially the small fiddly cuts I will do next.

Time today: 20 minutes

Cleats I

Started working on making cleats. The will be used to secure the halyards on the masts and as mooring cleats on the fore and aft decks.

Found a model on the intranet that I like.

And a piece of oak left over from something.

Drilled holes.

Still need to make the piece trapezoidal (ref drawing above) on the table saw, cut them out and shape them.

Time today: 30min
(p.s this is my post number 200!!!)

Foot supports

Decided to glue the foot supports tonight. I have not unpacked the epoxy yet so I used an normal wood glue (vinylacetate homopolymer emulsion stabilised with polyvinylalcohol????) intended for outdoor use. Should be fine as this piece will not be immersed in water, in addition it cures much quicker than epoxy.

Getting ready

Glue applied. Instead of spreading the glue evenly I put the two pieces on top of each other and slid them around a little to make sure I have an even layer of glue.

Pressure applied! Glue is dried within an hour.

Time today: 15 min

First snow

We had the first snow of the season this week. After the weekend apparently it is supposed to get real cold so there may be more.

Cutting seat

Cut out the foot brace pieces and the rowing seat. Still do not have enough space in the basement so I had to take the workshop outside, a bit cold but at least above freezing.

Getting started

All done, next stop is glue (next week?)

Did not have time for much more since the kids found a dead fish on the beach and I was needed for the funeral.......

Time today: 30 min

Back to the boat

Back to doing some "building" again, even tough the pace will be slower this winter it is nice to focus a little on the boat again. Started to work on the loose pieces for rowing; the seat and the foot support.

The sketch

The templates

Drawn up and ready for cutting

The cutting will have to wait until next weekend as I am off on another trip tomorrow.

Time on Sunday: 1h

Göteborg

Spent the week in Gothenburg.

View of the river. The barque have been on the blog before.

Nothing new have happened with the boat, still too many boxes in the basement to start working on the masts. I hope to get going on the rowing seat etc next week.