Thursday 27 October 2011

Bulkheads part 1

Four sheets of Okume are hopefully enough to make the 12 bulkheads for the boat. First I need to coat both sides of each sheet with epoxy, then sand and apply another coat.

Here are the sheets with the first epoxy coat applied.


I ran out of the fast hardener so bought some slow hardener which seems to give a better result, or it could just be the warmer conditions now.


I also had to buy a new sander. I do a fair bit of DIY at home and sanders don't seem to last very long for me. So I have spent a little more on what is hopefully a higher quality model this time.

Monday 17 October 2011

Stringers Finished

The stringers are all done. The finished stringers don't actually take up much room compared to the stack of wood I started with. It shows how much of the wood ended up as dust and chips. I got bags of it which I put to use as mulch for the garden.