Sunday, August 25, 2013

Woodwork - Part 2

Continuing with the woodwork this past week.







Put the last coat of varnish on the door and the handrails.  Also put the vents back on the roof.




























Here is the newly varnished "vee". Don't know what else to call it!

















Installed new vents in both of the forward storage areas.





















This past week, I cut most of the trim and teak veneer for the cabin electrical chase. Laid the first coat of thinned varnish today. Will probably put down a few more coats in the next few days.  Will likely need to put one or two coats after installation depending on if I have to cut any pieces on installation.



















The new electrical closet after a few coats of varnish.  Starting to shine!





























This is the area below the electrical closet.  I cut out another piece of teak veneer to enclose this area as well. Will add a drawer or door to access the area for storage.













Decided to lay down the first coat of thinned varnish on the port side and head.  Need to order more varnish!






While things dry, I decided to install the rotary helm.  I needed this installed to make sure I have clearance with the new electrical panels I install in the door.


















Decided to install the wheel.  The rudders turn!

It is a 24" wheel.  Big enough to stand on the starboard side of the raised cabin and still steer.

The owl is too keep the crows and their poop off the boat.

Sunday, August 18, 2013

More Woodwork

Finished building the door and continued with interior woodwork this past week.




Here is the door placed to check the fit.





















After one coat of Golden Mahogany stain.  Only left it on for about 5 minutes or less.  I did not want it to be too dark.




















After one coat of thinned varnish and a second coat of full strength varnish.

The pieces below are the existing hand rails and vee that were on the cabin roof.  I am happy with the match between the mahogany and teak.

























The other sided of the door shown with the RV window.  It has a slider with a screen.  The window looks a little skewed, but I just dropped it in for the picture.




This is the shelf on the starboard side. I added the pieces of wood shown to create a void for my electrical chase.






This is what it will look like when it is covered with a piece of teak veneer plywood.
















Same thing on the port side.  Will finish the side off with some teak molding.













Hmm. what kind of junk will accumulate here?













This next week I will likely just add more coats of varnish to the door and other pieces of teak.   I need to focus.  I seem to keep jumping from one thing to another.



Thursday, August 8, 2013

Interior Work

Last weekend, I continued to focus on the interior.  Still want to work my way from ceiling to floor.





Also want to be able to enclose the interior.  The construction next to my house is making some serious dust so I need to be able to enclose the cabin before I start any serious varnishing.

First step is to clad the door frame with teak veneer.



















































Starboard side.
























After door jamb is added.































Since the interior frame of the door is pretty much done, I started to lay out the framework for the door.  The top will have a sliding RV window.  The bottom will have a veneer plywood insert.  This is actually mahogany, which I bought before I realized the interior was teak!

I will attempt to stain the mahogany to try to match the color tone of the teak, before I varnish it.














This is the teak molding after 4 coats of Epifanes Woodfinish gloss varnish.  Today, I put a final coat of Epifanes varnish with UV inhibitors.




















This is a close up of the teak molding.  There is some variation in the tone from one to the other, but I see a golden tone.  I bought some Golden Mahogany stain to use on the door.  We'll see if that works.

















In the last couple of days, I built the frame for an enclosure above the settee.  It will house the wire terminal strip for the mast as well as a couple of puck lights.  I have a nice black Seth Thomas clock that came with the boat that I think will look nice mounted on the front.









This is the beginning frame work for an electrical chase that will take the wires from the starboard side to the port side.


Off to Las Vegas tomorrow for a boys weekend, so work will commence back next week.