Wednesday 18 April 2007

Gunwales



Took the Tuesday off work to go up to my neighbours woodworking shop. Spent most of the day routing out the drainage slots in the inwhale plus more time routing the edges of both in and outwhales with a nice bevel. Very grateful to Steve for letting me take up his time and tools - couldn't have done it without him.

Got the bits home and started to form them by suspending a bucket with bricks in. Not sure if this is enough so will consult with SoTP and get some answers there. Then spent the evening filleting and glassing the remaining inner bulkhead section.

All-in-all a good day and to cap it off my oldest boy; who's 4, learned to ride his bike without stabilisers plus it was his first day of school so a good day for him too.

Weds - Had a hospital appointment around lunchtime so spent some of the morning painting the remainder of the inside of the canoe with epoxy. The inside is finished now except for fairing and painting. Got the fairing mix delivered today but upon opening the box I found the contents spilled out and all over the place.

Total spent to date £300.

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