Cut the bell support bar this week and started the joints. Was going to cut the joint with the router, but the table saw did a good job and now I just have to clean up the joints before gluing. The USA/Canadian exchange rate has finally swung back in my favor. Good timing too since the engine just got ordered!
The Volvo Penta D2-75 has been ordered. Yay! Thanks Mom and Dad. So this is another big step and hopefully the engine will be in Halifax by Thankgiving so Amy and I can install it. Until then, the engine room needs some prep work…, ballast cemented in, fuel tanks finished, floor install, etc. YachtSmiths should start this in a week or so.
Amy and I worked on the engine control box that goes on the port side of the aft cabin top, just in front of the wheel. It houses the Volve tachometer and engine starter panel. It also provides the mount for the Chinese water buffalo/elephant bell I bought in China 2 years ago. We got the entire base assembled and will do the bell bar next week. Of course, I modeled every cut with SketchUp and the final alignment was dead on. If you are not using SketchUp for your wood projects, you are really missing something.
Finished cutting the panel grooves in both the wetlocker and mirror frames. Was considering buying a router table to help out, but end up making a quick jig to hold the pieces so I could route free hand. I also bought a radius plane to take a bead off the inside edge off all the frames I’ve made recently. So now I am out of projects again and will have to see what else I can start.
Bought some more mahogony for the wet locker doors and completed cutting the rails and stiles. And then from the warped stock from last week, I cut out the ‘warpage’ and got rails and stiles for the bathroom mirrior. Hate wasting the wood so I was real happy when the mirror frame laid perfectly flat. Next I have to cut the panel grooves, and will make a jig to do so this week.
And it was my birthday….
