For anyone who's built their own boat....

Nope sanding is starting with a 2X and ending with a toothpick.
 
I'd be the first to admit that I don't know a whole lot about building a boat. Today proved that. I added a layer of 10 oz Satin weave to the transom. Not totally enthusiastic with the results. Documented how I did it on our blog.

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I ended up with a few bubbles where the epoxy didn't quite fill all the weave in the underlying 12 oz biax.

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I'm thinking I should have done two precoats to fill the weave. Maybe one on one day then come back the next day with a second then lay on this lighter fabric.
 
I'm sooooooooo glad that's over! Sides, transom & bottom panels sanded for next layer of glass or fairing.

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Web Log Updated: del/2013/08/i-hope-i-never-have-to-do-that-again.html
 
Back to the blue pics from the boat shed. I apologize I forgot to take the GoPro to the shed today. Web Log Updated: del/2013/08/i-apologize.html

PS. Some of you may have noticed I put ads on the blog. I apologize for that too. Just hoping to make 'nuff to pay for the excess bandwidth I'm using on my Photobucket account to deliver all these pretty blue pictures. ;-)
 
Since the Admiral is away on a work trip to San Antonio for 6 weeks so I took a break from boat building to work on a Top Secret project for her. I know she doesn't look in here so I'll let you guys in on the secret.

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I used some offcuts from the boat to make her a big a$$ sewing table. 96" X 36". She's using my drafting table from college and it's pretty much fracked! The top is marine grade mahogany, stained mahogany red with 4 coats of polyurethane. All edges radius'd. I'll make the frames & shelves tomorrow.
 
So this morning before the rains came I finished painting up the pedestals and hauled them upstairs.

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Before: Those who are squeamish might want to look away! My wife, bless her heart, is a messy lil' piglet when it comes to her sewing room.

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After an hour of moving and picking up pins & needles from the carpet I get half the room moved over to the other side and started to assemble the frames. They just barely fit though the door. I forgot to measure! Doh!

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I couldn't resist putting the top on to see how it looked. Had a lil' incident and you'll see the results of that in the last pic.

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Sewing Table 1, Ceiling Fan 0.

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Fixed the fan, can fix the table top too. I have to cut a slot for all her power cords anyways. Next step is to cut the shelf bottoms, wire in a power bar and then fix it all in place. I plan to ring the entire west end of the room with shelves from floor to ceiling. That'll be next week.

I think she's gonna like it, well I hope she does.
 
I'm thinking you are good with the boat for a while longer. :D
 
Oh I don't know. Your sweet lil piglet may have seemed messy to you, but I'll bet she knew where everything was til you got in there! NOW, she won't be able to find a thing for the next six months!!! I doubt she'll say much about that, but it will be on her mind. Expect lots of mumbling under her breath as she tries to find pins, needles, scrapes of paper, etc.
My computer desk looks about as messy as her sewing table did. I know how that kind of mind works. She had everything filed away in her mind.... LOL But not to worry; she'll love once she is able to find everything!!! And now she will have a much bigger surface to spread stuff around on.

It will be lovely!
 
You're probably right Flutters. She has a system that even Gawd can't figure out! I think this might be a good exercise to get her to purge some of the scraps left over from who knows how many projects. She makes all her own clothes too so there's plenty of scraps for paint rags! :-)

Today was shelf day. I wanted to make her 3 shelves to go on the wall above her work table. The first one is 16" wide by 7' long, middle is 13" wide by 6' long and the top is 12" wide by 5' long. Dunno why I did it that way, it's just the way it turned out when I cut the plywood! ;-) Measure once, cut once and live with the results! ;-)

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I decided to paint these instead of stain. I thought the stain would make it too dark above her workspace. So off to the basement I go in search of liquid leftover paint. Found one that said 'white' but was tinted a yellowish color. When it dried it was almost a buff color. Should be Ok for shelves.

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The next step in the process was to make 3 shelf brackets to hold up the shelves. I sort of had this idea in my head and tinkered a bit till I worked it out.

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They'll be spaced evenly and the 1/2" ply shouldn't bow too much. If it does I'll add stiffeners. Glue's drying on the cleats so I can't paint them till tomorrow. You'll see when they're hanging on the wall. Standby...
 
Phase I of the project is in place. A few more details to finish up then I'll move onto shelving on the other side of the room. I couldn't keep a secret for another 5 weeks and spilled the beans to her last night. She likes it even though I thought she might be a little pee'oh'd at me messing with her 'stuff'! :-)

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I put a summary up on our blog. del/2013/08/top-secret-no-more.html

I know it's not fine furniture and not really boating related (she will make all the cushions etc. for our boat here) but I enjoyed butchering some wood for a change! :-)
 
Ok, 'nuff sewing room stuff for awhile. I managed to get a little bit of work done on the boat. Daytime temps were topping 90 degs in the shed so I could get 4 or 5 hrs work in in the morning.

Reinforcing the thruster tubes. I probably should have done this earlier. The balloon trick works really well.

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I've filled all the weave on the 12 oz biax on the sides and will be adding the final layer of 10 oz satin weave as soon as the temps cool down a bit.

Web Log Updated: del/2013/08/party-balloons-and-boat-building.html
 
Blue Goo Boogers? Web Log Updated: del/2013/08/so-you-guessed-it-right.html
 
Speak up, I can't hear ya..I'm on nights this weekend. How soon u need it back?. Is Monday ok, or if not, I could run down sooner. The beast is finally painted...
 
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