July 2015

Okay, so I have not posted in a while.  It's not that I'm not getting anything done its just that laying up these strips is not all that exciting so I wait until I've made some progress.   I've made good progress on the port side with the second layer of lamination. 

The is the aft end on the port side.  I started this side way aft because I've learned that laying these strips up under is quite a  bit more difficult and I wanted to minimize how many I installed this way.  I've added two today up and under the one I started this side with.

You can see the two strips from the previous image on the left.  The second layer on the port side is coming along nicely.

A close up of the working arrangement showing the scaffolding and a few of the recently installed strips.

I had to add another section of scaffolding last week.  I got such a good weekend of work in, I will have to add another section next week.

The new strips that still need to be trimmed where they intersect the keel.

Well the weekend of July 4th saw quite a bit of progress.  I guess you could say I'm working on my independence.  Most everything progressed smoothly.  I did manage to break the drive belt in my belt sander.  I accidentally hit the extension cord with the sander.  The cord jammed against the case and the sanding belt stopping the sanding belt and causing the drive belt to break (See tool section for picture).  The cord, however, escaped without damage.