October 2024

 Oct. 10

The weather is getting much nicer and I'm itching to do more work on the boat. Last week I finished the jams for one of the lockers (closets) and mostly finished the other. I completed the putting together doors for both. I'll upload some pictures when I take them. I've also worked out some custom made hardware for the latches.  I'll probably make these out of black walnut to contrast with the white oak.

The drawing on the left is an edge on view of the door with the door jam on the right. The right drawing is looking from the inside (door not shown) with the latch (gray oval) engaged with the jam. I'll probably replace a bit of the jam with HDPE so as not to wear out the wood. The bottom drawing shows that I'm planning to use some bearing material (sleeve) for the stainless steel (SS) bolt. 

My wife took a few good photos that I'd like to share below.

That is yours truly.

Me and my wife hanging out and dreaming.

Now some recent work. I hung the locker doors. I used half pin barrel hinges so if you open the doors up all the way, you can lift them off and get them out of the way. But really, they open flat against the cabinets so I only expect to do this when outfitting the boat for a voyage.

Eight door latches for the design at the top of this page. The only question is: Is eight enough. These are made from some black walnut that I've had for awhile. I always wanted to have black walnut accents to counter the white oak and I think this will be a nice start. These will be nice and shiny when they are clear coated. 

Oct 19.

I had to drill the 1/4" hole for the bolt and the slightly larger hole for the bolt head and I wanted to do them all in the same place. So, I make a jig. Drill the bolt head hole first which only goes in about 3/8" and then drill the 1/4" hole all the way through. That way I can quickly drill all of the handles.

A view showing the hole.

I do not have the hardware complete on the inside yet but I needed handles so I could open the doors. 

This is the locker door. I was pretty sure that the door would clear the casing for the cabin door so it would lay flat. I did not know it would be this close. The light (on the right) coming through the edge of the door is extremely uniform. This is how square and true this cabinetry turned out. I am rather surprised it was this good.

I finally got some screws for some of the cabinetry that I've been putting off buying for awhile. I was able to glue up a lot of the cabinetry in the main salon and finish the trim on the berths. Everything is feeling more finished. I'm still basically working from the bow of the boat to the stern but nothing is linear. 

Finishing up the bulkhead end trim for the last locker. It still needs some significant sanding and finishing.

There will be a locker below where the pex for the shower comes out and I'll put a shelf above.

Long view.

This will be the header for the locker with two handles. It will be partially morticed into the jams. It will match what we did on the other two lockers (see photos above). Since I have a rounded corner, I choose to bring the header (with the handles) down below where the curve starts on the left.