November 2024

 November 11,

Finished up the last locker in the forward half of the boat. I've move back to the galley sink cabinet. I've worked out all the drawers and cabinets that I am likely to be able to fit in the space. 

Completed locker with shelf on top. I may add a small sub-shelf later.

Galley sink cabinet. 

Rough fitting the rails for the drawers. Note that the back side of the rails have built-in rails for the side drawers that I have not cut out yet.

Rough fitting the fronts.

I have cut out the side drawers openings and I'm making sure that the rails are where they need to be. Even though I carefully measures, some were a bit off. It was easy to adjust them.

Everything rough fit into place. The rails will have HDPE as slides (on the bottom and sides like before) and I'll have to cut those out and fit them as well. Because of the tight placement of everything, I'll have to install the rails one at a time starting from the bottom. 

Drawer rails are temporarily installed to check alignment. It was off and a little work was needed a bit of work.

Nov. 23,

Drawer rails are finally installed. This was a major pain to get all the alignments that were necessary. In the end, I liked the results. 

The drawer slides on the side.

Nov 30,

I have made a lot of progress over the Thanksgiving holidays. All the drawers parts for the Galley cabinet are completely made and tested for fit. The cabinet door parts are also made and tested for fit. No glue yet as it was too cold and will continue to be too cold for the next week or so. I really need over 40 degree F (4.4 degree C) for the entire cure time (roughly 24 hours). The next warm weekend will be a frenzy of epoxy work and some significant changes to the interior. 

 

I cut the remaining part out for the latches and put a few together. They work very well but I'll need a set screw for the handle to ensure that the bolt rotates with the handle. Right now, it relies on friction.

From here on out, all of the rail and stiles will be made out of black walnut. The market for white oak is insane and I can't afford it anymore. Luckily, I have a nice supply of black walnut. It sure is pretty when it is cleaned up and it makes a nice contrast to the white oak and meranti plywood.

How do we fit a square wall into a curved space. You 1) level the floor and measure up and 2) square off a bulkhead and measure down and 3) reconcile the difference.

It fits pretty darn good. There are some minor adjustments that needed to be made but I left plenty of extra for that. 

It's starting to look like a hallway. Actually this is just temporarily installed. I still, at this time, need to notch out for the overhead beams and put in a footer trim. The notching is so that the plywood extends enough to notch into the trim spanning the overhead beams. Both of which have been done but I don't have a picture yet.

The aluminum rectangular tube needed for the sliding door has finally been ordered. It's pick-up in Chattanooga (about 2 hours drive) but I haven't heard that it is ready. My nephew just bought a house in Chattanooga so he'll grab it for me. Earlier in this blog, you'll see a picture of him working on the boat when he was about 10. Yep, he's all grown up now.