January 13,
It's a new year but the goals remain the same. Keep on working.
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| After adding all of those 5/8"x1" strips along the rafters, I can start putting up the ceiling. This is some old southern yellow pine bead board plywood that I had laying around. It is not really in all that good condition and I won't actually use it but I put it up temporarily so I could work out the finish I wanted to use. The exposed rafters will be varnished so I was going to either paint the bead board or stain and varnish it. I think I'm going to use a golden oak stain and varnish. If I dislike it in the future, I can always revert to paint. |
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| This is a top view of where the main mast will come through the cabin ceiling. The center (going horizontal) rafter in this photo will have to be cut along with the center 1x2 which would leave the rafter hanging on the starboard (left in this photo) side. The other side is supported by the wall. I added another 1x2 to the left of center in order to support the rafter. I have not drilled for screws yet (in this photo) and I have not epoxied it in place since it was way too cold for epoxy work. Cutting the rafter makes more since than having it in an alternative location because the spacing is essential for where the cabin top plywood will be attached. I hate ending up cutting up sheets of plywood to fit oddly placed rafters. Maybe this is more of personal preference. |
