Monday, 23 October 2023

 Bunk risers glued and filleted

BTW the bits of wood on the keel bearers are to keep the bunk risers equidistant







added pics  after glue has cured without some of the bits of wood that helped to temporarily locate the bunk risers





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Sunday, 22 October 2023

 Bunk Risers cut and dryfit

Templates were made for the bunk risers and they have now been dry fitted















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Thursday, 19 October 2023

 Keel bearers glued and filleted in


The keel bearers were pre wet with unthickened epoxy and glued and filleted in using my own mix of West System 406 colloidal silica, 404 high Density filler, and 403 microfibers. 
for a description of the fillers and their uses see    West System fillers for more info


Bearers in main area




Bearer at the mast bulkhead,
 the mast compression post will be glued in later today or tomorrow

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