The second daggerboard had a layer of glass on one side done on the bench while the trailing edge was hot glued to it (on the the first dagger I did the glassing on the dagger hung on axles between 2 drums) so today I
I had a bit of trouble fairing the trailing edge of the first dagger (and I still have a little filling and sanding to do) because I had not glued the fibreglass batten in perfectly straight. Then when I glassed it the
Today was a most satisfying day. I am always stoked when I get more done than I had set out to in the morning. I thought I would have an easy day as I really only intended to glass the outside of the dagger case and put
I had a short day today so I could spend more time with Jo on my birthday. But I did get done what I had set out to do, glass the inside of the first dagger case half and to kerf and round (with a router) the rest of
Today is Anzac day in Australia (for those reading overseas) it is a day we remember the sacrifice of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps originally in WW1 but subsequently those who served in any conflict that
I made mdf molds for the dagger cases today. I made 5 molds, but tracing the shape of the dagger profile onto a piece of 3mm ply then I added 16mm for the duracore thickness and 4mm for the glass on the dagger and
On Monday afternoon I sanded the dagger until is was as fair as I could get it. This meant that I had sanded down as far as I could because I was down to glass again, there were still lows and holes (more like gouges or
Last weekend I got up early (actually very early) to glass another layer onto the glassing I did the night before whilst it was still green. As a consequence I was home by lunch time and spent Sunday afternoon with Jo.
Another frustrating week of little work. I could only get in on Wednesday for 2 hours when I sanded the last layer of uni so the blank was ready to glass again for the last layer, the double bias on Friday for 2 hours
As planned I got a very early start this morning but unfortunately that didn’t translate into a long day working on the boat. It probably should have but I had always planned to have the afternoon off to watch my
