I have hardener on order and I was expecting it to arrive today but it did not turn up so now it seems that Wednesday will be more likely. Not to worry, I have plenty to do and not much time to do it (with work) so I don’t think this will be much of […]
I used the last of the hardener for bog for the foredeck strip panel. Odd choice I know but I have more hardener arriving Tuesday and it seemed as good a job as any to get onto. Actually I doubted I would have enough hardener to wet out the last layer of glass on the […]
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 released the dagger from the bench and cleaned off any […]
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 scratches) in the surface. These would need to be […]
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. She liked it! So the plan now is to start early Sunday mornings and […]
After checking back I found that I have spent about 100 hours making the forebeam, start to almost finished, with about a third of the hours on fairing. I say almost because although I have finished the beam, I will still have to trim the ends off, cut a slot in it at the ends […]
Sanding the underside bog backfill was again hard work for an hour or so, so again maybe 40 minutes of actual sanding. I recommend you keep a towel nearby as perspiration that runs into your eyes is irritating, and with hands (or gloves) covered in dust means you cant easily wipe your face. Again I […]
The forebeam top looked and felt fair but to be sure I gave the beam a coat of automotive black paint, James gave me some in an ice cream container and I rubbed it onto the beam with a rag. Then about 5 minutes later (it dries almost as soon as it hits the beam) […]
Jo was at a loose end today so I convinced her to come and help me fair the forebeam. I am so glad she decided to help out because in the end I helped her bog the beam. I started out by hand sanding the beam with the long boards. The hand sanding is really […]
So with my decision to make March rotten jobs month, I started on the fairing of the forebeam. I had already applied bog in stripes. This is done to reduce the amount of bog you have to sand back off again to get a “fair” surface, the theory being that because you are only taking […]
