Sand, hide, seek, climb [projects]
Sep. 30th, 2024 08:05 amIt turns out I didn't even take very many photos yesterday.
One of the things I got done was rounding off the edges of the gunwhales, using a router borrowed from AKW's dad, M. Let's just give a general shout-out to M, because he grew up on a farm and knows how to build and fix just about anything. He also has a great collection of tools, and shares them with others freely. When I told![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
scrottie about borrowing the router, he said, "I knew you'd get M involved somehow!"
In this photo, the edge towards the top of the photo has been rounded, but the edge towards the bottom of the photo hasn't been rounded yet.
The rounding off wound up being more tricky on the second edge, which ultimately faces upwards, because the gunwales weren't flat on top. For the first edge, I placed the router sideways so the flat part of the router was butted up against the outer edge of the gunwhale, which was a smaller surface but flatter. Anyway, as S said at one point, nothing on a boat is square or flat!
But with some additional sanding, the gunwhales now feel very nice under the hand, which I think is largely the point, anyway. Well, and taking sharp corners off because sharp corners are the first place where varnish, paint, and epoxy will chip.
Also, here is a silly short video of me sanding; you'll have to click through if you actually want to watch it. I'm *trying* to get the gunwhale flat.
In the afternoon,annikusrex came over with F to check out the boat. We tried to get F interested in sanding, but he seemed to immediately recognize it as hard labor in a Darth Vader mask, so instead he convinced us to play hide and go seek. It was a beautiful afternoon, so we went over to the Arboretum to play.
It's not very easy to hide if you're wearing a bright magenta sweatshirt, I discovered. But it was fun to have an excuse to duck inside this shrub:
AKW found an even better spot. This is after I found her and she started to emerge.
There's a grove of redwoods in this part of the Arboretum that has grown a lot in the time since I was a kid. They have limbs that look so inviting to climb.
I probably won't get as much done on the boat today because I need to do some actual things: water the ants, get groceries and cat food, and work on academic writing. In addition to the sanding, I added some more fillet to a handful of low spots on the outside, and also figured out how to turn the boat over by myself. The outside is now almost ready for its first epoxy seal, aside from needing a bit more shaping work on the bow and transom. There's still a bunch more sanding needed on the inside, plus some holes to drill. It seems to me that it will be easier to sand things flat now, as opposed to trying to sand down the epoxy after application.
My fingers are sore and tender from holding the sandpaper.
One of the things I got done was rounding off the edges of the gunwhales, using a router borrowed from AKW's dad, M. Let's just give a general shout-out to M, because he grew up on a farm and knows how to build and fix just about anything. He also has a great collection of tools, and shares them with others freely. When I told
scrottie about borrowing the router, he said, "I knew you'd get M involved somehow!"In this photo, the edge towards the top of the photo has been rounded, but the edge towards the bottom of the photo hasn't been rounded yet.
The rounding off wound up being more tricky on the second edge, which ultimately faces upwards, because the gunwales weren't flat on top. For the first edge, I placed the router sideways so the flat part of the router was butted up against the outer edge of the gunwhale, which was a smaller surface but flatter. Anyway, as S said at one point, nothing on a boat is square or flat!
But with some additional sanding, the gunwhales now feel very nice under the hand, which I think is largely the point, anyway. Well, and taking sharp corners off because sharp corners are the first place where varnish, paint, and epoxy will chip.
Also, here is a silly short video of me sanding; you'll have to click through if you actually want to watch it. I'm *trying* to get the gunwhale flat.
In the afternoon,
annikusrex came over with F to check out the boat. We tried to get F interested in sanding, but he seemed to immediately recognize it as hard labor in a Darth Vader mask, so instead he convinced us to play hide and go seek. It was a beautiful afternoon, so we went over to the Arboretum to play.It's not very easy to hide if you're wearing a bright magenta sweatshirt, I discovered. But it was fun to have an excuse to duck inside this shrub:
AKW found an even better spot. This is after I found her and she started to emerge.
There's a grove of redwoods in this part of the Arboretum that has grown a lot in the time since I was a kid. They have limbs that look so inviting to climb.
I probably won't get as much done on the boat today because I need to do some actual things: water the ants, get groceries and cat food, and work on academic writing. In addition to the sanding, I added some more fillet to a handful of low spots on the outside, and also figured out how to turn the boat over by myself. The outside is now almost ready for its first epoxy seal, aside from needing a bit more shaping work on the bow and transom. There's still a bunch more sanding needed on the inside, plus some holes to drill. It seems to me that it will be easier to sand things flat now, as opposed to trying to sand down the epoxy after application.
My fingers are sore and tender from holding the sandpaper.
