So, the nip of Fall slipped back into a blip of Summer. Sunday temperature went over 101°. And Monday, And Tuesday. Ben and I cleaned and tidied and reorganized the shop area, which perpetually decays into a chaotic state, the natural order of the universe. We cleaned out cabinets, casting out the Mud Dauber wasp constructions and spraying angry evictees. Wednesday a cold front moved through causing a rainy day and the temperature dipped into the low 90's and 80's So, with a frosty glass of beer in hand (hey, it's polka night!), we commence.
I sorted out the scrap lumber and organized it.
Ben dragged everything out of the cabinets to reorganize them.
The dragged stuff! I made a new screwdriver rack (no picture) and reorganized the pliers in a pliers bag (no picture). I started the tiller bar. Ben procrastinated on the rudder notches. Life moved on.
Long thing connects the rudders together. I notched the top so the reinforcement piece aligned better. We glued the two pieces together.
And filleted it.
I could show you more hull sanding pictures (thankfully, no pictures), but I won't. I sanded it rough, then Ben sanded my work over smoother, then Budge sanded it fine. Tedium upon tedium upon tedium. Then we skim coated the low spots. It sagged. You never can convince me that working epoxy is remotely a pleasant experience. It needs climate control for consistency!!!!!
Big sag toward the bottom (not a comment on aging)!
Ben got a new cast iron frypan. Step one, sand the bottom smooth so it will take seasoning. All the desirable old cast iron had really smooth surfaces.
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Before sanding................................................................................................................After sanding.
So I was going to put the tiller bar block on the tiller, here's the plans:
So I was going to put the tiller bar block on the tiller, here's the plans:
Bottom left of the plans. Note: no dimensions, it says "a hardwood wedge at the correct angle". So you make a hardwood wedge and get the correct angle.
Like this. except the designers did not mention a proper clearance so the tiller bar would clear the tiller on a turn. Again I cursed them! These boats are for talented amateurs, not for mind readers! I had to make them thicker.
This is upside down, but you maybe can see that if you pivot the block on the top, the tiller bar on the bottom will hit the tiller. Why bother to tell us this? We only paid $2K for the "plans" hahahahahahahahaha. Today, I made this:
Nice, huh? Today was a beautiful and the nip of fall was in the air again. Oh yeah, the budget for this month is blown. I bought a wind vane. We eat peanut butter or jelly for the rest of the month! It's a Sail O Mat, which is like a laun dro mat, I think. Maybe, just maybe, I'll have something interesting next week to post. Ben may stop procrastinating on those rudder notches.
The Music♫: Frankie Yankovikc and his Yanks "She's too Fat for Me"
Before there was sex, drugs and Rock and Roll, there was sex, beer and Polka! Before Hip Hop there were hip hops. Before there was Weird Al, there was Frankie!
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