Thursday, November 17, 2016

I have been struggling to come up with the best way to do the backrest for settee. I have come up with a working plan. I have scoured pictures of other boats. Spent lots of time thinking about it. Each idea, though plausible, has had a problem I do not like. I have a plan.
This is the size bed ended up. Roughly full size. Queen length. I spent some time getting rid of that wide shelf that the old back rest fastened to. New mattress will be 9 inches thick. Shelf had to go.
You can see hand rail is loose and setting where it will be.
Looking closely. You can see where old shelf was. Just above pillow.
     I was held up by old van crapping out. Still needed a van for hauling tools and materials back and forth.

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Van acquired. Back to work.
Something different. The black plastic on key fob is old. Hole for holding ring was iffy. I figured it would be better to fix it before it broke. I made a new steel loop for fob. Heated up my wood burner. Took some other black plastic that was as hard as the fob. And melted/welded loop on. Fixed. It will outlast the rest of the fob.
 The red monkey fist is one I made. Yes, I am reading up on things I will need to know for traveling.
To do. Then the epoxy. Yes. I have to fiberglass my additions in. They must not come loose. 

Once the building is done, it is looking like a one person wood staining party. Then sewing begins in earnest. I need upholstery and canvas (dodger, Bimini, sail covers, etc) done before I go back driving. I just want to be squaring away electronics between February and the end of July.

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