Boat building

[sprucegum]

I better get to that soon. Today, while applying an epoxy fillet upside down under the rear section (beneath the recently added motorwell deck), a glob dropped down perfectly on and into a nostril. Damn that DLJeff and his bananas!

I may have said this before but it's worth repeating, I hate epoxy.

 

[SENC]

I may have said this before but it's worth repeating, I hate epoxy.

Epoxy up the nose was bad enough, but the required subsequent vinegar flush was far worse. Remind me to join in next time DLJeff runs a woodworking challenge - I'm sure he targeted me with bad juju for skipping the current one.

 

[DLJeffs]

I'm not a vindicative guy, honest. I wouldn't wish an epoxy nasal flush on anyone. Especially a guy with a pirate ship with cannons on it.

 

[Nature Man]

I better get to that soon. Today, while applying an epoxy fillet upside down under the rear section (beneath the recently added motorwell deck), a glob dropped down perfectly on and into a nostril. Damn that DLJeff and his bananas!

Really hate to hear of any chemicals hitting your face! Hope you recovered okay. Recommend mask and eye protection when using stuff like epoxy. Chuck

 

[SENC]

Really hate to hear of any chemicals hitting your face! Hope you recovered okay. Recommend mask and eye protection when using stuff like epoxy. Chuck

It was largely a non-event, just the full-on vinegar odor. I was glad I had vinegar, though, an acetone flush would have been far worse.

 

[SENC]

Final fitting of front-most decking piece - time to check the TM mount, ensure bow nav light wires can be run, and figure out any supports needed to ensure it and the next deck piece back will butt together nicely. Pleased with the TM mounting, got it pretty level. I've now epoxied the washers and nuts for the innermost bolts on the TM mount to the bottom of the deck (or rather to a backer on the bottom of the deck), and need to let that cure well to test and ensure I can simply screw in the bolts from above. Otherwise, I'll need to cut my front flotation into smaller pieces so I can get to the nuts with a wrench, then reinstall flotation through the access hatch.