May 21, 2020
A managed to escape the home office in the late afternoon for a couple hours work on the Allied 24. I picked up where I last left off with continued work on changing out the lazarette hatch hinges, which required filling the old fasteners holes, and marking then over-drilling and filling with thickened epoxy the new fastener holes. I applied a skim coat of fairing compound today, which I will need to sand fair tomorrow and continue on to tapping the holes for the new fasteners.
I left the poop deck and moved onto the cabin deadlight openings. The cabin sides are too narrow for the straight installation of the deadlights, and so require a trim ring on the interior to provide enough depth for the install. Today, I fine-tuned the openings to accept the deadlights.
The fine-tuning involved sanding a bit here and a bit there until the fit was snug.
Happy with the snug fit, I wiped down the trim rings with an acetone wash, and then mixed a small amount of resin.
I applied the epoxy resin on the surfaces of the trim rings to seal them from any potential damage from water intrusion.
Having but a little time today, I moved on to the last piece of interior trim (I think!), which was on the aft edge of the v-berth floor. I took a measure of the span, grabbed a piece of teak stock, and headed over to the table saw. I removed a section of the teak stock so that the trim would sit flush on the v-berth floor.
Happy with the fit, I eased the edges and surfaces by sanding through 180-grit paper, pre-drilled for three #8 wood screws, and then dry-fitted the trim piece.
Final step this evening was to apply teak oil to the v-berth floor trim piece - installation tomorrow.
Total Time Today: 2 hrs
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