Before and After

 

January 2007 ==> June 2008

New Years Day

I ordered 15 gallons of MAS epoxy from Joel Mill at Devlin. With the 10% discount I got from ordering the plans from them earlier, the cost was about a third lower than System Three.  I got a nice mix of fast and normal harderers and normal and thin resins, and a bunch of thickeners and cups and stuff. I don’t have any experience with MAS resins – I’m just going on the recommendations from Devlin.

This plywood is odd – it has a twist and won’t lie flat without being clamped down. I’ve never had to deal with that before.

I started scarphing the hull panels yesterday and expect to finish the process today. I power-plane them pretty close and clean them up with a belt sander. My Fein vacuum cleaner is set up to turn on automatically when the tools start up – it works great. I don’t need to wear dust protection. I’ve filled a whole large trash bag already with the shavings.

   

Next steps:

• Laying out the panels and gluing them together
• Cutting out the four panels (2 sides and 2 bottom)
• Cutting out the bulkheads
• Setting up the bulkheads on the strongback
• Building the hull!