Project Log: Saturday, January 7, 2012
After some odds and ends, I brought the engine template,
now equipped with the actual engine mounts, up the boat
for a final test-fit before I determined how to proceed
with the original engine foundations. Instead of
using small loose blocks, as I had earlier, to raise the
template to the necessary height (since the original
foundations were low), I made up a down and dirty pair
of 3" tall, 30" long stringers to simulate the required
modification to the existing beds.
Sometime earlier I'd broken the original alignment
string, so I ran a new one for this stage of the work.
I aligned it through the center of the stern tube and
secured it tightly to the forward engine room bulkhead
in a way that I could easily remove or reset it during
the upcoming work. |
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I placed the template over the line, and made some minor
adjustments to the forward mounts to allow the string to
run through the centers of the template shaft holes.
This all confirmed what I'd determined earlier:
the foundations were about 3" too low in their current
configuration, so I'd need to build them up accordingly.
I'd order some materials and get ready to go on that
project in the near future. |
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After some final prep, I installed the longitudinal
pilothouse bulkheads permanently, securing them with
glue and screws at the cleats and beneath the small
upper shelves, and with some epoxy adhesive at the
bottom edge to tack the bulkhead to the upper edge of
the one beneath. I bunged the screw holes, and,
because the lower edges of the bulkheads wanted to bow
out slightly, used some braces between the two to hold
the lower edge in the proper alignment with the top of
the existing bulkhead while the adhesive cured. |
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Meanwhile, I washed and lightly sanded the epoxy-coated
back sides of the aft bulkhead paneling and prepared
these pieces for installation. I had to wait
briefly for the glue securing the bungs on the side
bulkheads to cure sufficiently, as at the aft end I
needed to trim the bungs before I could install the aft
panels.
As with the other veneer panels in the interior, I
secured the aft panels with polyurethane adhesive, and
clamped and braced them in place securely to hold them
while the adhesive cured. |
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Total Time Today: 4.75 hours
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