Having cut out a template for the top half of the half bulkhead last night from a piece of corrugated cardboard, I now needed to make the real thing from marine plywood. Unfortunately, none of the remaining pieces of plywood were large enough to get the piece out in one go, so I had to glue two pieces together.
Not difficult, just a delay I had not thought of.
This is the workpiece in position for a dry fit.
These are the three holes that I filled with epoxy last night.
A closer look at one of them shows that some of the epoxy had seeped into the hole. The concave surface of the epoxy will be filled in when the patch is applied.
I removed the excess epoxy, gave the area a good sane and liberally applied some penetrating epoxy to soak in an seal any remaining gaps.
I hope.
Time for a cup of tea.
The next task was the top of the half bulkhead. I rummaged through the wood pile and found some Oak for one side and some Sapale for the other. I didn’t have enough of either to do both sides. Well not without a whole heap of gluing !
This is the oak being glued on one side.
And once the glue had set up for about 20 minutes, I glued the Sapale on the other side. Once that has set up I’ll bring the whole thing into the house and put it on the Rayburn to get warm so that the glue properly dries.
The floor of the battery box was looked at next. Here you can see that the front inboard edge is unsupported.
I shaped a piece of Oak to make a support and used sealant to glue it in place. I’ll put screws in tomorrow when the sealant has cured.
Time for a cup of tea.
The last task for the day was to remove all the cramps from the workpiece before taking it into the house.
This is the Sapale side and faces aft.
And this is the Oak side and faces forward.
Time for a cup of tea.