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Category Archives: sanding

Hull Layer: Fresh Epoxy vs. Sanded

March 3, 2014by tsunamiChris Leave a comment

  I have become one with my belt sander. Using a belt sander is fast and efficient and as long as I stay focused and balanced all is well.

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epoxy, sanding, stripping

Prepping to Sand a Bit

December 16, 2013by tsunamiChris Leave a comment

It’s a little chilly and the epoxy is hard to get out of the pumps, so until it warms up a bit I’ll trim of the wild strips, remove screws […]

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sanding

Beautiful Plywood

December 11, 2013by tsunamiChris Leave a comment

I don’t think I appreciated plywood until this build. Solid woods, particularly hardwoods were always king and they still are. But I have warmed to the beauty of this Okoume […]

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hatch, sanding

Hatch is Placed and Faired

December 4, 2013by tsunamiChris 3 Comments

Hatch is placed and sanded(“faired”). After dry fitting the hatch I had to climb in a porthole in order to screw in the temporary side jams. It was a tight […]

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hatch, sanding

Edge Cleanup

August 22, 2013by tsunamiChris Leave a comment

In order to prep for the porthole installation there is a bunch of housekeeping I need to do. The first step is cleaning up my edges and laying down the […]

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sanding

Back to Sanding

August 15, 2013by tsunamiChris Leave a comment

Now that the boat is upright it’s time to fair/sand the crud out of the ribs. Next time I will make more registration elements as a part of the rib […]

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sanding

Making a Sanding Station from a Belt Sander

July 21, 2012by tsunamiChris Leave a comment

When I am fitting lap joints that are cut by hand I often need to sand a bumpy cut down to a flat edge. I have been using a sanding […]

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little helpers, sanding, tools

Template Clean Up

June 27, 2012by tsunamiChris Leave a comment

After making these temporary template pieces (the real template pieces will be made from my first cuts on the cut table) I need to clean up as much as I […]

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sanding, templates

Sand Off the Nipples

May 29, 2012by tsunamiChris Leave a comment

Epoxy the crud out of your work and you are bound to make a few nipples along the way. Hey, we all have them, so no biggee. Oh, this is […]

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framing, sanding

Sanding Blow Out

May 22, 2012by tsunamiChris Leave a comment

Fairing(sanding) the outside edges of the framing is so much better with a 24″ belt sander than with a power hand plane. I had a hell of a time with […]

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framing, sanding, woops

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