Hull Layer: Fresh Epoxy vs. Sanded
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.
Category Archives: sanding
Prepping to Sand a Bit
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 […]
Beautiful Plywood
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 […]
Hatch is Placed and Faired
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 […]
Edge Cleanup
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 […]
Back to Sanding
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 […]
Making a Sanding Station from a Belt Sander
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 […]
Template Clean Up
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 […]
Sand Off the Nipples
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 […]
Sanding Blow Out
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 […]
