Panel #10 planked..

Rolf picked up 4000 staples saturday between other tasks. Sunday panel #10 was all planked. 5 hours from start to finish. Not bad I think.
Next weekend it would be great to have #11 out of 12 planked.

Winter has come and temperature in the workshop dropped quite a bit with the snow. We have got our hands on a bit of bubble wrap and will try that on the single pane window and the garage port.

Since first of august we have 116,5 hours in the project. Most of it spent on producing hull panels, ripping planks etc. It is good to get some progress, even if the number of hours spent on the project is substantial.

Out of staples!!

Rolf taped over the male mould tonight with packing tape. We do this to stop the hull from sticking to the mould after glassing. We definately dont want that so this is an important job.
The first planks was also fitted, but after just four planks, we ran out of staples! Got to remember to buy more tomorrow!

Progressing slowly..

Tonight Omar and Rolf ripped more strips for panel 10,11 and 12. Cleaned up all the sawdust and put the strips in storage.
Afterwards we removed #8 from the female mould and flipped #9 into the female mould. Set it up and clamped it to the mould. Filled all voids and cut off some of the longer planks. Friday night it will be possible to either do some sanding or begin planking of #10.. The ambition is to finish planking and gluing #10 this weekend. We will see..

Cutting planks..

Frode and Rolf spent the night in company with a circular saw and some planks.. A load of new strips is in place and there is still one more 1 inch plank to rip.

Panel 9 glassed on the outside.

One thing less to do.. Need to be quick in turning the panel over and glassing the inside as well to stop warping and twisting.

Panel #9 pre-coated

So that is it. Just some light washing and sanding left and then it is time to get the glass on #9..

Panel #9 planked and glued..

Title says most of it. #9 was planked in 3.5 hours, had the gunwhale laminated the same evening and the whole thing was glued. Now that is real progress.
Tonight I pulled about half of the staples on it. Plan to finish the job of pulling staples tomorrow and perhaps do some sanding. Have to shop for some more wood to convert into boat.

Panel #8 glassed on the inside.

Another evening in the spacesuit applying glass and epoxy to the inside of pane #8. Some issues with the fillet where we added too much chopped glass and removed to much when rounding it. Also a zillion outgassing bubbles today. We suspect the 100watts lightsource that was positioned above the panel. Nothing 5 minutes with the garage door open did not fix.