Day 7
Tea Count 2
Injuries 0
Time Spent 3 Hours
Well readers, apologies for the lack of posts recently but progress has been a little slow. My social calendar has been in overdrive recently and with dinners, trips to London and house guests, canoe building has been 2nd on the agenda. I am however, happy to report that things are back on track and I am once again very sticky.
Day seven, Saturday last proved most productive and saw me complete the routing and sanding of the second bulkhead and screwed into place. I was rather hoping that it might develop the same warp as the first bulkhead but in the opposite direction so they might fit together in perfect harmony. No, that was never going to happen. This one is perfectly flat. The left side of my brain , the one in denial, says that the bulkheads will simply flatten out when the securing bolts are tightened, whilst the right side, the sensible side, is desperately trying to work out a plan for getting the warp factor out! The rounding of the edges and cutting of the slots in the bulkhead frame went without a hitch. Apparently I had learned from my mistakes when using the router on the first BH (bulkheads are hear-by known by the abbreviation BH as BH is much shorter to type than BH...)
So, perfect slots, perfect rounds and a good fit into the canoe. One major incident worthy of note however was the splitting of one of filleted seams when I pushed the BH into place. Normally this would have upset me greatly but it was far too cold to get too precious about anything. This can be repaired when it comes to taping the joints.
So feeling smug with myself for now having two halves that look like they could soon become one whole I decided to call it a day, go inside and get warm before our trip to London to see Cirque de Soleil. Experience has taught me that when a build of any kind is going well and a the day has gone without any major problems, don't push your luck, finish early before it all goes pear shaped.
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