Lots of Action, Not Much to See

Worked my tits off today. I feel tired but content, although it doesn't look like I've achieved very much in the end. This morning I got stuck right in and finished sanding the rest of the molds down to thier lines (I LOVE my sanding station).

Then I decided to get the mold extensions sorted out & (hopefully) attached to the molds, so I measured them up & cut them out. Keen to leave my childhood "RAG" brandname behind me for this project (refer previous post), I tried a couple of experimental production lines, striving to make each extension as accurate, square & straight as humanly possible.

Unfortunately, this approach was taking forever. Wanting to paddle this canoe before I'm 60 years old, I decided to just make sure that the top edge of each extension was straight. Then it was an easy matter to measure out the mid point and draw a centreline from that edge. Aligning the extension on each mold by eye & holding them together with both hands, I was able to put each assembly into my vice and tighten it up with my knee. Then I'd drill and fit the first two bolts, washers & nuts. Spin it over & do the same for the bottom two bolts and that's that station's mold/extension done.

It sounds pretty simple but it took me the rest of the day to get all of these done.

Anyway, this is the result of my day's (sweaty) labour. Doesn't look like much, does it? Oh well, now I've just got to adjust some of the cleat heights and I can finally start fitting these things to the strongback.