With varnish dry, it was time to mount the doors. Hinges had a lot of rust on them so I took a detour and spent over an hour hitting them with a buffer until some of the shine was restored.
Doors installed
Got the doors bleached, stained, and varnished
Bleached the center panels of the doors to get the red hues out, then stained teak frames. Varnished all sides. This is the last piece of panel work for the entire boat. Great milestone!
Corner trim installed
Dry fit rounded corners
Took quite a bit of time to get the rounded corners fitted perfectly but it looked pretty good in the end.
Made rounded corners on CNC
Used the cutout piece from bathroom vanity as stock to CNC a few rounded corners for teak trim. Some had to be done as 2 halves and glued together.
Figured out teak trim
Took all the teak trim I made plus some original trim I saved to figure out whether I have all the edges covered. Definitely need to make a few more corners but overall I have 90% in place. Just need to make a few more pieces, finish, and install it all.
Started on v-birth insert
Started making a new shelf for v-birth with a few guides to keep it in place. Running out of 3/4″ ply so had to join a few remaining odd pieces together.
Thinking it will have a cushion with magnetic attachments so it can be used both as a middle cushion and as a tray to put a drink on.
Finalizing cutting board
Made a piece for the front of the cutting board, rounded edges, and glued it in.
Then made a juice groove by sticking a centerpiece on the board using double-sided tape and then routing around it. Hindsight: might have been better to use CNC for this and do a cleaner groove with shape closer to square.
Galley dry fit complete, stove mounted
Took some time to fit all the CNCd pieces together. Man, this boat has no straight angles anywhere and all the measurements end up requiring some adjustment when parts are installed. Nevertheless, it call came together today. Not 100% done but only minor fit adjustments left to finalize it.
Glued together cutting board pieces
This is teak from bathroom vanity table cutouts that I kept around for 5 years. Made 3 solid pieces out of it and glued it together for the galley cutting board.
