Monday, July 11, 2016

Broken Tools & Progress...

The V-Berth lowering is in full swing... at least until my jigsaw broke.

I removed the 1 1/2" Groco seacocks and they are available for sale, (I will ship), but they are still in need of cleaning. I painted what will be storage spaces and will seal all the thru-hull holes all at once, (I have two more to remove and I will post on that project at the appropriate time).

After framing the lowered V-Berth and adding an extended bulkhead up front, I was about measure and cut all the 3/4" plywood for the decking and my jigsaw broke... not the blade, but the jigsaw itself. So... I closed the boat and headed home.

Home Depot tomorrow for a jigsaw and West Marine for epoxy stuff.

Pics below.

Fair seas and God bless!
















2 comments:

  1. Nice bit of deconstruction. Looking good so far.

    Those seacocks are pretty cruddy but I'm thinking they might be able to get cleaned up and used again. Hopefully you get a taker on them. I'm still looking at removing at least one, if not both, of the seacocks from my old head I had removed.

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  2. I think they will clean up... I got them ib a bucket but keep forgetting to get the vinegar. Once they are cleaned, broken down, and put back together, baring any bad parts, I'm sure a Westsailor will pick them up... they seem to be in high demand since the company no longer make them.

    It's coming along nicely, lots done today, decking and cut-outs are in but saving the pics for my next post.

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