Mark 1 cabin refit ...

luigisante · Post by **luigisante** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 4:34 am

Here is the face bonded. A coat of oil brings out the grain nicely.

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Here are the doors oiled as well. The old teak is adding a really nice touch, offsetting the lightness of the oak. I think the cabin is going to be bright.
I particularly like the look of the oil on the wood instead of polyurethane.

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Once the glass is painted, the cabinet looks great.

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luigisante · Post by **luigisante** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 4:44 am

Once the cabinet was done, I took a break and cleaned up some other smaller items I've been meaning to do. The galley is more of a challange than I had anticipated. There is a lot to consider with every step. I find it motivating (of at least less frustrating) to stop a more complicated task and do so simpler things so I can see some more progress. So, I turned to immitating Joe Walling's bin installation.

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It's an easy installation. Looks great too. Shame it'll never be seen.

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By the way Joe ... what is that grey stuff you use on your bins as an edging?

Here you can see the door-stops in the cabinet. I put one in too far and I'll have to sand it back with a dremmel.

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luigisante · Post by **luigisante** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 4:53 am

Since I put the step in the companionway, I wanted to reinforce it. The step is fine and does not flex, but I will be using it when I have a lot of gear in my arms and want to make sure it can handle a significant load. I put together these brackets out of oak.

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The installation is straight-forward. The bracket is screwed and glued at the back and on the top, under the step.

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Here are both brackets installed.

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luigisante · Post by **luigisante** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 5:01 am

Okay, enough fun ... back to the hard stuff.

Started playing with the placement of the galley top. Still not sure what I'm using. I started building the frame for the top.

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The corners are mitered and I am using glue blocks to keep the corners strong. If I had a table saw nearby, I would use a lap joint for this corner instead.

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Having the frame really helps positioning the rest of the galley parts.

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I have to leave room to build a tray under the propane insert so I can vent any leakage directly outside.

That's it for now.

Lou

luigisante · Post by **luigisante** » Mon Oct 10, 2011 8:18 am

Played hookey Friday and went to the boat show. I was originally planning to go on Saturday, but work looked like it was not going to cooperate. So, I decided to sneek away for a quick trip to Annapolis on Friday morning.

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Came back Friday night ... full of motivation. Here is a picture of making the back-splash template.

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And, here is the layout of the counter top frame with offset brace.

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luigisante · Post by **luigisante** » Mon Oct 10, 2011 8:21 am

Took a few seconds off to install a fire extinguisher in the doorway. Decided that I wanted a fire extinguisher in the cabin during the refit before I started doing electrical work.

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Fitting the oak plywood back.

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The plywood base for the top is cut and fitted. It is basically ready for formica.

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luigisante · Post by **luigisante** » Mon Oct 10, 2011 8:34 am

There should be plenty of room under the counter-top to accomodate the cooker hookup and the sink plumbing.

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The backsplash is fitted for final installation. Corner cleats help make it solid and provide a backstop so that putty can make the corners seamless.

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And, a final shot from the cockpit before installing the galley.

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It is really starting to shape-up.

I'm probably going to have the galley installed today. The top will remain uninstalled until I get my brackets back. Then, I'll fit some while formica on the plywood and glue it down. After that, I should be ready to start on the starboard settee and the ceiling panels. After that, it's time to install the systems, including the engine.

Lou

luigisante · Post by **luigisante** » Mon Oct 10, 2011 5:06 pm

The backsplash was first anchored on the blocks in the corners and bedded in wood putty to hide the seam.

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Then, I attached it to the counter top frame with bolts.

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The bolts really pulled up the splash tight against the frame.

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luigisante · Post by **luigisante** » Mon Oct 10, 2011 5:12 pm

I ordered an LED light bar at the boat show. It's being mailed to me. I need some trim on the bottom of the cabinet to shield the line of sight from the under cabinet lighting. It should look really nice when it's done.

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An old piece of the Telstar's original exterrior trim should do nicely. It needs to be sanded back to bare wook but should look good when its done.

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It really cleans off the look of the bottom of the cabinets.

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Shame I ran out of time while I still have my post-boat-show motivation. Back to work tomorrow.

Lou

luigisante · Post by **luigisante** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 12:22 pm

Getting very close to completing the galley structure. I have been looking at 2 burner propane units to install in there. I am somewhat limited by the 33 inch counter top, but the sink will be no larger than 12" so I will have roughly 20" to fit in a 2 burner stovetop. Here is the cabinet before trimming.

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I have decided to go completely with LED lighting in the cabin (and probably in the navigation lights as well). I picked up a perfect undercounter light at the boatshow.

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It was fairly easy to install.

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