We have fenders (sort of)
Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 8:10 amHere are some preliminary results of all of that work I've been doing in the laboratory building wooden fenders. And to all the newbies considering doing the same, all I can say is, you're NUTS. These two stupid fenders have expanded into a 6-week project.
Here's a fender--and the top will be covered with fish netting, tucked under the trim. Of course, I should have put the netting there BEFORE installing the trim, but that would have made sense, which has nothing to do with my build whatsoever:
And yes, I do indeed have two of them. In this photo, the stains look really different on the trim, but they're not. Must be the way the sunlight was hitting them.
This shows the contrast of the various materials, stains used. There are crabs both front and back of each fender, and we'll get to that unfinished right edge in a moment.
Now, remember that unfinished edge I mentioned above? Here's a side view:
Because of the item circled in red, the edges of the top skins didn't take the stain equally. So it needs a trim fix to hide those ugly edges and the less-than perfect top of the side. Again, caused by that item circled in red.
I tried to cut a piece of luan very narrow, and sort of made up a profile for a trim piece about 1 1/2", 2" wide, I even stained it and stuck it on there temporarily, but design-wise, this is a LOT tougher than you would imagine. It just didn't look great. And obviously, a piece of equal width for its entire length wouldn't go with this design at all.
So either Andrew is either going to send me a profile for trim, or I'm going to use rope. (Just along the top, nothing on the bottom.)
And for those here who don't know, Andrew is the one who designed these masterpieces before I got my hands on the plans and totally Rube Goldberged the whole thing.
Here's a fender--and the top will be covered with fish netting, tucked under the trim. Of course, I should have put the netting there BEFORE installing the trim, but that would have made sense, which has nothing to do with my build whatsoever:
And yes, I do indeed have two of them. In this photo, the stains look really different on the trim, but they're not. Must be the way the sunlight was hitting them.
This shows the contrast of the various materials, stains used. There are crabs both front and back of each fender, and we'll get to that unfinished right edge in a moment.
Now, remember that unfinished edge I mentioned above? Here's a side view:
Because of the item circled in red, the edges of the top skins didn't take the stain equally. So it needs a trim fix to hide those ugly edges and the less-than perfect top of the side. Again, caused by that item circled in red.
I tried to cut a piece of luan very narrow, and sort of made up a profile for a trim piece about 1 1/2", 2" wide, I even stained it and stuck it on there temporarily, but design-wise, this is a LOT tougher than you would imagine. It just didn't look great. And obviously, a piece of equal width for its entire length wouldn't go with this design at all.
So either Andrew is either going to send me a profile for trim, or I'm going to use rope. (Just along the top, nothing on the bottom.)
And for those here who don't know, Andrew is the one who designed these masterpieces before I got my hands on the plans and totally Rube Goldberged the whole thing.
