Thanks GPW, your compliments and comments are always welcome.
Some pics from Thursday night.
Karl spent that day extending the ATV trailer.
He slapped a couple of boards on there (even though it was not part of the deal), slipped the stake sides back into the relocated pockets, and the thing looked presentable (despite the reduced turning radius… the customer is only right sometimes).
Some pic’s of the 3rd wet coat on the rear of the bulkhead and street side wall.
In this one you can kind of see the lightness of color compared to the other parts.
On the ride home I managed to snap a pic of this poor guy dragging an old TT down the shoulder riding on the rim, pieces of tire rubber flailing in his wake.
Tonight, Friday, I got some redundant pics of the same parts after drying… at least partially… very humid here again and they, especially the wall, have a lot more “zits” (those little solvent pits… should have listened to the experts and thinned the final coat… wasn’t as critical in the dryer weather).
It was very difficult trying to set the bulkhead up on the wall dado. The bulkhead is just heavy and large enough that it is a bit of a stretch to gently set it in place by myself. After scraping the excess poly from the edges of the dado and bulkhead, I tried to dry fit them with them standing up on the floor. The floor is rough T&G plank and is not very even, but I was able to get the top of the joint started.
Still some adjustments to be made in order to have this ‘snap together’ during glue and screw-up. I could have left a good 1/16 extra clearance allowing for the poly and other variations and the joint would have still been reasonably tight.
Took the opportunity to get a size perspective shot using the camera delay timer. Here I am sitting up against the bulkhead, even though the cabinets to come will prevent this in the future.
Sorry about the seat cushion in the foreground; I set the camera on a chair for the shot.
Galley side.
In order to trim the dado a bit wider, I masked it off on both sides so that the router shoe would not scratch the finish. Left the tape a little wide on the rear edge so that it would not eat the tape.
Careful measurement and a test at the start of the cut, with minor adjustment helped to set the extruded fence location for a skim cut.
I found it was easier to just set the router up in the slot and adjust the depth to suit by sighting thru the dado under the cutter. When I checked the depth setting against a scrap of 5mm I found it to be quite a bit deeper. I attributed this to the tape, rosin paper, and multiple coats of poly.
Ran the router and then had to trim the remainder where the toe kick boards kept the router from completing the cut. I did this by repositioning the fence, scoring with the std. utility knife, and working with the 3/8 chisel.
I managed to get the bulkhead up onto the wall again to check fit after the cutting, but it was still just a little tight at the middle. I’ll have to set it back up again tomorrow and trim a hair more.
I have mixed emotions about the panel finish. Close up I wish it was better quality at this effort level, but overall I am pretty happy with it. As usual the pics make it look 10 to 15/ct better than it is.
I’m moving on.
BTW, 2 week vacation has officially started at end of work day today! Would have been the big trip if done, but instead will be one week of straight out build time, and a week off.
Hope to get the cabin shell put together this week. Just a little more detail work on the walls and a helping hand from Karl and the walls will be up!
About time, eh?
by Wolffarmer » Sun Aug 04, 2013 9:59 pm 
) to completing the cabin up in the loft before lowering it down to ground level where the trailer is.