finishing
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Obsessive woodworking, top side
With both decks on, I could be an obsessive woodworker again. First I shimmed up any really large gaps with thin pieces of wood, epoxying them on. Then I routed all the edges. Once I sanded down the bumps and the previous coat of fiberglass, there were still some larger structural gaps that I wanted…
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Those Troublesome Skegs, Finishing Touches
So the skegs are mounted, but the carriage bolt countersinks are still there. Let’s fix that. I bought a hardwood dowel of the same diameter as my countersink holes. Happily, the grain ran crossways the length of the dowel, making sweet little plugs when I cut little coins off the end. A story in pictures.…