[breescyclust]

Thanks to everyone who mentioned and discussed this.  I just installed the galley flat and quarter panels, and it sure looks like it’d be WAY easier to install the shelf at this point, with it all tipped up and pretty accessible.  I’ll finish sand the bulkhead before I put the shelf in, and save the fillet on the top of the shelf for when it’s right-side-up.

Since the floor will follow pretty soon, is there anything else I should consider while it’s pretty open?  I’m off next week, so I may make significant progress unless we get enough snow to go skiing!

Brian

Santa Fe, NM

 

[breescyclust]

This all looks and sounds great.  Now.  And I don’t want to rain on your parade. but I’d be uneasy about having rigid epoxy bonding aluminum with a high thermal expansion coefficient to wood (with hardly any) in an area I’m unlikely to monitor, especially when those joints will shock load a bit going down the road.

I understand the concerns about sealing the attachment bolts, and since I’m only about 30 hours into building mine, I have some time to think about all this…

Thanks for sharing!

Brian

 

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