DaveH6
Installing Cypress ceiling strips in v-berth
I look forward to the day that someone can explain to me why the Cypress strips are called "ceilings". Call me old fashioned, but I think of a ceiling as a structure over my head..
Two days after rolling the boat upright, I got invaded by a virus featuring exploding headaches and vertigo. This malady went on for two weeks so boat progress was nil. Because of my age, the doctor evaluated me to ensure the headaches were not a pre-cursor to a stroke. Had me smile to check out facial symmetry, see if I would fall over with closed eyes while standing with arms outstretched palms facing the ceiling, prove I could rub my shin with the other foot's heel, and finally, repeatedly touching the tip of my nose and then touching his frequently moving finger. I passed these tests and the virus departed. Oh to be young again.
So the Cypress strips have been my first measureable boat work since the rollover. I'm using 2 1/4" wide by 5/16" thick strips with the edges beveled on my router table. Always atuned to weight issues, Cypress weighs 2.2 lbs per board foot versus Cedar which is 1.9 lbs. Woods such as Cherry are around 3.2 lbs so I'm being weight prudent in my use of Cypress. My local fine hardwood store (I believe they are a subsidary of Tiffany's jewelry) had Atlantic Coast White Cedar in stock which is lighter than Cypress but the cedar had too many knot holes, and although tight, the look didn't appeal to me.
I tried to use my bandsaw to resaw the Cypress which ended up a flop and I retreated to using my table saw with a narrow kerf Forrester blade (later I found out from Tom L. that some 7" blades have a narrower kerf). I ended up with too much saw dust and not enough strips so my fine hardwood lumber store will see me again soon. Picture shows the first strip set in epoxy. I back coated the strip with epoxy and let it set up for a short period and then put on dabs of thickened fast setting epoxy and then clamped the strip in place. As expected, the first strip took forever as I was on the learning curve on how to clamp it and brace it to keep it tight against the long ago installed mahogany inwhale. This first strip is probably over clamped and as I get proficient on strip installation, perhaps will chuckle at this picture. The temperature today in Austin is a high of 98 so this strip is going to set up very fast.
A couple of days before this strip installation, I put a coat of epoxy on the v-berth area topsides, removed the blush and sanded with 40 grit paper to give bite to the epoxy on the Cypress strips.
Installing Cypress ceiling strips in v-berth
I look forward to the day that someone can explain to me why the Cypress strips are called "ceilings". Call me old fashioned, but I think of a ceiling as a structure over my head..
Two days after rolling the boat upright, I got invaded by a virus featuring exploding headaches and vertigo. This malady went on for two weeks so boat progress was nil. Because of my age, the doctor evaluated me to ensure the headaches were not a pre-cursor to a stroke. Had me smile to check out facial symmetry, see if I would fall over with closed eyes while standing with arms outstretched palms facing the ceiling, prove I could rub my shin with the other foot's heel, and finally, repeatedly touching the tip of my nose and then touching his frequently moving finger. I passed these tests and the virus departed. Oh to be young again.
So the Cypress strips have been my first measureable boat work since the rollover. I'm using 2 1/4" wide by 5/16" thick strips with the edges beveled on my router table. Always atuned to weight issues, Cypress weighs 2.2 lbs per board foot versus Cedar which is 1.9 lbs. Woods such as Cherry are around 3.2 lbs so I'm being weight prudent in my use of Cypress. My local fine hardwood store (I believe they are a subsidary of Tiffany's jewelry) had Atlantic Coast White Cedar in stock which is lighter than Cypress but the cedar had too many knot holes, and although tight, the look didn't appeal to me.
I tried to use my bandsaw to resaw the Cypress which ended up a flop and I retreated to using my table saw with a narrow kerf Forrester blade (later I found out from Tom L. that some 7" blades have a narrower kerf). I ended up with too much saw dust and not enough strips so my fine hardwood lumber store will see me again soon. Picture shows the first strip set in epoxy. I back coated the strip with epoxy and let it set up for a short period and then put on dabs of thickened fast setting epoxy and then clamped the strip in place. As expected, the first strip took forever as I was on the learning curve on how to clamp it and brace it to keep it tight against the long ago installed mahogany inwhale. This first strip is probably over clamped and as I get proficient on strip installation, perhaps will chuckle at this picture. The temperature today in Austin is a high of 98 so this strip is going to set up very fast.
A couple of days before this strip installation, I put a coat of epoxy on the v-berth area topsides, removed the blush and sanded with 40 grit paper to give bite to the epoxy on the Cypress strips.