DaveH6
Cabin view
I put a jug of epoxy resin into an ice chest along with a heating pad and 60 watt light for an hour and ended up with a very warm thus low viscosity resin that was then catalyzed and thinly applied to the pictured back side of the frame before the window frame sections were assembled. This was done after I turned off the heat in the workshop so the wood was cooling thus no air bubbles expelled from the mahogany.
Would have been easier to trim the port and center foredeck areas after marking the windshield landing points. However, the windshield frame center section temporary plywood support would have to be removed before roof fitting.
I made the mistake of focusing on the lateral alignment of the foredeck's aft edge in regards to the keel line. Since most of the foredeck's port aft edge and center area will be cut away to the windshield and much of the starboard side removed for the instrument cluster, the aft edge has little importance in final positioning of the foredeck. Getting the front hatch opening centered over the keel line on the anchor locker bulkhead and getting a foredeck rib fully supported by the laminated mahogany beam should be the focus.
Now ready to go to work on the side decks.
Cabin view
I put a jug of epoxy resin into an ice chest along with a heating pad and 60 watt light for an hour and ended up with a very warm thus low viscosity resin that was then catalyzed and thinly applied to the pictured back side of the frame before the window frame sections were assembled. This was done after I turned off the heat in the workshop so the wood was cooling thus no air bubbles expelled from the mahogany.
Would have been easier to trim the port and center foredeck areas after marking the windshield landing points. However, the windshield frame center section temporary plywood support would have to be removed before roof fitting.
I made the mistake of focusing on the lateral alignment of the foredeck's aft edge in regards to the keel line. Since most of the foredeck's port aft edge and center area will be cut away to the windshield and much of the starboard side removed for the instrument cluster, the aft edge has little importance in final positioning of the foredeck. Getting the front hatch opening centered over the keel line on the anchor locker bulkhead and getting a foredeck rib fully supported by the laminated mahogany beam should be the focus.
Now ready to go to work on the side decks.