Sunday, June 12, 2011

Boarding pass please part 2

Now that the boarding ladder was finished I had to mount the ring/hooks on the side of the boat. So I made a simple jig and some backing blocks with the T- nuts in them. Worked well.

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Mounted and Installed.

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Update on the Ladder varnish.

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Boarding pass please.

The new boarding ladder. Took me almost six months to get the hardware. Good thing I was in no hurry. I was glad to get it actually. Instead of a bunch of picture, I made a slide show. You can look at them individually on Picasa.

New Aft Hatch - Finished

Finished aft hatch. A lot of work but it's done.
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Painting and varnishing.

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Installed. Ignore the dirty deck. Still to be delt with.

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Man made breeze

I needed a bunch of fans for the boat. If you have priced these recently you will see they are not cheap, price wise anyway. So I said " I think I'll make my own". Here is how I did it.
Find the fan you would like to use. I had 2 on hand, and found some more on Ebay.
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Measure it then figure how to mount it. I wanted a nice teak mounting to match the rest of the boat. I also built one with mahogany and sapele wraps. These I used a spray urethane on them. The teak ones I oiled.

So make the wood bits first. I used some scrap to test.

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The holes are for the swivel bolts and nuts. I used nylon bolts and wing nuts from Lowes and Home Depot. Add the rubber washer to hold it from turning. You do not need to tighten them tight as they hold real well.

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Glue them in with some epoxy (J-B Weld). Then run thru the router to clean them up.
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Wire in the switch then glue them up. Give them a final sand then oil or add desired finish.
Also make Aluminum brackets.
Clamp available here.

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Finished fan.

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You could make all the cuts for the wood on a table saw, but I used a router for the channel. Also the switch came from Radio Shack. I put it in one of the screw holes for the grill. Drill a half inch hole opposite to insert the switch. This hole is where the wires will come back out.