Putting the clamps on...
So that it will stay put.
More clamps
the wall of clamps
All the clamps.
Getting the varnish out of the screw heads
Screws are out....now to get this bit off.
Using hammer and chisel to make it flat again
Cutting out a new piece...
Tadaaaa
Glue.....
Screws...
More screws
Its jigsawing time on the rudder
Nasty corner to cut.
Almost there..
Now to get dad a tea so he will grind it for me...
Took 2 teas and a sandwich
He could have got rid of all the spinters....
Big hole....
Little hole...
Screwing it to the bench...
Need to get the pencil marks and splinters off.
Getting the belt sander out.
It likes to run off forwards on its own.
Dad hid all his nice paintbrushes, so Im varnishing with the kitchen sink sponge
Doing the holes well as thats where the last one broke.
Er....Dad ground through it, not me with teh belt sander! OW
More varnish
And same on the gaff.
Getting varnish in the holes..
Mini broke when I dropped it.
Dads fault!
Hmmm....Thought dad had fixed all the damage he did when he tried to be a Flintstone.
Im grinding it so I can get microfibres to stick well
Er.....It got bigger.
Wetting it with resin..
Adding microfibres
Stirring it with dad screwdriver.
Using a putty knife to flatten the microfibres
Filling the screwholes in the rudder
and the gaps in its edge
Dad got a new sponge....Ha ha ha
Dads farting.
Exercise machines in Poole Park
Hot chocolate and ice cream celebrations!
Yum!