Thursday, December 4, 2008

LWX & LWY/Electrical Conduit

I've read of a lot of people having issues with the angles and lengths of LWX and LWY. Thankfully, I was able to learn from their issues and had relatively little trouble in putting the pieces in place. Basically I cut everything a little bit oversized and over angled and then sanded till I had a good fit. Also, instead of using nails to hold them in place I used drywall screws. After everything had cured I removed the screws and filled the holes with flox.
Port:

Starboard:

A closeup of the joint between LXY and LWY:


For the electrical conduit I followed the plans and formed a male plug which I covered with box tape. After taping the plug and the board I would be working on, I put one ply bid over the plug:


Then covered with peel ply:

Here's the conduit extension on top of the foam :


And five-minute epoxied in place:


Now I just need to place the foam around the conduit, add 6 plies of Bid, fix one minor repair area on the upper longeron and cut the sides to size and I'll be finished with ch. 5. Hopefully by next Wednesday!

2 comments:

Mom's Blog said...

Nice to see the work going again! BTW...you need to update your personal info....there's been some changes! :-) Love you! MOM

Grammy said...

Cool! You're back! Good to see you progressing on your building again!
Congratulations!
Love you, grandson!