Galley

The first job on Monday was to finish the lining to the forward bulkhead in the aft cabin just a couple of narrow strips either side of the engine access panels it was not worth trying to do it all in one piece a lot less waste this way. Once this was complete I lined the narrow horizontal plywood panel which fits across the aft end of this cabin.

Horizontal panel

The rest of the week has been taken up with assembling and fitting the galley drawer front panel and the adjacent infill panel I had managed to stain the edge trim pieces over last weekend so it just needed to be pinned and glued around the two panels I used brass pins and Evo-Stik Sticks Like Sh*t white grab adhesive. Once the edge trim had been secured I started by fitting the front panel to the draw this proved to be a bit tricky trying to get the panel in the correct position so that it would latch properly when closed. In order to make sure that both panels were properly aligned I clamped a straight piece of timber to the front of the moulding before marking the fixing positions. The B&Q drawer box does have a limited amount of adjustment for the position of the front panel both horizontally and vertically but I did find that I had to adjust the position of the draw runners before everything worked in a satisfactory manner, the drawer runners have a number of slotted holes to allow adjustment then once everything is working correctly the runners can be finally secured with screws through the circular fixing holes. 

Setting panels in position

Drawer front panel fitted

The edge trim still requires varnishing I think I have got a reasonable colour match certainly with the teak ring for the finger hole we shall see after the varnish has been applied.

During this week at home I made a start on the edge trim for the two doors for the galley which I hope to complete over the weekend there is a bit more work involved as the hinges have to be fitted also as I am using cranked hinges which are designed for 10mm thick doors, and I have made the doors from 12mm plywood, I have to produce some 2mm stainless packing pieces.