Since I'm starting out on building a small sailing boat, I thought it might be useful for others to learn from my experience. This will be a log of the building project, and any problems and solutions along the way.
Sunday, January 16, 2011
Making More Cleats
You can see the blanks here, the curves are cut on a drill stand with a 20mm Forstner bit. ThenI cut the horns before putting a 1/12 slope on each side. Of course, with my new found confidence, I made the base a little too short, but since they are for a 14' sailing dinghy, they should cope ok.
A rasp and a belt sander clamped upside down on a table with an 80 grit belt will do most of the shaping, and then you cut strips of a sanding belt and do the insides of the curve shoe shiner fashion.
Some really nice and neat work, here. Great job! Makes me wish you were building my boat!
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