13 Apr 24:
The first photo is of our shop's light switch. The switch has a motion sensor on/off option, which can be fine tuned to function any time of day or only when it is dark. There is a sensitivity switch and also a vacancy timer which will turn off the lights as soon as we stop moving around, or after 1, 5 or 30 minutes.
I thought a motion detector light switch would be handy for when I had my hands full entering the shop, and to turn lights off for a while if we leave the shop and get pressed into service on some other project. The switch has been a very welcome addition.
Fine day today despite the high winds. We found a semi sheltered spot on the driveway and removed some more paint from our Abaco Dinghy HENNING. The finishing dolly has been handy in many ways, toting around different project boats and also serving as a mobile workbench base. And the shop vac/dust separator/furniture dolly rig is easy to roll around to wherever the project wanders. Speaking of rolling, we have always found it handy to have at least some decking around a shop(s) that is flat and the same level as the shop floor, so that we can do exactly what the photo above shows, which is to roll boats or saws outside when we are making sawdust, or just to be outside on a nice day and not be working on uneven dirt or mud. Leaving the shop also creates space for more folks to play with the boat, today Skipper ran a scraper and sander while I heat gunned.
Two of the tools we are using for paint removal, heat gun for the first pass then sanding. The blue Kobalt heat gun is set to 1200 degrees Fahrenheit and highest fan speed, we hold it about 4-6 inches from the surface and count to 12, watching for a section of paint to lift or bubble. When we see the paint begin to lift, we remove the heat and use a scraper to scrape the paint, taking care not to gouge the wood. We let the scraped paint cool for a bit then vacuum it into the Dust Deputy cyclonic separator, powered by a ShopVac 4 gallon vacuum with HEPA filter. We have several size scrapers to get into different areas, and a pick awl.
The yellow and black DeWALT oscillating multi tool with triangle sander head can get into a lot of corners and underneath boat bits like the risers shown in the photo. Risers are pieces that are used to hold up seats, thwarts or floorboards. The triangle sander head can be positioned to the left or right 90 degrees to get into right angle areas, hand for sanding the back sides of frames in spots where the hull has a tight curve.
Golden Hour lighting, back inside the Boat Works to rest up for the next adventure.
Log of HENNING.
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