{"id":124,"date":"2021-07-13T18:43:40","date_gmt":"2021-07-13T17:43:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theslowboatbuilder.wordpress.com\/?p=124"},"modified":"2021-11-20T11:11:18","modified_gmt":"2021-11-20T11:11:18","slug":"knocking-out-the-bulkheads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hpwd.co.uk\/theslowboatbuilder\/index.php\/2021\/07\/13\/knocking-out-the-bulkheads\/","title":{"rendered":"knocking out the Bulkheads"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Well, hardly knocking them out, but making progress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I noticed that I have 8 bulkheads and a transom to cut out of 6 sheets of plywood. So a quick bit of sizing up was required. Easier to do this on A4 than full size. Phew! Can still be done.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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I have a new favourite tool This HUGE T-square is available from all the usual builders outlets. Apparently used by builders to mark up plasterboard for cutting and called a drywall square, it works equally well for marking up plywood.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Taking the shape from my full size drawing to the plywood involves pricking out; then lightly hammering nails into the indentations. I have found my 1 metre stainless steel rule works best for drawing a “fair” line around the nails.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

4 bulkheads done. 4 and the transom to go.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Well, hardly knocking them out, but making progress. I noticed that I have 8 bulkheads and a transom to cut out of 6 sheets of plywood. So a quick bit of sizing up was required. Easier to do this on A4 than full size. Phew! Can still be done. I have a new favourite tool… Continue reading knocking out the Bulkheads<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hpwd.co.uk\/theslowboatbuilder\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hpwd.co.uk\/theslowboatbuilder\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hpwd.co.uk\/theslowboatbuilder\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hpwd.co.uk\/theslowboatbuilder\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hpwd.co.uk\/theslowboatbuilder\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hpwd.co.uk\/theslowboatbuilder\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":393,"href":"https:\/\/hpwd.co.uk\/theslowboatbuilder\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124\/revisions\/393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hpwd.co.uk\/theslowboatbuilder\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hpwd.co.uk\/theslowboatbuilder\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hpwd.co.uk\/theslowboatbuilder\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}