The OEM galley cabinet interior is done. The forward salon cabinet interior is almost done. So I installed a half dozen mahogany veneer panels in the salon aft cabinet to wrap that one up.
Lotsa mahogany panels to install
The 1/8″ mahogany plywood is down to just a few small scraps. The plywood stack in the salon is getting smaller every week. When it’s gone, the Roamer interior should be done. Boooyah.
Wetting out panels with epoxy
Installing the panels in the cabinet
Truth be told, I pretty much ran out of 1/8″ mahogany plywood. So I had to use three leftover scraps to make the last interior panel inside the lower aft cabinet. I was able to match the grain pretty well, and the seams turned out just fine. If anybody ever notices this, I’m going to either give them a beer (if they’re friendly about it) or toss ’em off the boat for being too picky. 🙂
Last panels are clamped in place
After pressing the veneers in place, I wiped the joints down with alcohol to remove the epoxy that squeezed out. Then I used F-clamps and plywood scraps to keep pressure on the panels while the epoxy cures. To the right of the cabinet is the helm service chase, where all of the wiring, cables, and hydraulic lines run. There are cover panels that go over the open space you can see in the pic, and like everything else they were painted white.
You can see part of the white helm chase panels in this “before” pic
Not exactly pretty, eh?
Clamping mahogany veneers to the helm service chase cover panels
Cutting out the stereo hole
Looking good!
There was also a narrow strip of white paint just inside the cabinet, too
Clamp the last veneers in place then go home and let the epoxy cure
Next day, the clamps came off and I installed the service chase panels
The stereo panel went in nicely.
The cabinet will look even better with the doors reinstalled…someday.
And finally, the upper chase panel is installed
I need to install a fiddle to cover the leading edge of the plywood shelf, then install the doors. Other than those little details, the aft salon cabinet is a wrap.
I cover finished areas in corrugated paper for protection
Next up in our 1969 Chris Craft Roamer 46 Refit: Installing the Last Varnished Mahogany Panels in the Forward Salon Cabinet
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If not– You should definitely join..
Hey Kurt. You know…I’ve never had a Facebook account nor have I ever viewed any pages there. I understand it’s a popular platform, but since it first went live I always had reservations about it. Recently, those reservations have proven to not have entirely captured exactly how awful FB is. So, thanks for the heads-up but I think I’ll pass.
Cheers,
Q
I think it looks just Fine– Where’s my Beer??
One day I hope to have one abord..