A mixed bag of work this weekend gone. Other commitments took about half the available time.
During the week I bought new upper and lower blade guides for my bandsaw and a rip fence. The upper guides bolted on like they were made for it. The bottom ones require me to weld on a mounting plate.
So I went and borrowed my brother's arc welder, but found the auto darken visor doesn't work, the rechargeable battery is dead. So I took the mask to bits, unsoldered the battery and ordered a new one, which will hopefully arrive in a day or so.
Mounting the rip fence is also a challenge. I need to weld a 50 x 5 plate aling the back and front of the table to screw the fence components to. The fence is also about 40mm too short so I either need to cut the table down a little or get another piece of box section to make the fence longer.
Work on the actual boat was not much. A couple of square meters of cold molding. I am almost out of epoxy resin and almost out of cash at the moment so it might not progress much before next payday.
Lastly for the weekend I bolted on the bell housing. This went ok, a few minor hitches, a heat shield I had to trim and one of the bolt holes need a tiny bit of filing.
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