today's efforts were entirely focused on the generator box. I started the day by assembling the lid. In the image below the components of the lid are arranged on the right.
With the pieces assembled but the glue still wet, I placed the lid on the box to ensure that the clamping had not compromised the fit of the lid.
Success! The lid fit tightly enough to create some suction when I attempted to remove it. The addition of a gasket & cam straps should create an airtight seal for the box.
Clamps are a wonderful thing... is impossible to have too many clamps?
With the lid set aside to dry, I flipped the box and began to focus on the bottom.
Yesterday I used epoxy to affix the base trim and webbing straps to the bottom of the box. The wooden trim pieces extend approx 1/8 of an inch above the base of the box. I cut notches where the webbing passes across the trim. After prepping the base of the box, sanding and taping, I poured thickened epoxy on the base and used some scrap wood to fair the base level with the edges of the trim.
This made for a much easier job of fairing in the base than the work that went into fairing the sides of the box.
And so goes another day of boat projects...
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