First a glimpse of the old:
The
door is stained but not sealed or varnished. The Plywood around the door
is 1/4" Luan without edging.
Last year, we varnished the lower cabinet, deepened each drawer to the max,
and used baskets on the bunk/ledge to hold our stuff.
This year, we decided to put a cabinet front on the upper from Mahogany,
stain color is Pecan (Minwax Polyshades Urethane/Stain). Frame rails and
styles were cut from mahogany 2x12 3/4 thick, then sanded and stained.
Each door was made to accept a 1/4" to 3/8" thick panel. We decided to
make the panels from photographs of our H33 and Plexiglas. These have yet
to be finished (1/8" Plexiglas and photo prints ordered). The prints are
Duratrans prints from ArtisanColor and made for backlighting.
Used a Kreg Jig for the first time and learned a bit from the experience.
The swivel latch is made from 1/4 mahogany plywood with the H33 overhead
profile with a maple sliver placed on top to represent the cabin top. This
profile drawing can be found on many sailboat data sites. Felt applied to
the bottom of each latch.
The plywood panel the attaches the frame to the cabin liner needed to fit to
a compound curve (curved vertically and horizontally. The vertical curve
on the frame side was supported by 1/4" marine ply. It was screwed into
the cabin liner with 1/2" screws. The horizontal curve was measured on a grid
once the frame was mounted in place to under-lap the liner by 3/4 inch.
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