Another Hartley TS16 restore.

[WX]

Re: Another Hartley TS16 restore.

No, I'm not referring to my thread.

[WX]

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Well, the hand is sufficiently healed for light work...so I got some framing glued in.
Framing glued in.jpg

[WX]

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And yet more gluing bits on.
gluing frame 3.jpg.jpg

gluing frame 2.jpg

[alfredparker360]

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Undertaking a Hartley TS16 restoration project is a labor of love that breathes new life into a cherished vessel. May your journey be filled with rewarding moments and a renewed connection to the rich history of this beautiful boat.

[WX]

Re: Another Hartley TS16 restore.

Undertaking a Hartley TS16 restoration project is a labor of love that breathes new life into a cherished vessel. May your journey be filled with rewarding moments and a renewed connection to the rich history of this beautiful boat.

Thank you. I probably should have called a rebuild, as I am not restoring it to standard TS16 configuration. This boat will be for cruising/camping.

[WX]

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Playing with fiddly bits today.
The weather stops.
Bottom weatherstops.jpg

bottom and side weather stops.jpg

companion way 1.jpg
A view from the stern.
Stern view 1.jpg

The hatch way lining.
hatchway lining.jpg

[WX]

Re: Another Hartley TS16 restore.

So it won't be long before I move onto doing the foredeck, which in itself is fine, but it is where the mast will go.
This is a 90mm diameter pipe, and the mast will be 80mm. So a fraction smaller. I will still need a larger diameter short length to go through the deck to the keelson though.
Mast location.jpg

Mast location from bow.jpg

And a long view from above.
Long view 1.jpg

[WX]

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Hatch slide angles. I want the rails to angle upwards at the aft end and taper towards the bow. The top of the timber rail is not the finished height but I do need to add 50mm to the aft end base.
Hatch side angle1 .jpg

[Mike1902]

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Your having way to much fun there, Gary.

[WX]

Re: Another Hartley TS16 restore.

Your having way to much fun there, Gary.

I will be glad when I can do a couple of easy jobs, like finishing the cabin decking and the cockpit floor.
I am playing with some quite nice wood though.

[WX]

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Some work on the hatch cover rails. The aft ends needed wedges cut to fit the fore and aft camber of the cabin top. I cut the first one and then realised the offcut was perfect for the other side...I like it when things like that happen.
I then clamped the mating faces side by side and cleaned them up with the hand plane and power planer.
Clamping to plane faces.jpg

The next step was to glue them together. To ensure the surfaces lined up I used my method of tapping in two or three small brads (small nails) into one surface and snipping them short.
Rails glued.jpg
And there was still enough mixed epoxy to glue in the companionway weather stops.

[WX]

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Some more work on the hatch rails.
First off I needed to get the top faces even depth, this was the easy bit.
Planing the top faces even..jpg

A test fit showed the bottom curve on the starboard rail to be a bit out, so I clamped them back together and got them both the same.
Clamping them back on the cabin top put a curve in the top face, which wasn't quite anticipated, but I was going to have to trim the top edge down a bit anyway so it didn't really matter.
Showing the curve.
Showing the curve.jpg

A straight edge to get the proper height showed me I didn't need the moaning chair just yet.
Straight edged the top edge.jpg

[WX]

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Aaaand, both rails.
Both rails straight edge marked.jpg

[WX]

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Looks like I just might have my two sheets of Ply tomorrow.

[WX]

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And it happened!
I had accumulated a good pile of copper from a couple of jobs, and to day was the day to cash it in. So with $300 in my pocket it was off to a building supplies outlet in Tweed Heads. I had checked them out to see if they had marine grade plywood, and not only did they stock but it's even stamped marine ply.
New ply.jpg
Time to finish the cabin top. first cut.
Cabin top first cut.jpg
After a bit of messing about screwing it down and marking the outline, taking it away, cutting and then screwing it back on. I ended up with this.
View above.jpg

View inside.jpg
Looks great but there's a problem.