Day two 5-11-2021

 Sanding Galore


Day two was full of sawdust and nothing else. Starting at eight we made our way to the shop with coffee in hand and I was blissfully oblivious to the amount of hand sanding I would be doing. I started the day by finishing shaping my seat back and proceeded to sand it along with the two decks. After that we milled some of our other pieces; stringers, inwales, outwales, rub rails, and the keel. I began rounding the edges of the inwales and stringers (of course using the special technique given to me). We took a lunch break and when we returned we proceeded to mill the rest of our pieces; ribs and floorboards. I continued my sanding before eventually heading to campus at three for drama tech. I worked six hours today (8:00-12:00 and 1:00-3:00)







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