Shoveling, traveling to visit other boats (and friends) and staying inside where it is warm is about all I have accomplished this month. I had plans to get out to the actual boat today but the wind is frigid and quite brisk and there is still a few feet of ice built up around the boat shelter making it a chore to get in.
When not complaining or procrastinating I have continued to putter around on the settee backs. The panels have been fussed with and sanded and re-oiled.
and the latching hardware has been installed.
The hinges are going to wait until the panels can be varnished. In the meantime I can install the panels. I had high hopes of installing them today but I changed my mind when I walked out the door this morning.
I have been thinking about how to grasp the panel doors to open them. I don't want knobs that can be uncomfortable to lean against and I had planned on drilling finger holes and using wooden donut-like inserts to cover up the raw plywood edges. I am not seeng them commercially available (though I know they are out there somewhere) and am wondering about just drilling the finger holes oversized, plugging them with solid cherry, and then drilling out the plugs with the correct -finger sized- holes later. Probably more time consuming then I think it will be which is why I haven't done it yet. I am getting paranoid about what I think should be a quick half day's job turning into a month's part time work. I wonder why that is?...
