Building a Wood Centerboard for the Escape Dinghy! Boatbuilding on WEGS GARAGE

[@wegabondn728jw]

Old guy here. Want everyone to know that the TR4 restoration project is on hiatus due to Mark catching Covid19. He's recovering very nicely and thank God he didn't have serious complications. Obviously, he doesn't want to give it to "the old guy" so work on the car stopped. But we should be back in action on the TR4 in another week or so. Stay tuned. Finishing the windows and moving on to the interior is on-deck. Looking forward to both.

[@MrWaalkman]

Sorry to hear that Mark got sick, how is the Mark's Missus? And you stay clear of any reckless kids, we know who the real brains behind this operation is. :) Get better soon Mark! (Although you look like it isn't phasing you much at all, kind of like how I was when I got the Mumps a half-century ago. Basically a free vacation from school for me).

[@WegsGarage]

Everyone is fine here. Consider myself lucky as my only major symptom was loss of taste and smell. Really takes the joy out of a nice IPA. Managed to NOT give it to the wife, not sure how that is possible, but, again, consider myself very lucky it was not serious.

[@WegsGarage]

Oh, and if I'm being entirely honest, the footage is from about two months ago 😉

[@MrWaalkman]

@@WegsGarage Two guys that I worked with had their wives get it and didn't catch it themselves. Random... Glad to hear that you are doing fine! :)

[@MrWaalkman]

@@WegsGarage Oh, so a non-event event? :) My buddy with the lathe that we are upgrading came in close contact with a Covid positive person at work, so I'm cooling my heels here at the house waiting on the results of that. Hopefully he's going to miss out on that experience... And I had just finished the PLC portion of the code for the toolchanger, leaving just the MPG (Manual Pulse Generator for jogging the axes) as the last "big" remaining item to get going. Grrr...

[@mikerenshaw7867]

Awesome job Mark. Happy sailing! :)

[@suepagan9388]

How does it fix onto the dinghy?

[@WegsGarage]

There is a plastic rod that goes through the hole on the centerboard and screws into the hull.

[@markopolo8845]

Yeesh! Stay safe out there.

[@WegsGarage]

Thank you! All healthy here and fortunate it was not very serious. Just going a little stir crazy stuck at home!

[@GallStarTV]

When you started gluing them together my thought was “he must have a planer”. Then you brought out that hand planer and I’m like “not what I meant!!!” 😁. How much time did it take to get that planed down? Looks awesome man, VERY NICE!!

[@WegsGarage]

There are many reasons I enjoy planing by hand, but speed is not one of them 😜. On the other hand, a sharp plane taking a heavy cut is faster than you might think. Probably took an hour or so from rough to thicknessed.

[@juanmarcosfernandezbellfan8652]

Hi just bought the same sailboat and have no centerboard at all. Could you upload the centerboard template? Than you! Juan

[@WegsGarage]

Hi! I do not have any plans to upload, but I can write some dimensions on the template I made and send a picture. Send me an email to [e-mail] and I will send it as soon as possible.

[@NERU2007]

Hi. Would you please send me the measurements?? I need to build one. Thank You.