What did you do this weekend?

We spent a large part of the weekend looking up at the roof of the van, glueing in the battens that will hold the insulation up and to which the ceiling panels will be screwed.
Makes a change from woodwork on boats?

Things cooking in my kitchen

Maybe we'll have a fridge and be able to do the washing up in Medemblik next weekend.

2 cubic metres of German oak

For a marvelous cabinet project in Beilen we have bought 2 cubic metres of German oak.
To turn in into planks who better than a couple of 'Tischler' (German carpenters) and one large German saw. Thanks, Mario and Houke.

Now you see it, now you don't

The folding bench aboard the IJssel is varnished and installed, and works as advertised.
The right height to lean against while standing and sits a treat folded out with a couple of nice soft cushions.
Wish we were the ones taking her out for a spin tomorrow morning.

Can I be a table?

Olive-heart Ash (sounds like a cowboy) leaning against the workshop wall.
This would make a fine table, but these planks are going to be bed boards.

Little pine cupboard

There used to be a small pine cupboard here, in the corner of the forward cabin aboard the tug IJssel. Now there is again.
Our next challenge is to stain it so that it looks as if this one has always been there.

Varnishing act

As a number of projects reach completion together a corner of the shop has become a paint shop.
Here the two parts of the folding bench for the tug IJssel flank a boom for the 16m2. The final coat on the IJssel's mast is dry and the mast is back aboard.