Community Project - Sternwheeler Door Construction 24-4

STERNWHEELER PORTLAND – ENGINE ROOM DOORS

Prerequisite: Intro to Guild Safety (Core tools recommended but not required)

Today's Agenda:

We will cut the plywood panels to final size, then

I will try to have both bottom rails dry fitted, so we can GLUE UP!

We may be able to fettle the glass pocket rounded corners to square with a bit of hand chisel work.

Hinge mortises I may try to do ahead of time before glue up, want to have them done prior to sealing and painting.

Will order Glass today!

Community Projects built a dozen new engine room windows for Oregon Maritime Museum’s Sternwheeler PORTLAND in 2020. It was an interesting project due to the 3º skew following the sweep of the deck.

Last year the original 1940’s doors to the engine room were vandalized and near end of their life, so they’ve called on the Guild again with the opportunity to build 2 new doors. We have the Accoya (acetylated radiata pine) lumber and have scheduled 3 Sunday afternoon work sessions in the main shop. Steve Poland and Bill Keay will lead the way, and welcome a few other hands interested in the mortise & tenon – frame & panel construction.