Day 30 - Say hello to my little friend

So here's my little friend. The random orbital sander. It got quite the workout over the past couple of days. Still not done though. I got the entire top deck sanded and most of the gunwale where I had some drips. The sander works 2 to 3 times faster than the old square palm sander. Plus, it doesn't clog with the fiberglass dust as easily. The dust collection is great. I took it off and it shoots out a tornado of dust (right onto our Honda).



This is a shot of the bow deck. You can see the fillet of resin between the deck panels. As I didn't bevel each of the joints, there was a bit of a small gap that remained. Looks like a teak deck now.





With Tyler's help, we removed the work table the other day. This allows me to get closer to the boat for sanding. Tonight, I put two pair of posts and used some 2" nylon strapping to create a sling to hold the kayak for sanding and finishing. Much easier to hold it on its side now. I'm using screws at various points on the post to allow me to adjust the height of the straps.