J-Star Marine Services will stay open and keep our working for our client's through this difficult time I am self isolating this is not a problem as I work by myself.

One  part of this Covid19 situation, it gives me time to clean up the workshop and put tools and equipment away and do jobs I have been putting off, now that I have no reason to put off anymore. Another job to sort out the workstation management better to make tool stations more user friendly and less inefficient by placing the tools within arms reach and have dedicated areas for each piece of static equipment. So tomorrow when I go to work and because I work by myself I can self isolate and keep working on  my client's vessels and keeping my business turning over  at the same time. So although it is a difficult time for many people, those of us who work by themselves can keep working and fulfilling our work for our client's through this difficult time.

New fore hatch plinth construction

Having cut and planed the outside edges of the forehatch plinth it was the turn of the inside, first cut away the excess wood with a long bladed jigsaw blade

The spoke shave the inside edges back to the scribed pencil line  

The finally fix to the hatch to the plinth to ensure the correct shape before routering a curve on the top of the outside edge 

The next job is to profile the bottom surface to the curve on the cabin roof.

Fore hatch now going into the cutting to size and shape stage

Now that the glue as cured it was time to plane the joints level and the mark off the areas to cut 

All marked off and ready to cut the outside edge to the correct line and the n do the inside once the outside edge is planed down to the scribed line 

The outside edge now cut and ready to start the planning back to the lines 

Starting on rebuilding the centreboard case of Cornish Crabber

Mark out the distance from the cut on the centreboard case and then grown off the flowcoat and dirt from the case. So then will be able to mark off the gradient to make the  cleaned off area so that the lay up of the new CSM on the joint to rebuild to the original specification

A lot of grinding ahead  to make it ready to fibreglass it back in position 

Camper van repairs

Like boats you haveto start by taking the inside to pieces to get to the inside ofany repair

The damage on the outside is half above and half below so it means having to cut small inspection doorways in both areas 

The length of the repair is 

The panelling under the seat which have a hole cut in it to gain access to the inside of the damage