27 December 2014
When I first read the plans, the grinding of the stem looked like an easy place to screw up. I bought an angle grinder last week and a few sanding disks. The angle grinder made a huge mess, but the job did not take very long and went forward without a hitch. in the end, my inner stem looked remarkably like the images in the plans.
The 60 grit disk on the grinder.
Part of the mess I made. I wished I had done this outside (it was barely above freezing). It took me longer to vacuum up the shop than it did to grind down the stem. I left the bottom of the inner stem largely intact as directed in the plans.
The finished product.
The inner stem always looked bigger in the pictures than in person, so I've put a one foot rule in this picture.
The plans call for 3 or 4 coats of epoxy. I've put two on the inner side, but need to add a couple more.
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