Very cool. Refurbishing older stuff! I was lucky enough to have Micheal Lempart out of Mt Pleasant SC make two steering wheels for me. He does incredible work for many high dollar cars. He made me a to size/correct spoked wooden wheel for my 71 Corvette, and also a steering wheel for my 356 replica. Both done to perfection. He was nice enough to let me walk through his workshop and see all of his tools and steering wheels in progress. Simply amazing.
I couldn't believe how much glue you poured out, and I'm thinkin", he looks sober... wood working is not thy Forte'. Nice boat, looks like Chris Craft. Love that style.
Your skill with car bodies is astonishing. and at least now we know that it doesn't completely translate to wood. It's a very different material. Anyway, it looks great and you didn't take a month to do it like I would have so we can call it a win.
I thought you would've used shellac. Shellac was used on cedar strip canoes. You said that boats always get wet and I thought you would be using something nautical. You did a nice job putting that wheel back together. It's a win for sure and the boat is that much better for it. (Tell Teresa you want put it in her Porsche ). Blame me. Roland Take care.
