I milled up a pile of western cedar boards for use as the cabin sole. It's mostly knot free and the knots I have are small-ish.
Here is the port side roughed in.
Varnishing the floorboards...
This is a nice milestone for me. I milled my floorboards from a pair of large western cedar planks. That was a fun job made easier by having access to a full woodworking shop equipped with a large bandsaw for resawing the planks into smaller boards and large jointer and planer to finish them to size. It took some head scratching but I finally was able to get a pretty fair curve on the boards. Now I'm ready to varnish. I started by putting a layer of epoxy on all surfaces of the boards. Cedar is a pretty soft wood and the epoxy has hardened it up nicely. For varnish, I'm planning to apply several coats of Epifanes. At this point I'[m using the high gloss but may decide to use the satin as the last coat. Space is at a premium so I came up with the idea to string wire between the cradle arms to hold the long boards while they dry. I also made to smaller stands to support the smaller boards. This has worked out great.
What a tricky part of the build. Looks great!
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