So Let the jigsaw puzzle rebuilding begin

Because chancerestoration_1948 is on the National Historic Ships UK register we are taking great in keeping as much of the original fabric of Chance that it is possible to keep and only replacing the minimum amount that is needed to be replaced. 
   
Like with all good jigsaw puzzles you have to have a plan. 
This jigsaw puzzle is a little different in that not all the parts are still here to finish the jigsaw puzzle. So we will have to make new parts as we go along putting back the parts we do have and making ne parts to match the old parts as much as is possible to do.
This cupboard front is a good case in that it is almost all there apart from the top rail. Which some how along the way as been lost or misplaced fro the moment.


This galley front however, is all there and needs a bit of TLC along the top and the bottom to make new joints to fix it together as one complete front and so it can go back in the galley area of Chance once this part is fixed together again.


This is the top photo with more of the parts found in the workshop apart from the top rail which appears to have gone walkabout some where. The side rails will have to be remade as they are both broken or damaged in one way or another. However, the main parts are in good condition and will be able to be reused once they have been degreased and the old varnish is removed from the panel we are going to reuse.


There are still a number of piles of parts to go through, however, the jigsaw puzzle is letting up its secrets a bit at a time and more of the parts are put to together into what they were originally laid out as  before we removed them from the interior of Chance.




 

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