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Here are some shots of the inside of the console. 2 coats of primer were painted on the inside and scuffed, and then a coat of Easypoxy poly on it. It should be just fine for the inside of the helm console. Now the backside panel of the helm is not installed yet in order to have access to do a good job. 2 BIG holes were cut in the front side panel to give good access to everything. A template was made for the circuit breaker panel and mocked up.
The piece in the upper right hand corner is 3/4" marine plywood. It has been epoxy encapsulated and epoxy glued to the side of the cuddy. It's for mounting wire terminal blocks and such on. The cleats you can see now are for shelf support. The shelf will be in 2 pieces and will just be screwed to the cleats for easy removal. To the right of the upper cutout will be a 8 gang circuit breaker panel. (Not yet bought or cut). 2-group 27 batteries will go on the floor. Access will be via the bottom cutout from inside the cuddy.
Here I used a flush-mount fire extinguisher box wade from ABS plastic as a mold to make one out of fiberglass. The fiberglass is much more rigid and will not break down in the sun like the plastic.
Below are some pictures of the helm starting to come together. Its really starting to look nice, not to mention strong as all get out. Notice the flush mount fire extinguisher box.
Prototype for the helm doors and frames. All Mahogany.
This will help to see what's going on better. There is an inner and outer frame. They sandwich the core. No screws thru the core. The screws come from the inside to the outside frame. No fasteners showing on the outside (except hinges). There are still some details to work out.
