Yoke Yoke Yoke - Yokin' it Up!

Yesterday we cut and dry-fit the main cross beam and yoke assembly.  When I arrived today, Sean had fitted it up with this combination of clamps and jigs:

This arrangement brought all three pieces of oak into proper alignment.  We used it for pre-drilling and setting the 2" wood screws from this side. Once that task was accomplished we flipped it around and repeated the process, but with counter-bores designed to receive oak plugs.

View from the aft side, which will be concealed:

View from the forward side, which will be exposed:

Detail of the plugged forward side:

The balance of the day's work was aimed at the galley partition.  The main sheet of plywood was cut yesterday, but today we needed to cut an extension (48 inches to 51-1/2 inches)  Further, we needed to cut the yoke on the forward side of the partition that will receive ribs, and the aft board that will consist of the galley hinge mounting point.

The finished pieces are shown below:

The plywood piece shown will extend the 48" plywood partition to 51.5".  The solid, non-notched oak piece will be the aft-of-partition galley hinge mount.  The notched piece of oak on the right will be the rib yoke forward of the galley partition.  The notched piece on the left will be mounted at the front of the platform to receive the ribs.

Next step:  Build up the galley partition, fit the outside ribs to the wall structures.