Just Yokin'

The tasks today were to:

1. Permanently secure the galley partition
2. Permanently secure the main yoke
3. Permanently affix the minor yoke and main hatch anchor to the galley partition

First, we added a cleat to the main platform to anchor the galley partition.  Next we glued and screwed the partition to the horizontal and vertical cleats.

 

The above shot shows the main hatch hinge anchor in place.

These views from the rear show the main yoke and the intermediate yoke formed at the galley partition.

 

While it may have seemed silly to have created a condition where some ribs are a bit over a foot long, the controlling matter was that the number of milled pieces required to create joint-less ribs (from the front to the galley partition) was more than the number delivered.  It was cheaper to create the interim yoke than to have the 1/4" slats supplemented  / milled again, at a probable different thickness, and additional cost.

Next, we need to cut the interior ribs to length , anchor them in place and create the cross-pieces that span side-to-side, in some cases 1/4" threaded rid ties.