A Free Puzzle with Every Rustler

I've commented before about how good Rustler Yachts are at ensuring that everything on their yachts can be removed for servicing or replacing. The only tricky bit sometimes is working out what cunning solution their cabinet makers have designed in.

As part of our work in the galley area we decided that we wanted to replace the rather old and stained melamine mugs we have with nice new ones. Unfortunately all of the new mugs we can find are just a couple of millimetres larger in diameter and so don't fit the the holes in the cup and glasses holder in the galley locker. We needed to remove the holder so that some of the holes could be enlarged.

Unfortunately whichever way we turned the cup and glasses holder it would not come out of the locker.  That was even after we had removed some small blocks in the tracks so the locker doors could slide as far out of the way as possible.

An interesting puzzle.

After some careful inspection we worked out that, after removing two screws, the left hand side of the locker frame neatly slid out leaving just enough space to remove the cup and glasses holder.





Once it was slid back into place you wouldn't guess how easily this piece of the frame could be removed; it's fantastic craftsmanship. We'll just have to be very careful when we varnish that we don't inadvertently stick any pieces of the cabinets together.

Ready for sanding and re-varnishing

With the holder removed it was easy to enlarge the holes a couple of millimetres using a flap wheel and then cut some notches for the handles of the mugs so that they will sit properly. With that all done the holder is now ready for sanding and re-varnishing.