Finally able to get back down to Froonie...if only for a few - but productive - hours. I was able to install the completed mast beams, as I had finished up painting the overhead. The mast beams were constructed by laminating two oak 1" x 4"s with epoxy, and then applying a template of the overhead to then cut out of the laminated beams. After a couple hours of shaping, I had arrived at a good fit. There was, even after the shaping of the surface the beams to mate with the overhead, a gap that needed to be filled. I then taped the beams to prevent epoxy from saturating it, secured the beams back, and then filled the gap with thickened epoxy. After water washing the epoxy, I sanded, primed, and painted all surfaces. The clearance is now pretty tight.
I used stainless steel carriage bolts with stainless steel washers and locking nuts. The carriage bolt heads as well as the locking nuts are recessed into the beams, and so will prevent any accidental scrapes or bumps.
The ceiling is visible in the background - I reused the original ash wood ceiling strips. The paint used on the overhead is Interlux Brightsides.
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