Amazing how we can solve each other's problems from the other side of the world, huh? Ironically, my brother was in Sydney just this week training some corporate managers on creative problem solving....
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- Sun Jul 13, 2008 9:27 pm
- Forum: Power Boats
- Topic: Engine Hatch and Hidden Hinges
- Replies: 19
- Views: 6159
- Sun Jul 13, 2008 8:37 pm
- Forum: Power Boats
- Topic: Engine Hatch and Hidden Hinges
- Replies: 19
- Views: 6159
Further thought on this has come up with a problem with this method. As the hatch is curved from left to right the centre part of the hatch will hit the decking to the rear of it when being lifted up. That depends on how far forward (from the rear) the pivot pins are. Measure vertically from the pi...
- Sat Jul 12, 2008 9:03 pm
- Forum: Power Boats
- Topic: plywood
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4355
never heard of that! i thought plywood was made of an odd number of plies so that the 2 outside faces run the same direction and dont twist or warp. learn something new here everyday! -Billy In construction grade sheathing plywood, 4-ply 1/2" is the good stuff. 3-ply is the norm. True, in odd-count...
- Wed Jun 25, 2008 6:48 pm
- Forum: Gathering 2008
- Topic: October 25 & 26, 2008 Planning
- Replies: 24
- Views: 11846
- Wed Jun 25, 2008 6:45 pm
- Forum: Gathering 2008
- Topic: October 25 & 26, 2008 Planning
- Replies: 24
- Views: 11846
- Tue Jun 24, 2008 10:41 pm
- Forum: Wood and Plywood
- Topic: windshield
- Replies: 4
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For a different, much less expensive, look, you could do a mahogany framed windshield. I'm pretty sure there's a photo of a Squirt done that way in the Customer Photos. It's also what the boat I'm restoring has. I'm not even sure that the glass in it is tempered. Before I reinstall it, I might want ...
- Tue Jun 24, 2008 10:23 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous
- Topic: Chrome Windshield Brackets
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2257
Congrats, Bill! Have you thought of making a mold of these before you install them on your boat? Somebody around here might be interested in having that. I was recently YouTubing (like Googling?) videos of home foundries for casting aluminum and bronze. The only time I've done anything like that was...
- Thu Jun 19, 2008 1:52 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous
- Topic: Alternative Fuels
- Replies: 79
- Views: 15397
- Sun Jun 15, 2008 1:45 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous
- Topic: Disappointment
- Replies: 40
- Views: 7738
I ordered 1" 316 SS rub rail. I got billed for 1". But, I got 3/4". Must be something going on... the EXACT same thing happened to me when I bought wood! Asked for 1", paid for 1", got 3/4". Weird.... PLEASE let me know about the launch! I'll be in your neck of the woods again July 4-6 for family r...
- Sat Jun 14, 2008 9:28 am
- Forum: Power Boats
- Topic: fiberglass/pain in the neck
- Replies: 17
- Views: 4275
Here's an awesome related article by the late, great Robb White from Messing About in Boats. August 15, 2001 How To Keep Epoxy From Getting All Over You and Everything Else By Robb White http://www.messingaboutinboats.com/archives/mbissueaugust01.html#second In short, he advocated heating his entire...
- Fri Jun 13, 2008 9:29 pm
- Forum: Power Boats
- Topic: fiberglass/pain in the neck
- Replies: 17
- Views: 4275
The bubbles are also the result of the air in the wood heating up, expanding, and being released through the wet epoxy. That's why it's better to do this when the temps are dropping rather than rising. In reverse, the dropping temps cause the air in the wood to contract, drawing the epoxy (a little)...
- Fri Jun 13, 2008 7:47 am
- Forum: Gathering 2008
- Topic: 2008 Gathering
- Replies: 179
- Views: 69712
- Thu Jun 12, 2008 6:10 am
- Forum: Gathering 2008
- Topic: 2008 Gathering
- Replies: 179
- Views: 69712
Ah - got it. I always use Google / Google Earth, and all I had been able to pull up was a front view of the house (street level). That shot shows the Magic Truck sitting in the driveway. Their satellite view is more from directly above, too. Pretty cool to see that little tug actually floating! :win...
- Wed Jun 11, 2008 8:18 pm
- Forum: Small outboards
- Topic: Plywood for hull
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2104
I cannot imagine a spline joint in 3/8 ply being very strong at all ?? Tom got you there... it's not 3/8, it's 6mm (1/4")! See http://www.glen-l.com/weblettr/webletters-11/webletter94.html#zip where Tom says he butt-joined the sapele BS1088 plywood. Maybe it was in conversation with him that he tol...
- Wed Jun 11, 2008 1:58 pm
- Forum: Small outboards
- Topic: Plywood for hull
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2104
It can also turn out beautifully if done right. Look up photos of "Irish Rose", the Zip that Tom Drake brought to the Gathering last fall. Stained/varnished sides of scarfed plywood planking. Come to think of it, I recall that he actually used a spline joint rather than a scarf on his sides, partly ...