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Phil; I feel your pain... the words 'Shape to Fit' buried somewhere in the Bulls-eye instructions should be large boldface and at the head of every page. I would name the boat ShapetoFit if I hadn't already promised my mother in law I would name it after her (soon to be 95). I mistakenly cut out the...

Wow,
Inspirational for yet another Bulls Eye builder here.
I've just finished the inside primer coats and hope to launch before the rain starts here (Nov.).

Must go check out the rest of your pics.

DaveA

Thanks for the right terms Kens, all was revealed with a quick web search ... looks like another couple hundred bucks just to get it to the water. I guess I better contact the trailer manufacturer since they don't seem to offer such a thing as a factory option. I checked out your awsome boat pics, l...

I just finished up my 3rd gallon or so of Glen-L epoxy using the 5:1 pumps from West Systems, they worked great and automatically measure out the right ratio with one press from each pump. I think the whole set was $12 (two pumps and assorted extentions for various size cans) they fit right on the G...

Nameless trailer part; I can't seem to find the part of the trailer that the winch would attach to. Most all boat trailers seem to have them, a sort of tower usually bolted onto the tongue that usually holds some sort of bow stopper cushion. In my hopless newbyness I don't even know what it is calle...

Ahh ... close enough to obsess about paint... While I am only building a tiny sail boat that will spend most of it's life on a rack under a plastic tarp I have a vision of floating the thing on a lake for a week or so one day and so might as well put some bottom paint on it (also get some experience...

How fair is your boat continued; So it turns out that while the System 3 folks will sell the SlowFair product to you directly they will only do so in 1.5 gallon amounts. Jeez I hope my little Bulls' Eye won't come close to gobbling up that much putty, lumpy though she may be. I sent a note off to Gl...

I got a quick response from System3, they said the distribution of the stuff is limited so they will sell it to you direct, same price as the QuickFair.

I'll send a request to Glen-L and see if they will carry it. Any one else interested in such stuff, Glen-L might as well get the benefit.

DaveA

Calling all sticky fingered fairers; Has anybody found a source for System threes' "slow fair" putty. I was watching the 'redbarnboats' videos (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmpTBu84ClA&feature=channel_page) and the guy raved about the slow setting version of the silver tip 'QuickFair'. I have trie...

Thanks for the advisories. Oysters pictures where encouraging. I plan to get back to putting this together while waiting for the hull to cure for painting. Lining up such a seemingly simple pivot turns out to be more daunting the closer I look what with side loads, clearances etc.. I am currently pl...

RR; Ouch, If you don't mind getting a new tool : ) you could get one of those flexy shaft extentions for your drill. Mine has a chuck ~1 1/4" in diameter and can fit most anywhere that has about 10" space plus the bit length in front of it. You can also get drum sander bits for the drill and make sh...

Folks; I came across some bronze bearings at the hardware store (I imagine the high lead stuff they usually use for bearings, no data as they where in the misc. parts bin) and was thinking of using it as the bearing for my tilt up rudder to tiller with a bronze or ss bolt running through it. My thou...

Builders; I posted some of this on the sailboat topics and upspirate suggested adding to the tool section. Here it is with some additions The talk of sifters reminded me of one of my most useful tools ... a sifter. I bought a small one with the squeeze handle in an attempt to get rid of the horroren...

Kid; I got one of these kick up units from Glen-L as a replacement for the standard parts for my Bull's eye hardware kit (they where great about customizing the kit). They said it should work and it appears to be a sturdy piece of stainless hardware. It has a quite a few mounting holes in the backin...

Mark: The talk of sifters reminded me of one of my most useful tools ... a sifter. I bought a small one with the squeeze handle in an attempt to get rid of the horrorendous small lumps in the various fillers for making epoxy putty. They end up catching on the putty knife and leaving tracks as one at...