Fiberglass layup part project***March 29-Doghouse primered!****

[drewpster]

Re: Fiberglass layup part project***Belated answer for Drewpster***

Re: Fiberglass layup part project***Belated answer for Drewpster***

Thanks Boomyal, I own an old cruiser that has become quite the project. (It has gotten way out of hand of course.) And I was thinking of lightening her up a bit by rebuilding some of the heavy parts out of composites. I am still weighing the cost/benefits-time ratios mind you, but I would like to remove the old plywood hard top and build a laminated core top to replace it. Being that it is not load a bearing part, and I could form in one of those cool overhead radio boxes, the project may not be too far out reach. And using your bagging techniques may help move things along by doing all the glassing in one layer. Opposed to taking the time to do one layer at a time. Come to think of it the top supports could be replaced with anodized tubing....hmmm (see...way out of hand)

 

[Boomyal]

Re: Fiberglass layup part project***Jan 3, drink holders are in****

Re: Fiberglass layup part project***Jan 3, drink holders are in****

I received the Stainless drink holders and finally got them cut in. I didn't have any room to spare so I had to measure verrrrrrry carefully. I did not design the fiberglass part with these inserts in mind so I got lucky regarding both the ability to use them and the fitment.

Next, I need to add some selective plywood reinforcement to the inside of the dog house as it apparently was made with a chopper gun and is too flimsy for my taste. Once I accomplish that, I will sand down the doghouse, glue on the drink holder and prime the whole thing. Ah, were it summer again.

This project has taken considerable time but I enjoy trying to make things just right and I learn a lot doing it.

 

[i386]

Re: Fiberglass layup part project***Jan 3, drink holders are in****

Re: Fiberglass layup part project***Jan 3, drink holders are in****

Ok it's starting to look like something now. It's about dang time.
I think when it'd done it'll all look like it came from the factory like that.

 

[Boomyal]

Re: Fiberglass layup part project***Jan 3, drink holders are in****

Re: Fiberglass layup part project***Jan 3, drink holders are in****

Ok it's starting to look like something now. It's about dang time.
I think when it'd done it'll all look like it came from the factory like that.

For the most part i386, I am an advocate for the 'factory' look. They usually have the design resourses but sometimes fall short on the quality of execution. Any mods I make, I always hope to achieve that high buck design standard, sometimes even improving on functionality.

With this project, it took a lot of time but with all I have learned, next time would be more efficient.

 

[Tail_Gunner]

Re: Fiberglass layup part project***Jan 3, drink holders are in****

Re: Fiberglass layup part project***Jan 3, drink holders are in****

How you gonna finish that? Vinyl, paint,or glass? I have a great vinyl guy who could do that for cheapo and great work................errr or so i hope. Anyway's if you want some more of those stainless holder's Beaverton marine has them for 6 big ones.

 

[Boomyal]

Re: Fiberglass layup part project***Jan 3, drink holders are in****

Re: Fiberglass layup part project***Jan 3, drink holders are in****

How you gonna finish that? Vinyl, paint,or glass? I have a great vinyl guy who could do that for cheapo and great work................errr or so i hope. Anyway's if you want some more of those stainless holder's Beaverton marine has them for 6 big ones.

My intention is to do an Awlgrip kind of finish. I do not like all the vinyl coverings on modern boats. I didn't like it when I bought my Gulfstream in 1975 and I like it even less today. Vinyl rots!

Along with the doghouse, I have to refinish the whole foredeck, aftdeck, dash boards and gunnels. It was all originally a metal flake gel coat which someone did a P-Poor over paint job on some time ago. I will pull the rub rail and refinish the whole thing.

There are other interior pieces that I will have to re-vinyl but the doghouse originally had astro turf across the top and down the front. It will now be done to match the decks and gunnels.

The floor also had the original astro turf on it. I scooped up dustpans full of silt and sand that had migrated under it before I uncerimoniously yanked it up. Nautolex will go down in it's place.

As for the SS cup holder, there seems to be two diameters of them. The larger of the two would not have fit in the alloted space. iboats had a good price on them but they were too big.

I'll have to check Beaverton Marine as I hope to build another one of these for the sister Beachcraft.

 

[Tail_Gunner]

Re: Fiberglass layup part project***Jan 3, drink holders are in****

Re: Fiberglass layup part project***Jan 3, drink holders are in****

Well let's see some pic's, sound's like your on a mission.

 

[Saskatoon2005]

Re: Fiberglass layup part project***Jan 3, drink holders are in****

Re: Fiberglass layup part project***Jan 3, drink holders are in****

I too would like to see some pics ......love pics LOL!

 

[Boomyal]

Re: Fiberglass layup part project***Jan 3, drink holders are in****

Re: Fiberglass layup part project***Jan 3, drink holders are in****

I too would like to see some pics ......love pics LOL!

Be a while yet before I get to the paint Saskatoon. I'm sure I won't get much sympathy from a lot of folks here but we are still in the throws of winter.

I've also got to do a few mechanical things to get ready for the big race!

I really have to get the boat over to my house so I can work on it more regularly. That'll have to wait until the right opportunity comes to enlighten Mrs Boomyal that we are now a two boat family.:%

 

[Saskatoon2005]

Re: Fiberglass layup part project***Jan 3, drink holders are in****

Re: Fiberglass layup part project***Jan 3, drink holders are in****

Hey Boomyal,

What is exactly the original Vancouver, that is not BC? I am in Saskatoon and winter will be here till end of April or beginning of May!

 

[bgt3000]

Re: Fiberglass layup part project***THE FINAL SUCK, ONE PART OFF***

Re: Fiberglass layup part project***THE FINAL SUCK, ONE PART OFF***

why not just buy some cup holder inserts,?

Well I'm truly impressed with your workmanship and creativity.
As far as "cup holder inserts" ....where can I get those. I have some in my doghouse but they are all chipped.
Thanks

 

[Boomyal]

Re: Fiberglass layup part project***Jan 3, drink holders are in****

Re: Fiberglass layup part project***Jan 3, drink holders are in****

Hey Boomyal,

What is exactly the original Vancouver, that is not BC? I am in Saskatoon and winter will be here till end of April or beginning of May!

Saskatoon, it is Vancouver Washington (southwest Washington State). When asked where I live, If I do not specify Washington State, everyone always replies, "Oh, that is such a pretty place". They all think I mean Vancouver BC.

While both are named after the same person, British Captain George Vancouver, Vancouver WA was founded and named before Vancouver BC. Actually, originally it was named Fort Vancouver then later shortened.

Vancouver Wa had long been an unknown, somewhat down and out, backwater bedroom community to Portland Oregon. A while ago, in an attempt to elevate the City to it's own identity, boosters came up with the slogan, "Vancouver USA, the first Vancouver.

With the eventual mass migrations from both California and Oregonians trying to evade confiscatory Oregon taxes, Vancouver WA has slowly become a city in it's own right. Heck, for a long time, even Northern Washingtonians (Seattle) didn't even know that it's southern siblings existed.

We are historically liable to have cool rainy weather right up until the 4th of July.

 

[Boomyal]

Re: Fiberglass layup part project***THE FINAL SUCK, ONE PART OFF***

Re: Fiberglass layup part project***THE FINAL SUCK, ONE PART OFF***

Well I'm truly impressed with your workmanship and creativity.
As far as "cup holder inserts" ....where can I get those. I have some in my doghouse but they are all chipped.
Thanks

Thanks bqt. I try hard to make things look professional.

You can get SS drink holders here:

http://www.iboats.com/mall/?cart_id...d&keywords=cup+holders&submit.x=27&submit.y=9

or here, where I got mine. iboats had a better price but I was restricted by the diameter and the iboats units were to big. Check your existing measurements very carefully against what you order, otherwise they could be too big or small for your existing holes. I did not have the space available, on my layup part, for even an 1/8" larger diameter hole.

http://www.llmarine.com/product.htm?pid=449626&catid=

They also have some other varieties.

 

[ondarvr]

Re: Fiberglass layup part project***Jan 3, drink holders are in****

Re: Fiberglass layup part project***Jan 3, drink holders are in****

Boomyal

I tried to email you a few weeks back when I was headed to your area to give you some glass. I should be there again this week if you need some. PM sent.

 

[Dunaruna]

Re: Fiberglass layup part project***Jan 3, drink holders are in****

Re: Fiberglass layup part project***Jan 3, drink holders are in****

[colour=blue]

in an attempt to elevate the City to it's own identity, boosters came up with the slogan, "Vancouver USA, the first Vancouver.

If my elephant memory serves correctly, that was you first sig.

BTW, where will you be storing this boat when it finally gets home?

 

[Saskatoon2005]

Re: Fiberglass layup part project***Jan 3, drink holders are in****

Re: Fiberglass layup part project***Jan 3, drink holders are in****

Boomyal,

Thanks for the information. I didn't even know that there was a Vancouver U.S.A, but that is very cool. I must admit that I do love Vancouver B.C., but that is because all of my family has moved out there. I haven't been to Vancouver U.S.A, but since it is on the West Coast, I am sure it is just as beautiful.

 

[Boomyal]

Re: Fiberglass layup part project***Jan 3, drink holders are in****

Re: Fiberglass layup part project***Jan 3, drink holders are in****

Boomyal

I tried to email you a few weeks back when I was headed to your area to give you some glass. I should be there again this week if you need some. PM sent.

Hmmm, ondvarvr, I never saw it. I did however get your recent PM. I sent you an email via a different addy.

Look forward to having a sandwich with ya!

 

[Boomyal]

Re: Fiberglass layup part project***Jan 3, drink holders are in****

Re: Fiberglass layup part project***Jan 3, drink holders are in****

Boomyal,

Thanks for the information. I didn't even know that there was a Vancouver U.S.A, but that is very cool. I must admit that I do love Vancouver B.C., but that is because all of my family has moved out there. I haven't been to Vancouver U.S.A, but since it is on the West Coast, I am sure it is just as beautiful.

Actually Saskatoon, I don't think that Vancouver USA can hold a candle to the beauty of Vancouver BC. It is green, and coming from the desert like Southern California it has a certain beauty but otherwise it is pretty much Suburbia USA.

 

[Boomyal]

Re: Fiberglass layup part project***Jan 3, drink holders are in****

Re: Fiberglass layup part project***Jan 3, drink holders are in****

[colour=blue]

in an attempt to elevate the City to it's own identity, boosters came up with the slogan, "Vancouver USA, the first Vancouver.

If my elephant memory serves correctly, that was you first sig.

BTW, where will you be storing this boat when it finally gets home?

Once again Aldo, your elephantine memory serves you well.. I don't know what happened to that sig. I think we used to have two different signature thingies.

As for the phantom boat storage, I have the space but currently we are in the beginning stages of an homestead refreshment project, after 18 years of little kidlets rubbing their grimmy hands into all the walls and fixtures. Mrs B would consider another boat project as competition to that refreshment, of which I am expected to be the major mover and shaker of.

Here is a link that shows a satellite picture of my 2/3 acre property.

http://www.zillow.com/HomeDetails.htm?zprop=23300591

When you open the link, double click on the picture. It will enlarge it. It is the house, in the center left of the picture, with the round above ground pool in the back of the lot and too many cars in the driveway.

Although this is a fairly current picture, the pool is now gone. Hopefully, this summer, you will see a 3.5 car garage/shop on the back right corner of the lot.

 

[Dunaruna]

Re: Fiberglass layup part project***Jan 3, drink holders are in****

Re: Fiberglass layup part project***Jan 3, drink holders are in****

[colour=blue]Nice property!

Coincidentally, our ankle biter have recently flown the coup. Pool has now gone and we are repainting every room!