My grandfather was a marine... he also got jumped and beaten and ran off the road and had back surgery when he used to do armored transport. So he wasn't a great metric to go off of. My grandmother is 91 now and even though she had polio is still able to move around without much help. If I'm...
I'm guilty of doing all those things still... Brake clean is the ultimate hand cleaner too! I actually still taste test drips to see which liquid is leaking.
I'll run the name by dad and see if it rings a bell. I figure I got another 20 years before everything starts getting bad. Dad was about...
Yup, 3m full face, 6000 series. I'm running cartridge/p100 combo so I'm getting the benefit of both, no VOC smells from the grinding and no particulates either. Ground that whole thing out and didn't even smell it.
As a side note, I do Hazmat for the county. I'm overly cautious about PPE now...
Didn't do much this weekend. It was too nice to not take advantage of the weather and if I am being honest, work kicked my ass last week. Got another shot to the body coming tomorrow too so I may not be doing much this week either... My hopes is to get the wood in the garage Wednesday, drying...
Wood is ordered. I ended up doing 6 sheets of 3/4 and 4 sheets of half inch. That should get me done but, you never know. I was going to pick it up at the yard but he said no charge on delivery and should be there Monday/Tuesday. So that's nice. I'm going to order from US composites tomorrow. I...
So for ease of working, My math comes out to needing 1.5 inches of wood on the transom for the drive to hit 2-1/8". I think I'll just laminate up 2 sheets of 3/4 full width. My math also says the weight difference will be about 10lbs. Insignificant in my opinion and it makes the whole transom a...
Also... I just had a realization. I bet the transom is actually 3 laminates of 1/2" wood. 2 sheets full width with on in the center to achieve proper thickness for the drive.
So I sent out my sizing for my fuel tank the other day to get some quotes. Ultimately I am going with the guy local to me. Pricing seems fair. Was quotes ~$700 for a 40 gallon. Epoxy coated etc. If anyone has any other recommendations for a manufacturer in the tristate area, I am all ears but I...
It's a full width 1 inch with a half inch laminated around the keyhole. Between that and gelcoat nets a 2-1/8 thick transom for mounting the drive.
Edit for clarity: the center 2 feet of the transom is 1-1/2 inches of wood plus glass and gelcoat. Same as two 3/4 sheets.
Thanks everyone for the kind words and following along. Made some progress today...
Nothing earth shattering but the stringers are out. I'm going to jump in on the transom next visit but I didn't have any more in me today. It is 70 degrees out and I'm going to take the vette for a nice drive. I...
So I didn't do much today other than bust out some foam. I also basically answered my questions above seeing how the boat is currently constructed lol. Very clear picture with no foam. Only interesting thing, Transom appears to be a 1inch sheet of ply full width, with a 1/2 inch lamination...
Without working for the company, it is really hard to say exactly what the difference is but... typically different or more detergents and in a lot of cases the viscosity is a little on the higher side for it's stated weight among some things.... You will notice most of the high mileage oils...
Got a question for all you... I am sitting at my desk at work right now. Quiet day, have the trainee doing his first bit of solo work so I am taking a step back for a bit. I am trying to develop my layup schedule and by doing that, estimating my materials to order. I also have been doing more...
I made some 35lbs of chicken sausage the other night. Ground, stuffed, packed. We did roasted garlic and feta, buffalo chicken, and Hawaiian. Other than that, this thread has given me a lot of things to try. I love it.
That bow has actually been there for some 25 years. It's one of those things I'd like to address but see no real good way of doing so. The starboard side is the better of the two, the port is actually quite low if you look at the shot. I'm afraid of causing stress cracks by jacking it up as it's...
