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    Cabinet hanging question.

    My new kitchen cabinets are laminated particle board. Would a normal deck screw counter sink itself in well, or should I get some wafer head screws?
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    Took my dad to the er last night.

    He was dizzy, felt like the room was spinning, and fell. He didn't hurt himself, but a couple hours later still felt dizzy and asked me to take him in. They did a ct scan, and found what they think is fluid in his brain. They transferred him to Indy for an mri. He was awake and alert, but still...
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    Radar tower removal.

    So a marina owner called my boss for some extra hands. He has a guy that needs a radar tower removed. All I know about the boat is that it is a large twin engine Crestliner that had been on an ocean. The plan is to do this Saturday if he gets approval for the estimate. I've taken off wakeboard...
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    Reminder to check gear before towing.

    I was driving behind a truck towing a boat the other day, and these caught the wind and flew out of his boat. Luckily, there were no other vehicles nearby, and I was pretty far behind. I stopped to pick them up. I was heading home, and he wasn't in town when I got there, so he didn't get them...
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    Who was asking about a keel guard?

    A while ago, someone here was asking about how to put on a keel guard. I was doing one at the time, but that's when the picture uploads had just stopped working. Anyone remember which thread it was?
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    R.I.P Siphon gun.

    It was one of those days where the gel sets up quick. My 1.8 siphon is cheap and old anyway, and didn't spray very well anymore. The gel was liquid one second and gelled up the next. I didn't even bother trying to clean it, just set it aside and borrowed the supervisor's gun.
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    Housekeeping PSA

    Alright everybody, here's a really important PSA. Check your water fittings. Washer, ice maker, sinks, everything. This sucks.
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    Don't tape holes.

    I have a waverunner to fix, and the owner or marina put this vinyl tape over the holes. For anyone who thinks about doing something like this, please don't. It just makes your repair shop's job harder. Some of this stuff is really hard to peel off, and you can never get all the adhesive off...
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    Boats from work.

    I work in a repair shop, so I get a bit of variety in the kinds of boats and damage I see. This is just going to be a thread of stuff I think might be interesting to look at.
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    Should I start a work thread?

    Since I work in a repair shop, I see a bit of variety in boats and damage. I could start a thread with pictures of what I'm doing. Would it be entertaining for the regulars here, or would it be too much like stroking my own ego?
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    Ideas for using scrap fiberglass.

    I work in a repair shop, and we inevitably make loads of little scrap pieces of roving and byply that we can't use on anything. My local recycling place won't take it. Is there a shredder or something that could chop this up into strands? Like csm, but loose strands. It would be great if we...
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    Fiberglass repair guide ready for review.

    Fiberglass Repair Walkthrough ( Mods, since this is so large, I'm going to try to post roughly half of this as a reply. I don't know how well it will work, so please wait until I'm done before commenting.) Introduction I've been repairing boats for almost 12 years at this point. I've only...
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    Recommended reading?

    I've been trying to learn more about my work lately. Boat repair is a career for me, so any knowledge can only help. I've been doing this for 11 years. I knoe how to do the work, but I don't really know much about the materials, design, or anything related to the industry. I'm almost done with a...
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    Big motoe + tiny transom

    Bass boats love this combo of huge motors and little transoms. Nice open cracks on both sides of transom and wiring boot. The ones at the boot could just be screws that aren't counter sunk, they never are.
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    Making new dashes for an old Caravelle, should I keep the molds?

    I'm currently working on an old Caravelle (I don't know the year or model). I'm piecing together the old broken dashes to use as a mold to make new ones. I'm wondering if it would be worth it to keep molds to make more, or if this will just be a one off. I have no idea if there is a big...
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    New member introduction.

    I didn't see a new member section, so I'm posting this here. I'm Mike. I've been working in a boat repair shop for a bit over 11 years now. We do fiberglass and some limited aluminum bodywork, paint, structural wood (but not wood hulls), and some other stuff. We don't work on engines though. A...
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