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    1950's Wagemaker Wolverine wooden boat restoration ...

    Getting ready for the paint in the bilge ... Taping up and covering up is a pain Fingers crossed 2 coats of primer tomorrow then 2 coats of finish the next day .. Trailer is almost ready just have to finish hooking up the lights and mount the winch post and rollers . Then we can slide it under...
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    1950's Wagemaker Wolverine wooden boat restoration ...

    Trying to keep dust out of my varnish ... Im getting down to the last few coats so looking to keep it clean as possible ... Pretty simple filter really
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    1950's Wagemaker Wolverine wooden boat restoration ...

    Do we need to take a pole ? Right now just making it functional.. So I put the shocks on this afternoon .. I don’t know much how these should work . What I have is bolted on using just lock / flat washers and reg nuts .. The originals were the wrong size so it had some custom brackets on there...
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    1950's Wagemaker Wolverine wooden boat restoration ...

    March 21 , 22 , 23rd . And here is a pic fix for you Kc ... New bearings racers and tires ... Another step to being mobile !
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    1950's Wagemaker Wolverine wooden boat restoration ...

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    Forum messed up again...

    Ok ok it worked that time.
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    1950's Wagemaker Wolverine wooden boat restoration ...

    Yeah you should see it coming from a mile away ..:lol: Just finished up the rest of the yellow . Tomorrow 1rst coat of black on the axle ,springs and cross bar bracing .. Seeing as I’m using rusto on the black I will have to shoot 2cnd coat Wednesday afternoon .. I need to locate some tires ...
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    1950's Wagemaker Wolverine wooden boat restoration ...

    I couldn’t hold out any longer .. Had to paint something safety yellow .. Not sure if it’s the right Tee Nee color but it is yeller ..
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    1950's Wagemaker Wolverine wooden boat restoration ...

    Hub caps made it in today ! A few swirl marks but pretty nice really ...Took a while must have been on a slow boat ..
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    1950's Wagemaker Wolverine wooden boat restoration ...

    RNow I need to decide if I want to throw down the cake for the new stainless pins or try and find a replacement for 1 pin that’d missing .. I got the old ones removed .. A bit tricky till I watched the only couple videos out there on removing them . Only thing I did different was to wrap a tie...
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    1950's Wagemaker Wolverine wooden boat restoration ...

    First of the epoxy primer is on most of the pieces . The main frame is just some rusto rattle can primer to keep it from rusting while I got the other pieces ready . I’ll sand that down and use the epoxy . Now I need to bondo some dents, prep the wheels and axle and prime everything..
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    1950's Wagemaker Wolverine wooden boat restoration ...

    Dr hit the nail on the head! Sometimes it takes someone that hasn’t been huffing varnish for a couple weeks to point to the obvious.. :facepalm: . Lefty loosey Zool ..
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    1950's Wagemaker Wolverine wooden boat restoration ...

    Here are some close ups of the assembly ..
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    1950's Wagemaker Wolverine wooden boat restoration ...

    I’m having a hard time figuring out how to remove the handle and non-original “wheel” from the winch stand . ‘Everything looks to be pressed on . I’ll get some close up pics tomorrow and maybe you guys will have some suggestions .. I might leave it on there if I can get it prepped for paint...
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    1950's Wagemaker Wolverine wooden boat restoration ...

    Just got in in time to watch SB halftime . Took a while to get the prep done but I got coat 7 I think on .. I’m loosing count !:facepalm: The tent did help and I washed the floor out with the water hose .. I know you need air flow to cure but I was shooting for dead calm :lol: . I think we are...
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    1950's Wagemaker Wolverine wooden boat restoration ...

    Just sanding here .. Borrowed a toy from my project manager at work . Using 220 on it then I followed up with some 320 by hand .. As you can see there is a lot of grain that will hopefully fill with more coats .. Next weekend me and the Admiral are taking the camper down here ...
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    1950's Wagemaker Wolverine wooden boat restoration ...

    How aggressive should I get with the sanding? I am using 320 grit. Even after sanding the pin holes are still visible.
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    1950's Wagemaker Wolverine wooden boat restoration ...

    Ok so any thoughts on converting the rollers to bunks . I’m not the biggest fan of roller bunks .. Those rollers are pressed on I think . Not sure how I could support the back end of the bunk .. I guess I could just have a bunk that pivots idk ...
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    1950's Wagemaker Wolverine wooden boat restoration ...

    Put coat 4 on topside and coat 3 on inside . I’m not sure if it’s dust or bubbles showing up on e deck ..
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    1950's Wagemaker Wolverine wooden boat restoration ...

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