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  1. BWR1953

    1979 North American 22' Off Shore Boat

    For a very brief time in 2009 I had a North American 22' cuddy. I only paid $100 for the hull and got the trailer in a barter deal. Nice lines on the boat but once I got it home and realized how much work and expense it needed, I sold it. For $200. :D :lol: Seriously though the rot below...
  2. BWR1953

    I have returned... with a Starcraft this time!

    Yah! I was inspired by the SC Logo on a new boat, like the one below. Still have to do the fine work to smooth things out a bit. :joyous: Am thinking that I may give the boy a chance to do some scroll saw work. We'll see.
  3. BWR1953

    I have returned... with a Starcraft this time!

    Today I only broke ONE blade! Got greedy on the final turn of the final cut. D'oh. :facepalm: But I did this! :D Now to find my rat-tail and triangle files. They've gotta be around here somewhere, right? :noidea:
  4. BWR1953

    I have returned... with a Starcraft this time!

    Not much done this morning. I was working with the scroll saw, happily cutting parts and breaking blades :rolleyes: when I got a text from my ol' buddy asking me to bring his tree stand out to the woods for him. The check stand where he hunts had a guy bring out a 200 pound hog and he wanted...
  5. BWR1953

    I have returned... with a Starcraft this time!

    I'm finally getting to do some fun stuff! You'll "C" what I mean below! :tongue-new: Yesterday I set up my scroll saw workspace. I used the spray adhesive to glue the printed logo onto the 1/8" aluminum stock. And this evening before dinner the boy and I went out and figured out how to...
  6. BWR1953

    I have returned... with a Starcraft this time!

    Got the second coat onto the boxes today and one interior coat. Quite frankly, there may be LESS orange peel on the boxes from using the roll/roll method than there was on the hull using the spray gun. And that's with "thick" latex porch paint and not enamel. :noidea: I started to change...
  7. BWR1953

    I have returned... with a Starcraft this time!

    Today's work. I did prep stuff for what I'm going to do tomorrow but I'll wait until then to post that up. I placed the now painted black hinges onto the SE primer gray green boxes "just because." I do like the look.
  8. BWR1953

    I have returned... with a Starcraft this time!

    Thanks. My seat boxes will be mounted amidships; at the helm and passenger locations, so no worries about the lean-back problem.
  9. BWR1953

    PlayDoh’s 16 SS resto underway

    I'm not a welder at all but that knee brace looks like it could be successfully re-welded by someone who knows what they're doing. As for transom clamps, this is what I did. Didn't need any screws. :D
  10. BWR1953

    I have returned... with a Starcraft this time!

    Progress for today. Not a lot of pictures but we made our goals. We were quite busy for much of the day. Chugging along... :) Got the seat base/lids and spacers aligned and drilled. We test fit with the seats and it all worked correctly. While the boy was applying the OTF, I was busy...
  11. BWR1953

    I have returned... with a Starcraft this time!

    Miserably hot out there this morning. 90+ degrees and humidity through the roof. Ugh. :blue: But we got a little more done in spite of the heat. Toughed it out until lunch time. Did some hole filling in the seat boxes using JB WaterWeld. Will have to sand it tomorrow. The humidity was...
  12. BWR1953

    Starcraft on C-list/ebay!

    Tampa area. https://tampa.craigslist.org/hil/boa...676226291.html 18 ft Starcraft Center Console with Trailer - $995 (Riverview) 1976 Starcraft Aluminum center console with 1998 galvanized Performance trailer and 3-cylinder, 60 HP Mercury Big Foot outboard motor. Motor was serviced last...
  13. BWR1953

    I have returned... with a Starcraft this time!

    Well, I wanted to do more boat work this evening but I got out voted! My wife said if we went fishing that she'd buy us pizza on the way. DEAL! :lol: :pizza:
  14. BWR1953

    I have returned... with a Starcraft this time!

    A little more progress this morning. Slow but steady. Sanded the epoxy filler on the seat box spacers from yesterday. The epoxy smoothed out nicely. :joyous: Sanded and filled the seat box lids/bases. Cleaned and marked the hinges prior to painting. Applied a drop of oil to the hinge...
  15. BWR1953

    I have returned... with a Starcraft this time!

    When my buddy was visiting the other day, he suggested adding a board seat that would fit between the two main seats but which would be stowable (on its side along the gunnel) when not in use. Interesting idea that I'm going to explore a little. ;) Sorta like this:​​​​​
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    I have returned... with a Starcraft this time!

    Been busy with medical stuff this week but have a few updates from last week and a little more work today. I needed to get a bolt template from the seat bottom. Why lock a swivel into place? Just delete the swivel and replace it with a spacer and call it good. I cut the spacers last week...
  17. BWR1953

    I have returned... with a Starcraft this time!

    Still no trailer here. Sigh. It'll come back someday. :blue: Plenty of medical and family obligations keeping me busy as well. Two more "down-the-road" doc appointments coming up this week. Ugh. But I've been going out to the garage for 1/2 hour or so in the mornings doing seat box stuff a...
  18. BWR1953

    I have returned... with a Starcraft this time!

    Yepper, the boy definitely comes in handy. I work him hard but he's far more capable than any of his peers and friends. I've also taught him to cook a little and now he can make us breakfast! ;) :D I was lucky that the KF already had that 3 foot long aluminum storage box. All I did was cut...
  19. BWR1953

    I have returned... with a Starcraft this time!

    Today I tried to get more seat base work done but got side-tracked. My neighbor bud called me to help him out with his truck. What should have taken 10 minutes took over 2 hours... plus lunch. :lol: While we were out and about, we discussed his progress on my KF trailer welding job. He...
  20. BWR1953

    I have returned... with a Starcraft this time!

    This morning I tried to cut the grass. Got it partly done but sadly my old Craftsman GT3000 garden tractor failed on me. Again. Steering system broke. Sigh. :blue: So we went out to the garage and did a little KF work! :D I'd realized the other day that I'd forgotten to add rivets across...
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