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    1962 Chris Craft Holiday 20’ bucket list resto

    First attempt at steaming a plank . 25/30 baking time and it bent pretty easily. Got a late start had work for a while this morning . Rooftop 14th floor looking across the ICW towards the Atlantic ..
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    1962 Chris Craft Holiday 20’ bucket list resto

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    1962 Chris Craft Holiday 20’ bucket list resto

    I need to get it in gear !
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    1962 Chris Craft Holiday 20’ bucket list resto

    Just cutting planks in between watching football .. Almost have all the bottom planks cut out . Finally got my fastener order found and delivered from snail mail Bermuda Triangle .. My son helped me install the Starboard side intermediate ribs . Should be steam bending soon . I see no other...
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    1959 Dorsett San Juan Restoration

    Nice Dorsett ! I always liked those ! They look like just a really comfortable boat !
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    gonna brag on myself for a minute

    Good deal Joe ! A worthy cause I hope it works out !
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    1962 Chris Craft Holiday 20’ bucket list resto

    Bags came in .. had to work all weekend but wanted to give the Sammy Steamer a try . Needed a little bend on a few of the intermediate frame strips . I’ll let it cool over night and see if it holds shape tomorrow. News flash ! Steam is pretty darn hot ! Lol !
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    1962 Chris Craft Holiday 20’ bucket list resto

    So I think this should work .. sacrificial metal gas can ,3/4” galv treaded nipple , 3/4” heater hose and hose clamp . Portable propane burner . I have bags on the way that I can cut to length . So the plan in my head is to cut the planks from old plank templates. Start fitting both sides at...
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    1962 Chris Craft Holiday 20’ bucket list resto

    So ifin I went this rout these bags may work I think . https://www.amazon.com/Syntus-Vacuum-Sealer-Commercial-Storage/dp/B0CH11BNR7/ref=sr_1_7_sspa?keywords=foodsaver%2Bbags&qid=1699049748&sr=8-7-spons&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9tdGY&th=1
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    1962 Chris Craft Holiday 20’ bucket list resto

    Thought this was interesting.
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    1962 Chris Craft Holiday 20’ bucket list resto

    Yeah , I put new blades in my planer and then hit a staple I didn’t see in the end of a plank . Luckily it just messed up one blade . I flipped the blade over and it doing fine now ..
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    1962 Chris Craft Holiday 20’ bucket list resto

    Competition for those carpenter bees .. Getting ready to build a make shift steam box … I’m sure I got something laying around to fab one ….
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    2023 NFL/CFB News and Nonsense

    FB Rumor mill .. Urban to Michigan State …
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    Pigskin Pick’em!

    I have found that when I think about my picks to much they start to go south on me . Firsts hunches usually work out ..Lol !
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    Pigskin Pick’em!

    Something must be wrong .. I’m getting to close to the top … Fishy and I are tied ..,
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    Out on the Lake Pictures

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    Pigskin Pick’em!

    I'm sure I'll find a way ..
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    Out on the Lake Pictures

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    1962 Chris Craft Holiday 20’ bucket list resto

    It is nice looking stuff . Pretty comparable to Philippine mahogany. May be a tad harder and heavier. Good luck finding PM .. The Sapele is supposedly farm grown I think .
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    1962 Chris Craft Holiday 20’ bucket list resto

    So any plank wider than 7” I have found that a long blade on a sawzall works to finish the cut halfway decently .. The planet takes care of the rest . Taking them down to a mosquito wing less than half inch . The planks that came off are 3/8” thick . I figure this would give me some...
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