'78 Ebko Lebaron - Therapy

[fat fanny]

Re: '78 Ebko Lebaron - Therapy

Troop outstanding flat surface! One suggestion if I will when fabing your ski locker lid make sure it allows pleanty of air circulation things in there do tend to get pretty stale.

 

[Trooper82]

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Done for the weekend !!! Man your the guy that's rolling gell coat on with a flashlight ! You could prolly put a couple layers of csm and 1708 on before dark your slackin up..
Just kidding Troop you get more done on a weekend then most of us do all week ! Get ya some rest Troop you deserve it !

SP, if I had the resin...I would probably still be out there...I did get the plugs set in with PB though...

Troop outstanding flat surface! One suggestion if I will when fabing your ski locker lid make sure it allows pleanty of air circulation things in there do tend to get pretty stale.

Thanks FF...ya the one that came with it is like a fence..has openings...

 

[Trooper82]

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Proof I did the plugs....

everyone have a great week...I saw lots of progress all over iboats this weekend...good job everyone

 

[Woodonglass]

Re: '78 Ebko Lebaron - Therapy

Tab it in with the 1708 and 3 layers of CSM. Gelcoat it and you're GOLDEN!!!

 

[Jon Sob]

Re: '78 Ebko Lebaron - Therapy

Hey Troop ..... I've been lurking your thread for some time and I have to say you have done excellent work and a very professional job on that sole. Keep it up and you will be in the water before you know it. Great job!

 

[Trooper82]

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Tab it in with the 1708 and 3 layers of CSM. Gelcoat it and you're GOLDEN!!!

3 on top of my one or three total?

Keep in mind I still have to mount those dang 12"x12" plywood blocks along the hull/deck joint...should I incorporate the deck glassing with these blocks?

 

[Trooper82]

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Hey Troop ..... I've been lurking your thread for some time and I have to say you have done excellent work and a very professional job on that sole. Keep it up and you will be in the water before you know it. Great job!

Hey Thanks Jon...ya I am guilty of lurking myself...was just reading up on your thread this morning actually...

 

[Woodonglass]

Re: '78 Ebko Lebaron - Therapy

3 total. As for the blocks I'd do them separate.

 

[Trooper82]

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^^^^^^^^^Righty-o

Thanks Wood!

 

[Decker83]

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Troop you did alot of work this weekend. It's looking like a boat again. Great job.

 

[Trooper82]

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Troop you did alot of work this weekend. It's looking like a boat again. Great job.

Thanks Decker, was alot of fun.

 

[GT1000000]

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Wow, you are a machine...you have done an amazing job getting all that work done in a weekend...heck, if you and oops! were to get together, you two could prolly restore an entire boat in one week...

Super job!

Have a Great Fourth!

 

[ezmobee]

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Great work. I'm sure it's nice to have something to walk around on! It's all down hill once you get the deck all tabbed/sealed.

 

[jbcurt00]

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Congrats on getting all the deck laid! Looks great! Have a great week...

 

[retiredfornow]

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Great work, troop. It's always exciting to watch your progress every day. Fantastic work! Hang in there.

 

[Trooper82]

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Wow, you are a machine...you have done an amazing job getting all that work done in a weekend...heck, if you and oops! were to get together, you two could prolly restore an entire boat in one week...

Super job!

Have a Great Fourth!

Thank you, GT...Really wasn't that much work, had most of the hard stuff done...

Enough people with enough resources...could do just about anything..but I am not anywhere near oops! caliber...

That would be a show I would watch though...

Great work. I'm sure it's nice to have something to walk around on! It's all down hill once you get the deck all tabbed/sealed.

Thanks EZ...not so sure about it being downhill....but I am getting closer to the goal for sure...still lots of work to do...

Congrats on getting all the deck laid! Looks great! Have a great week...

Thanks JB..glad to have a flat spot to put my feet...my tea...my tools..you get the picture

Great work, troop. It's always exciting to watch your progress every day. Fantastic work! Hang in there.

Thanks a lot RTFN...I really enjoy hearing from folks that are tagging along with me on this ride...hanging as best as I can...

 

[Trooper82]

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Good evening folks...hope you all had a great Monday...

I found out that there is a tiny problem with having a deck on your boat...especially if you have it outside under a contraption like I put together...

No headroom!! But I can get used to it...

So I started working on the deck access plates this evening...

Took a 1/4" drill and cut the inside edge of my line...then took air grinder to it...

Then a trick I first learned from my grandfather when I was like 5 or 6 I think...I put some ink on the outside edge of my mating part...

Stuck it down in the hole...

Pulled it back out...there are my high spots...

Light grinding on the high spots...and try a test fit again...

to be continued.....

 

[Trooper82]

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Continuation......

Rinse/repeat...and you get this...I thought I was being real clever...putting these as close as I could...

However...I forgot to account for the lids...bummer!!

Thought it over...figured I could replace these or go with a rectangular plate, if I could find one...

Decided to try jut cutting the lids the same as the bottom part.....and they worked just fine!

You will notice that the lids line up..on purpose...guess if I had put more thought into it, they could be interchangeable too...might take another look tomorrow...these are only sitting in place..can't screw them down and add 5200 until the final layers are put on the deck...

 

[CaptainKickback]

Re: '78 Ebko Lebaron - Therapy

Ummm. I'm assume these lids push in and not screw in...

Sea ya...

 

[Trooper82]

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Ummm. I'm assume these lids push in and not screw in...

Sea ya...

They are screw in...didn't know they made a push in one...