Miss Peachtree

[Lakeshadow]

Re: Miss Peachtree

Calculating leverage, ratios, clearances, displacement, balance, in my mind among other things...Thinking of liquid fresh water.... Tool drawer facing outboard directly under rear bench.

 

[Streetgang]

Re: Miss Peachtree

I have been following your restore and finally looked at the Chris Craft video. That is just priceless. Keep on keeping on.

 

[Lakeshadow]

Re: Miss Peachtree

Thanks a bunch Streetgang. I sure appreciate it. It floors me to find something that amounts to a high horsepower engine, trans, rear end, tires, for two hundred bucks. Ya know what I'm sayin'. Up till Miss Peachtree my hobby was vehicles. Lovin' it...

 

[Lakeshadow]

Re: Miss Peachtree

Instrument panel for Miss Peachtree is currently contemplated...

I've got a no seam instrument case visual in my head.....

 

[Lakeshadow]

Re: Miss Peachtree

Thinking, contemplating, calculating, forevermore....

 

[Trooper82]

Re: Miss Peachtree

nice sawing! those are going to look real sharp...

 

[GT1000000]

Re: Miss Peachtree

I really like where your "choo-choo" of thought is heading...
Nice job cutting those out...

 

[Lakeshadow]

Re: Miss Peachtree

Touch off diameters, transfer pattern depth of .125 or so n I'm down with that... Speed and cutter is off yet table saw peeled threw forged alloy with just warm chips....

 

[Trooper82]

Re: Miss Peachtree

I see someone was a toolmaker or machinist...I bet that aluminum chattered like the dickens on the table saw!

 

[Streetgang]

Re: Miss Peachtree

Scared me for a bit there...

Thought perhaps put the Streetgang curse on you where ur thread goes to la la land

but oh contrar, just a Shadow process of planning.

Good stuff, just keep on keepin on once again.

 

[Lakeshadow]

Re: Miss Peachtree

I see someone was a toolmaker or machinist...I bet that aluminum chattered like the dickens on the table saw!

Naw Troop, the material cut very nice, just speeds and feeds. Adjusting the feed was easy, I would of preferred to slow the "tool" saw blade, speed down some, yet not possible, until I invent it, hey an idea. I have carbide cutters for the mill I mill alloy with all the time, they're the greatest. They leave a finish somewhat like the saw blade does.

I did spend a few years working in a machine shop during layoff's though.

 

[Lakeshadow]

Re: Miss Peachtree

Scared me for a bit there...

Thought perhaps put the Streetgang curse on you where ur thread goes to la la land

but oh contrar, just a Shadow process of planning.

Good stuff, just keep on keepin on once again.

Hi Street. Yea, see what ya mean, pic on right is trimming down the jack plate pieces. Left is the instrument panel. Just transfered mounting locations into gauge pods.

 

[Lakeshadow]

Re: Miss Peachtree


Pods on instrument panel face held on location exactly as they will end up being screwed into place.

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Mahogany holes shimmed with masking tape finding location between instrument panel face and gauge pods. Thus drilled fastening holes in pods with pre-existing hole locations

 

[GT1000000]

Re: Miss Peachtree

That is going to be one classy looking instrument cluster...very nice!

 

[Lakeshadow]

Re: Miss Peachtree

Why thank you Commander.



+ or- a c hair....

Jack plate all jacked up...

supports my weight without a creek...
already.

 

[Trooper82]

Re: Miss Peachtree

Nice work!

 

[Lakeshadow]

Re: Miss Peachtree



It's been a while. Is this droid phone the upload problem? The coolest picks won't upload....

Machining clearance for wires in the instrument panel and final milling on the tool box drawer....

 

[Trooper82]

Re: Miss Peachtree

Looking nice!

Is that a vertical mill or a beefy drill press?

 

[Lakeshadow]

Re: Miss Peachtree

Here's the jack plate finished. A 3/4" plank of mahogany bolted in between. I sawed the plate down as much as I could, realizing the 150 maximum horsepower rating for it was way too much for this 13.5 footer. A 33 pony Ski-Twin will be used this year. Eventually I want to move to a '71 40 pony selectric.Yes Troop, it's a mill.

With all the different horsepower offerings there is, as outboards seem so similar looking with close to the same power outputs. I wonder if there is anything that can be done to say my 33 Ski-Twin to bump up the ponies to close to 40 horses? Such as modify the timing advance stop for more spark advance? In other words wondering if the factory incorporates limits to keep the horsepower as advertised.
Instrument panel.

 

[GT1000000]

Re: Miss Peachtree

Hi LS,
Instrument panel and jack plate, both look absolutely amazing...Beautiful work.
Sorry, I can't help with the boosting of power on the OB, if it was a regular 'ol car engine, however, well that's a different story...