New Owner 60s Falcon 14

[SigSaurP229]

Re: New Owner 60s Falcon 14

Fastenall is great, you can get flat aluminum stock and angle at lowes. Harbor freight sells aluminum 3/16" rivets for $3.99 for the hundred.

 

[SigSaurP229]

Re: New Owner 60s Falcon 14

buy one of these and it will become your best friend.
3/16" Air Hydraulic Riveter

 

[Watermann]

Re: New Owner 60s Falcon 14

You could use .080 stock, it's strong and easy to work with. ^^^ yeah^^^ what Sig said!

 

[classiccat]

Re: New Owner 60s Falcon 14

buy one of these and it will become your best friend.
3/16" Air Hydraulic Riveter

Until it spews tool-oil all over your leg :facepalm:

Is there a trick around that?

 

[wheelin_ca]

Re: New Owner 60s Falcon 14

well its done... the rib that is.. bought the aluminum... due to low stock, had to settle for 1 1/2 angle.. 1/8 thickness...

for the front ribs i made vertical bars with 1 1/2 x 1/4" alum flat stock. (since i had it already)


strong enough for me to stand on, so it should hold the floor nicely.

All riveted together with my hand riveter, because the same harbor freight air riveter is here at Princess Auto... but its $80 when its not on sale so i passed lol

tomorrow im off to Home Depot to pick up the wood for transom and floors. and some foam




also sold my old lounger seats, and got brand new singles x4. just need to find some cheap pedestals and swivels now

 

[jvanhees]

Re: New Owner 60s Falcon 14

that stringer looks good, nice work. I would check the Clist for some pedastals.

 

[barato2]

Re: New Owner 60s Falcon 14

nice work. i was going to suggest you go with 1 1/2" angle anyway....easy way to give it extra strength compared to using 3/4 or 1". way to get after it!

 

[classiccat]

Re: New Owner 60s Falcon 14

Very nice work!!!

That was going to be my 1st suggestion however I wasn't sure if the price was aligned with your budget...aluminum angle is mucho bux!

 

[lckstckn2smknbrls]

Re: New Owner 60s Falcon 14

That turned out better then what I had envisioned. Your choice of larger aluminum angle works great

 

[wheelin_ca]

Re: New Owner 60s Falcon 14

Thanks for the compliments,

No construction today, went shopping... 270 bucks later I have some plywood, foam, 5200, spar, aluminum, and PL


Tomorrow I start transom

 

[lckstckn2smknbrls]

Re: New Owner 60s Falcon 14

Do you have the original foam? If not I can tell you the dimensions.

 

[ezmobee]

Re: New Owner 60s Falcon 14

Real nice work on that stringer.

 

[wheelin_ca]

Re: New Owner 60s Falcon 14

Do you have the original foam? If not I can tell you the dimensions.

sure that would be great... there was no foam in the boat when i tore in.. just the wood stringer in that first pic.


did a bit today..

 

[Watermann]

Re: New Owner 60s Falcon 14

Looking good, patched up and cut out :thumb:

 

[lckstckn2smknbrls]

Re: New Owner 60s Falcon 14

On each side of the stringer was a piece 8' long 1.5" tall at one end 4.5" tall at the other end and 6" wide. I made mine from 3 pieces of 2" thick foam. Next to that was a piece 8' long 1.5 thick and 10" wide. Under the bow was a bunch of various scraps of foam. I added 1" foam in between each of the ribs. Before I rivet the floor in I will add more scraps in where I can.

 

[wheelin_ca]

Re: New Owner 60s Falcon 14

On each side of the stringer was a piece 8' long 1.5" tall at one end 4.5" tall at the other end and 6" wide. I made mine from 3 pieces of 2" thick foam. Next to that was a piece 8' long 1.5 thick and 10" wide. Under the bow was a bunch of various scraps of foam. I added 1" foam in between each of the ribs. Before I rivet the floor in I will add more scraps in where I can.

thanks. now if the temperature would warm up, so i can finish sparring the transom, then pressure wash the inside, that would be super.... its -4C (24F) here right now, and that's slowing down progress

 

[InMotion]

Re: New Owner 60s Falcon 14

Lookin good WC.... seems to me if I recall, the stringer doesn't increase in a linear fashion... it remains almost the same height at the stern till about the 3rd or 4th rib from the stern and then slowly increases again in a non linear fashion. That's how it was on the Jet I did last. If so, you can just shim it a bit or trim live with it.... wish I'd read your thread earlier for ya!

Regardless, what you've done so far looks stellar!

Jim

 

[wheelin_ca]

Re: New Owner 60s Falcon 14

Lookin good WC.... seems to me if I recall, the stringer doesn't increase in a linear fashion... it remains almost the same height at the stern till about the 3rd or 4th rib from the stern and then slowly increases again in a non linear fashion. That's how it was on the Jet I did last. If so, you can just shim it a bit or trim live with it.... wish I'd read your thread earlier for ya!

Regardless, what you've done so far looks stellar!

Jim

Thanks.... U scared me a bit, but mine looks different because Im going with the factory floor height, on your jet, you followed the tops of the stringers, mine has the advantage of having a good condition factory bow piece, so i conirmed with it....

pics say 1000 words...

Laid alum stock across from 2nd stringer from rear to doubler.... sits approx 1/16th off my angle piece. close enough for me

I knew id seen somewhere that someone else had fabbed that stringer.... didnt think it was on a jet though.... I must have searched all the Falcons, Darts, and holiday 14s on this site lol

 

[lckstckn2smknbrls]

Re: New Owner 60s Falcon 14

The measurements I posted were based off the original foam and a basic measurement of the stringer not at each rib. When I cut the first piece of foam and set it against the stringer it was a perfect match.

 

[InMotion]

Re: New Owner 60s Falcon 14

LOL! Sorry man... didn't mean to give you a heart attack there!!! I can see what you mean and the difference between the floor setup on the Jet vs your's!

Rock away there man!

Jim