To Build a Boat (any boat)

[Wimperdink]

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Thanks eric. My teeth are chattering from the strain of no internet today... I feel the need to post about a hundred times in a row. Yes Iboats can become an addiction. It sneaks up on you and when you have to do without... shudder!!!

 

[CalicoKid]

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Well post on this Wimp!<br /><br /> http://www.devlinboat.com/homebuiltpage.htm

 

[Wimperdink]

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where is everyone tonight? TBAB chat is open for business again.

 

[Pony]

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After a little over 1000 posts, I think its about time I build a boat now. LOL

 

[djzyla1980]

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it took over 1000 posts to get pop up to get motivated.......<br /><br />Now saying and doing it are two different things.<br /><br />But heck... It wasn't until 900 or so that I got it goin.....

 

[trackersocha]

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well guys, no boat building tonite, i gotta go help a friend strip cotton, be back later, mebbe tbab chat

 

[CalicoKid]

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Stash some of that cotton for yourself Tracker, it might make good resin filler

 

[Wimperdink]

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lol calico if you dont mind... when you added insulation, how did it mix? did it stay together and come out like a big booger? did it seperate and become stringy? or did it melt and become thick and fluid like?

 

[Paul Moir]

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FYI, I belive this is the longest post in Iboats history. The old record was 1008 if I remember correctly.<br />And I'm still shopping for wood! <br /><br />Any of you thinking about PL-Premium? Or the concrete PL?

 

[CalicoKid]

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I've thought about PL Paul lol, I was tempted to use it in the dug.<br /><br />Wimper I didn't mix the insulation into the resin. I stuffed it into the gaps and formed fillets with dry insulation then wetted it out. Insulation won't dissolve but it becomes clear just like fg cloth when wetted. I had to poke and push at it in thicker spots to get it soaked.<br /><br />I used the white formaldehyde free insulation, it pulls apart easier than the pink or yellow formaldehyde binder insulation does and I don't think the pink or yellow would wet out as nice and would probably remain yellow or pink after it is cured.<br /><br />I didn't really save anything by using insulation instead of a proper filler which is pretty cheap. I just did it because I could. As a filet filler it worked pretty well, as an adhesive filler I would have to go with something proven

 

[Wimperdink]

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PL? concrete pl? I see... sounds easy enough... Pink woulda been purdy in your dug

 

[trackersocha]

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nobody up for tbab chat?

 

[Wimperdink]

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I'm in there tracker... you might need to refresh your browser. The chat is differant now.

 

[trackersocha]

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<br />i tried several times, restarted my computer, and still nothing.

 

[Chinewalker]

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Hey Wimper,<br /> I've got a lot of parts and pieces for the 7.5/9.8hp Mercs. Let me know if you need anything for them...<br />Scott (csr112-n@prodigy.net)

 

[djzyla1980]

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Still no wood...been getting chilly here so I decided that I would finish up getting the other boat ready for winter... thats done... but since I still don't have wood... I decided I would build in the microwave in the camper.... anything to keep me goin...lol<br /><br /><br />Record huh?... I'm sure the old one wasn't held by a bunch of rednecks trying to build boats, or templates as some like to do mlm

 

[Wimperdink]

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hey very cool chinewalker... I appreciate it... I saved your email so you can edit it out if you want I'll get in touch if I need. Thanks<br /><br />Dave I know the feeling... no wood for wimp either. pulling my hair out today with business crap. Its getting in the way of my boat building lol j/k

 

[lark2004]

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tell me about it... I still can't do anything more.

 

[Pony]

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Hey CK....I bet today would've been a good day to take out the dug

 

[cpj]

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QUOTE by JIZ: Record huh?... I'm sure the old one wasn't held by a bunch of rednecks trying to build boats, or templates as some like to do mlm.<br /><br /><br />Have you ever heard the joke about bob the bridge builder?All I can say is "you build one template!"<br /><br />now I cant say the whole joke but for those who know it thats pretty funny.