Hang your hat on the positive and piss on the negative.
Ya made progress and that's what is important!
Fix the ribs and keep at it. Fingernails grow back eventually.
Thanks Craigo!
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Hang your hat on the positive and piss on the negative.
Ya made progress and that's what is important!
Fix the ribs and keep at it. Fingernails grow back eventually.
Look on the bright side... a fellow with strength enough to support a motor over his head in his left hand (i.e. in pict from days ago - lol) is bound to make a boo boo now and then. This is first real bummer you've reported and even at that successes were inter mixed. Brits say keep a stiff upper lip! I say laugh like hell and get it on! Good Thangs are on the horizon for you and your family regarding Da Boat!
Cheers Art!
Come to think of it, it must have been my bruit strength that busted the braces and not the ply lololol
On a side note, I Spoke to Boatcraft Pacific today about the mixture consistency pertaining to your email. They said it will work for the fillets but not the glue so ill email you when I'm back at work next week and make arrangements with you if the offer is still there?!
Thanks for the words of support boys!
Cheers
Hendo
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are you sealing the plywood before you put it on? ....
See post 56.
Hey Bud,
You are an inspiration to us all; Keep at her! She's coming together nicely. Your bound to have the odd hiccup, but thats all part of the learning curve.
Hendo, i.e. "Aussie Boat Mauler" - lol!
My tool offer remains ON for you, Cappy! Glad you found from manufacturer that my Pressure Gun tools should work well on injecting fillets. As you can tell, you and your project have become Star attractions on TF. I believe boaters here that can supply an effort reducing and project-quality helpful tool, or lend a hand in any other way, are proud and happy to do so. It's clear to us all... You've got one heck of a boat-rebuild going on and need as much assistance as possible. What I (we) seek is your butt out on the water in your "new" running boat!
This weekend my Admiral and I plan to spend 2-days aboard our Tolly, getting her primed and ready for 2013 – Yea! Next weekend we plan (hope - weather permitting) to be out and about for 3-days aboard Tolly – Double Yea!!
are you sealing the plywood before you put it on? I know nothinh about this type of construction but i have used steam to make wood take diferent shapes and releave stress before mounting wooden parts. I was wondering if you were mounting the plywood un sealed maybe you could build a steam box and make the plywood a bit more flexible before forcing it to conform to a curve. Then when it drys it will have set with that shape.
Not sure if this idea has any merit but just a thought.
God speed mate
Heya Art.
Thanks for your generosity and support. Ill show your pressure gun to a few mates that are still in the trade and hopefully you'll get some sales from it. I can be your Australian Distributer
I don't know about being a star attraction tho. It's good to see a few regular people commenting and i like it when people leave comments and hopefully I can make some friends out of this.
The main reason I'm going to the effort of posting up here on TF is to show anyone thinking about rebuilding an old timber boat how I am doing it and also show them it's not that hard and to give people a bit of motivation about projects on their boats.
I hope the weather turns out great for you and the admiral. I wanna see pics tho! I don't care if its on here or on your Facebook page! That's what gives me my motivation lol
Cheers mate
Hendo
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Yo Hondo
As sun rises and we split to spend couple days playing on our Tolly getting her ready for 2013, rain is now planned for all weekend - booo. Also, next weekend may not be available any longer due to family obligation that came up. Some weekend soon though! - Yea And that's da way it goes!! Afraid not too many new TF picts will come from me (maybe a couple), I'm not as into taking picts such as Mark and Marin and you and some others. Facebook - I seldom enter anything myself, but glad to see posts from friends!
Thanks for going to show Pressure Gun around. Mostly I want it to assist your boat restoration efforts. Be glad to have you as some sort of Aussie distributor - I'm currently working toward deals with a international distributors. Hope to have EZ Build Masonry System tool sales Go Viral - so to say. lol :lol:
Your boat repair motivation is exemplary. Your job is maybe "not that hard" to you, but - to most??
You are a Star - bask in the TF limelight, while you can! I consider you a friend and hope to meet in person some day.
Cheers and Happy Boat Daze!! - Art
Hey hondo, How snug a fit do you have on your fuel tanks.
When I rebuilt my deck I found that the fuel tanks were set in an expanding foam of some sort. The idea being, you don't want them moving.
From the pic they didn't look real secure. setting on those 4x4's
Of course it is hard to tell from the pictures.
Just a thought.
sd
When you get to the bow you may find that two thinner sheets of plywood will be easier to bend and make the turn of the hull. Put one layer on and then apply a layer of expoxie and laminate the second layer.Larry
well Hendo, you sure have opened my eyes. Thank you sir. Cant wait to see the videos of the comming sea trials
we all can hardly wait, Hendo....
And Hendo is certainly not waiting for anything.we all can hardly wait, Hendo....
And Hendo is certainly not waiting for anything.
Amazing progress, the old Aussie spirit of "giving it a red hot go" in action.
Makes sense renewing internals like rings and bearings with the engine pulled down, but why ancillaries like starter motor and alternator which you can get at if they fail. Unless of course the engine got wet, or something.
The 6354 is a great engine,much like a Lehman in terms of load simplicity and longevity; you are lucky having one. You can get Perkins parts, I think from Perkins Brisbane, and could surely get them from UK.
I quite like the look of the Integrity 380, but for some reason the dealer`s demo, which is for sale, has black breezeway covers aft doing very little for the appearance. The aft saloon entry glass doors open and ingeniously swing up to the "ceiling", giving a great open air feel and huge entertaining cockpit.
Bruce,
I think the Seawind 1100 had saloon doors like that.
Certainly do open up the entrance.
Perkins parts are redially available in Bris and not expensive. Apparently not cheap in the US.
If you renew the starter I would still rebuild the old one as a spare.
Starter motor is one of my must carry spare parts being a single engine man.