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81nautique
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It's not her I'm worried about! |
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You can’t change the wind but you can adjust your sails
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skicat
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Reid, I think she said he exaggerated that number a little. Hollywood couldn't even keep up with that!!!!
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75 Tique
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Dana....oh she left six months ago. OK...I'm kidding. She is obviously a saint and a true-blue CCFan. EDIT: DOH!!! too early in the morning for my mind to be in the gutter. Thanks for clarifying skicat. |
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“So, how was your weekend?” “Well, let me see…sun burn, stiff neck, screwed up back, assorted aches and pains….yup, my weekend was great, thanks for asking.” |
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reidp
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So how's Dana holding up? |
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67nautique312
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Alan,
WOW.....Talent!!!! Pure Talent!!! Looks Great....Can i have a ride in that thing at Green Lake? You could charge admission for rides in that thing!!!! AWESOME!!!! |
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WakeSlayer
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Looks great Alan!!! I am always amazed to read your updates on this project. I hear you on the burn out too. I was more than glad to switch projects for a while.
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skinaut
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I always wondered why anyone would need a pneumatic caulking gun.
you certainly do, and now I know. beautiful work by the way. Between Sanitys project and yours I have been pretty entertained and also cured from taking on any more projects than what I have going on normally. You guys keep up the good work. |
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81nautique
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Ok, Been a little busy with other pesky things like work so the past few weekends haven't been that fruitful but here's where we're at.
One side done and the other all CPes'd and ready to be screwed down. And finally both sides installed. 36 tubes of rubber and 2100 screws and I have the carpel tunnel to prove it! towards the end of first day my hands cramped to the point where I couldn't squeeze the caulking gun anymore. I had to break down and buy a pnuematic gun, best $35 I've ever spent. Started roughing in the shape, My goal is to get the bottom shaped, faired , holes filled, and then Cpes'd this weekend. We'll see where I go from there but this would be my first winters goal and considering all the extra work that was required to get to this point I'll be happy to put it aside for a little while. I will say I'm a little burnt out on it right now so it's time to change gears, too much of a good thing . I'll probably spend some time over the summer preparing mechanical items and I hope to fire up the Hemi soon and see what we've got there. Enjoy and thanks for the encouragement. |
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The Godfather
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Alan, Very nice with the time frame. You must be working at night.....hehe or very late weekends.. Great job. |
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WakeSlayer
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Yeah, time for an update Alan!
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Mike N
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Peep.
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My Blue 82SOLD!
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p/allen
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Alan, looks like a job well done . Looking forward to seeing it in person . My question is , are you going to have all that saw dust and wood chips cleaned up by Halloween?
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Sorry John, I forgot how long we've been married!!! |
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Alan, you're having way too much fun. Have it now though before they put regulations on it!
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Uhhhhh no...she's in the other room on her wireless...why...got any suggestions?
Remember....we are married going over 34 years! john |
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Is Patti gone for the weekend? |
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jbear
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All I can say is......WOW.
And...what am I gonna look forward to tomoorrow night now that I've seen this weekends masterpiece? john |
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Nice saw! I borrowed the Bosch version of that basic tool for my ceiling and loved it. I've gotta get me a sliding miter one of these days.
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coming along nicely gheppeto
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"the things you own will start to own you"
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81nautique
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Now as I suspected this weekends work was so much easier than last week. I really figured out the steam bending and got very proficient with clamping the pieces up within 30 seconds of taking them out of the steam box. A 2 day soak and 30 minutes in the steamer made the planking so pliable it was actually an enjoyable day. Lots of progress to show, I managed to take a day off of work friday so I put in about 18 hours in 2 days and the bottom is all dry fitted and ready for the next step.
Also learned another trick, one of the things that I was having a hard time with was leaving a 1/16" gap in my planking. This is for the 5200 to ooze out and create a nice seal, it was actually easier to fit everything tight than it was to leave a consistant gap. What I learned was instead of waiting for the wood to dry out overnight and fitting it the next day I tried fitting it right after cooling. By doing that it shrunk back while drying and gave me my spacing. Sort of discovered that by accident but it is a neat trick and allowed me to get much more done in one day. I really believe the factory steamed these boards without soaking so they could just bend, fasten and go to the next board without waiting for the wood to dry. Anyway here are this weekends pictures, I'm getting so close to my goal of finishing the bottom before skiing season now I can taste it. I figure another month to cpes, permamently install the bottom, famowood the screw holes, fair and final cpes before I quit for the summer. Enjoy, I sure am. |
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81nautique
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Impressive project Larry, I managed to get mine done with just 3 clamping stations and once I got the hang of steam bending really only needed 2. I guess with cold molding he didn't have the benefit of screws like I did. Kudos to a job well done but I would not have the patience for that.
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75 Tique
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Alan,
Looks good. Seeing your rigging reminded me of this rig from a guy building a new boat on the Glen-L site. 3-15-04 Built a frame around the boat in order to cold-mold 16' mahogany planks to the hull (Tried stapling on the bottom but did not like it. Holes do not close even even after not water.) Only God knows how much patience you have to have in order to do this... I disasswmble half of the frame for every plank in order to prepare (sand and clean) a place for the next one. He ended up with a pretty nice final product. |
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bkhallpass
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Nice work. Well beyond reach of my tools, and out of sight from my skills. I hope I'll be a fortunate to take a ride in that boat. BKH
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Livin' the Dream
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hasbeenskier
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Awesome! You should be well pleased.
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81nautique
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Well this weekend was another one of those "learning Sessions" I did manage to get 4 strakes of one side of the bottom steamed, bent and temp fastened. Not a bad days work and I feel it came out pretty good so I spent the rest of the day prepping for next weekend. I milled a straight edge on most of my boards and ripped them down for the next session.
Here's a couple of shots of the clamping setup and the rest of the days results. |
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jbear
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Pictures inside the garage look awesome...I am always impressed.
Pictures outside the garage look very scary. Sure missed ya this weekend. john |
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81nautique
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Sorry about that John This weekend was the same as last just the opposite side, the bottom is completely closed with the inner layer of plywood. I am very pleased with the way it turned out, I removed all the temporary screws and nothing moved, that 5200 is amazing. Another milestone reached so there is a good deal of satisfaction at this point. Spent some time ripping down planking for next weekend, setting up the clamping bracing and building a larger steam box. There's that white stuff again! |
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jbear
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Been waiting all evening for my Sunday night update...
john |
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8122pbrainard
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Alan,
I'm glad the steam worked out. Now when you get to the planking you'll have some steam experience behind you. Joel, The T&G looks great. Now you can do some of the same up north! |
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M3Fan
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Agreed! |
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