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nates78ski
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Yeah, it's the West Scarfing adapter. Thing works pretty sweet. The way they showed in the little booklet for how to clean up the cuts after cutting 3/8 & using a hand plane to take out the ridge we found we actually had better results leaving the ridge on each panel & then just butting them to eachother. If it was bright finished it would take a little more work, but i think you could make the joint nearly invisible with some time.
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8122pbrainard
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Nate, Did you get the West scarfing adapter? I looked at it once and even contacted them about it. My concern was it would be fine for a painted ply panel but not good enough for a bright finished one. They confirmed that the cut it produces is quite rough. |
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nates78ski
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John, Yeah we scarfed the joints ourselves. Bought the scarfing tool. Mounted it on an old saw & it worked perfectly.
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nates78ski
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Yeah, Pete My dad went to work on that hole a couple days ago, got a few pieces welded in then we'll have to grind it down & re-cut the hole. Quite a bit cleaner this time around.
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8122pbrainard
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Nate,
I was just looking at your engine pictures again. I didn't notice it before but now see your Chris A-B has been converted to 12 volt. Probably when the PO converted it over to the alternator. Wow, what a hack job on that hole cutout for the alternator conversion!! It's a fairly common conversion on a Chris/Hercules BUT the fan is removed on the alternator. This allows for the smaller center "pilot" on the alternator to fit into the cast front engine mount but still leaves enough for elongated alternator mounting holes for belt tensioning. Not much there left for you to work with! Removal of the fan isn't a problem because the required output of the alternator is so low. Also, he didn't swap out the pulley on the alternator. You can tell because it's riding so high. The crank pulley and the belt should be a industrial "B" size which is 21/32" (5/8") top width. While you have the engine apart, I'd set the front engine mount up in the mill and machine some decent flat aternator mounting surfaces back into it. Then you would need to come up with some type of adapter mounting plate to make it a reliable charging system. It's amazing to see what some of the "hackers" out there will do!!! |
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Terp
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Nate, did you do the scarf joints on the plywood yourself?
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boat dr
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Nate, Pete and I are gonna need to see some "OLD WOOD" . You never know I may be thru with the Dart by then.If so your woody will have some company. Now if we can get Pete to bring his.
Would that not be too cool, The Dart is a 1949 Your Atom is a '50s I am sure we will have a '60s boat or two A bunch of '70s And of course the '80s The 90 year models And then, here comes the '00 That would give us Seven Generations of CC boats gatherd at one place......Boat dr |
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nates78ski
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Thanks guys.
Yeah i've been toying with the idea of Green Lake. My only thing is it's like 2 weeks out from my 2 A Triathlons this year.... i'm not sure how that'd work into my training schedule. Nate |
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81nautique
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Great progress Nate, I love the fact that your doing this with your dad.
Ditto what Brian said, Green Lake or bust. |
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You can’t change the wind but you can adjust your sails
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bkhallpass
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Nate,
Are you finally going to get in the darned car and show up at Green Lake this year. It would be great if you had the Atom in tow, but it would be fine if you brought the 78 as well. Actually, it would be fine if you just showed up. BKH |
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Livin' the Dream
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nates78ski
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Pete,
We just got the valve guides we'd been waiting on for the last month or so. So the motor is ready to put back together, clean up & paint. Also, As for the spray rails, we're going to put them back on, but they'll go on before we paint the sides... probably sometime over the next month or so. & yes, i'm still shooting for an Early June deadline. Though with the way my early june is shaping up... it won't matter if it's finished then, it probably won't get launched until mid-late June. Thanks Mike! Nate |
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nautique frk
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Nate, That is looking really Nice !!!!!!
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8122pbrainard
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Nate,
You're making progress! You think you'll have it in the water in a couple months? Any work on the engine? I just noticed you haven't put any spray rails on the hull. Are you leaving them off? |
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nates78ski
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Got the Atom Primed & bottom painted this past week.
Also got her flipped over this afternoon... Ready to start on the topside. The Sides will get painted once we get alot more of the inside of the boat finished, so that we don't have to be quite as careful hopping into & out of the boat as to not mar the sides. Nate |
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nates78ski
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the bottom was fiberglassed this past Tuesday night, with 2 more coats of epoxy since then. Epoxied the sides Saturday morning, so they're ready to be sanded a bit & painted, though I believe we're holding off on painting the sides until we flip it over to start working on the decks & the interior. Ordering bottom paint today, hope to have the bottom painted by the end of the week & maybe have her flipped over by Saturday.
My pictures in the signature on Photobucket were updated today, the last of those pictures is from Tuesday night right after 'glassing the bottom. Probably wont update it until we get it painted & Flipped. Enjoy! Nate |
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nates78ski
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Get At it Sean!
Billy, Got your email, took pictures this morning uploading them as we speak at work & I will email them to you in about 5 minutes. Nate |
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75 stang
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Lookin' good! Im going to have to play catch up now...
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boat dr
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Nate , did you get my E Mail? give me a call about W/S Brackets..........Billy
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nates78ski
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The Sides ARE ON!!!
Not gonna lie, i'm pretty geeked about it. Actually looks like a boat again. Though, the work's nowhere near finished, it's nice to see it like this. Pistures updates in Sig. Nate |
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nates78ski
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We 5200'd all the frames & battens just before laying the sheeting down. the 5200 definitely has some holding power, but from my past uses of it & my understanding of it. It's basically a glorified caulk... so the screws will stay in Besides, we already drilled all those holes in the plywood... we'll have to fill them anyhow
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75 stang
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Looking good! Ill bet those plywood sides go on a lot faster than these planks I'm working on! I didn't see if you were using any 5200 on the frames, I think that stuff is better than the screws for holding power.
Get those pics up... We should be puttng on sides this week as well. later |
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nates78ski
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The bottom is on the atom as of Saturday afternoon. No pictures yet, because of some weird shadows that we were getting taking them, but i'll have some up soon.
The Sides are next... Hopefully this Weekend!! Nate |
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nates78ski
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Thanks Pete, No he doesn't have it anymore. & no, in the first picture with someone in it that's my older brother in the red shorts standing on the sailboat.. I think when that picture was taken I would have been around 5-6 years old & then the later one with Sashay in the background & the paddle boat in front of it, I'm the one in the water, pondering how i'm going to get into the boat, with my brother sitting in it. I think i was probably 7-8 at that point.
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8122pbrainard
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Nate,
Nice!! Does he still have it? Is that you in your younger years standing on the dock in the red shorts? |
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nates78ski
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Pete, here's some pictures of my dads old 1939 Chris Craft 15.6ft Deluxe Runabout that you asked about a while back...
Sashay Nate |
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nates78ski
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Gary,
For the chines we went with air dried oak and for the frames (we only replaced 1.5) we used Phillipine Mahogany. We're looking to start getting the bottom on tonight after work & tomorrow depending on if we head up to the Detroit Boat Show... Nate |
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Nate,the Atom looks great! What kind of wood did you use for the chines and frames? Gary |
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boat dr
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Pete give me a call if you get a chance.................Boat dr
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8122pbrainard
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Nate,
Looking good!! Sure brings back some memories! I do have a question. Is that paint on the frames bonding surfaces to the hull? Are you planning on using 5200 or epoxy to bond the ply to the frames? Ether way, if paint, it's not the greatest for adhesion. |
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nates78ski
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Stringers bolted in as well as new chines in place & screwed in. Everything's painted & ready for the plywood.
Link to pictures in Signature Nate |
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