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dwouncmd
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Though stringers are in my future too...
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Tonali_III
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Glenwood makes some pretty neat designs.If this would be a first time build I recommend a Stitch 'N' Glue boat. They are fairly simple and go together pretty quick. So younger minds stay interested and see an end in sight. Glen-L Main Page Stitch "n" Glue Boats A friend of mine at the Lake of the Ozarks in Missouri knew Glen and said that most of the designs go together as advertised. Glenwood publishes some pretty good books on boatbuilding in wood, fiberglass, and metal. Very informative. And their hardware catalog has parts that I hadn't seen outside of museum pieces in a number of years. Way cool. |
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Tonali_III
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1974 Southwind 20
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ski-guy
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Well, after a week of procrastinating got back to the stripped manifold bolt - against Pete's advice I tried drilling it first - two worn out bits and a cramp in my arm was about all I got for that effort. Broke out my (brand new - another project tool) dremel and kind of laughed at the mini cutting wheel that came with it!
Wow - that was easy - that cut the head off in like 10 minutes - if I hadn't broken the two wheels that came with the dremel and had to run out for more it would have been sooo easy. After the head was off the bolt the manifold came off no issue and putting vice grips on (cut a bit of a flat spot to help them grip) bolt was out. I was very sceptical about how well that dremel would cut the hard steel - well I am certainly a believer now. What a great tool. Well - maybe concentrate on some epoxy/glassing for the next while. It is -28C (-24F) out right now but supposed to warm up a bunch by the weekend. |
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1980 SN - don't worry dear, I may have $10+K into this project boat but I can easily sell it for $5k
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ski-guy
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Hi all - been working away glassing in the stringers and now pretty much done except to cap them all. More on that later - quick question as I see nautique skins has carpet on special - is an 8' piece going to do the floor (max width 5') plus both sides? I am not able to measure right now but I thought it would work. I have the pieces to measure but thought some with experience with 1980 size boats (seem the same size mid 70 to 81?)- I know it would be tight but ordering twice as much seems overkill?
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1980 SN - don't worry dear, I may have $10+K into this project boat but I can easily sell it for $5k
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TRBenj
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CC 3-pieced the carpet (floor + 2 sides)... they didnt wrap from the floor to walls. 6' width would be fine, but I'd order 2.5x the boat length. 1x for each (floor + walls) and then some left over to do all of your panels up front against the airbox, in front of the gas tank, batt box cover, etc. Running short and having to reorder more would be a PITA (and cost you more).
If you want to stick with an original style carpet (blue astroturf) you can get it at Marine Carpeting. Does your '80 have carpet on the bottom of the motorbox? Something else to add to the list if it does. |
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ski-guy
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I was trying to figure out if one 8' wide piece can be cut for the floor pluss the two sides. An the 1980 does have the carpet at the bottem of the motor box too.
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1980 SN - don't worry dear, I may have $10+K into this project boat but I can easily sell it for $5k
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TRBenj
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Hopefully you saved your old carpet to use as a template? If so, then lay it out on the floor and see if you can arrange them in such a way that would allow you to get all 3 pieces out of a '8 width. I suspect you'd run short.
The carpet is sewn to the motorbox vinyl... so thats a challenge if youre replacing with a different color/style than you had before. |
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8122pbrainard
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Yes, stick with the original!! |
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ski-guy
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Tim - I did keep the original carpet. The vinyl is all getting replaced too (in fact i have the seats all sitting in the basement ready to go - just the motor box to have the vinyl (from Christines) installed - once I have the carpet.
So I will roll it out in the garage to measure tonight (and be sweeping up pieces of carpet for weeks I am sure). Pete - I am keeping it 'pretty much original' - converting to GPS speedos though(Dean has both my airguide and electro-marine speedos right now). |
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1980 SN - don't worry dear, I may have $10+K into this project boat but I can easily sell it for $5k
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ski-guy
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... and does anyone know why the photos have all seemed to disappear from page 2 of this post (or is it just me?)
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1980 SN - don't worry dear, I may have $10+K into this project boat but I can easily sell it for $5k
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Gary S
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If you had them on photobucket,did you delete them?
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ski-guy
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Just measured the old pieces and need 24" for the sides so ned twice the floor lenght (or 2.5 times) - jeez went from a pretty good deal to wow thats a bunch of $$. need to check out a few more options.
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1980 SN - don't worry dear, I may have $10+K into this project boat but I can easily sell it for $5k
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ski-guy
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Oh - and no, photos were posted straight to the forum not on photobucket
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1980 SN - don't worry dear, I may have $10+K into this project boat but I can easily sell it for $5k
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ski-guy
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current status (doesn't look much different but sure takes some time.....
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1980 SN - don't worry dear, I may have $10+K into this project boat but I can easily sell it for $5k
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ski-guy
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Over a year since posting - but the project is still going on and the end is 'near'.
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1980 SN - don't worry dear, I may have $10+K into this project boat but I can easily sell it for $5k
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ski-guy
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Over the last year I thought I would compensate for my lack of fibre-glassing skill by trying vacuum bagging.
First effort placed some reinforcement on an area of the keel where the gel has been rubbed completely off. which should mean I won't have to worry about it for the gel coat repair... |
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1980 SN - don't worry dear, I may have $10+K into this project boat but I can easily sell it for $5k
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ski-guy
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Also did it for the rudder backing and the rear lifting ring backing - but that was as complicated as it got - tried on the stringers and it was too difficult (for me) to get it all sealed. Plus the venturi vacuum system probably doesn't have near enough air flow.
(The system doesn't want to upload pictures for me right now, complaining already uploaded one of that name, maybe because I tried earlier and it crashed?) |
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1980 SN - don't worry dear, I may have $10+K into this project boat but I can easily sell it for $5k
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ski-guy
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I made a new battery box to replace what I had cut out - that also turned out to be a lot more work than I bargained for. Made a plug with the two part foam, but only loosely lined the old box with plastic so the plug was pretty rough and took a bunch of bondo to try and get it to look half okay. In the end a couple layers of cloth was too flimsy so went over it again with 2-3 layers of biax and it turned out pretty good.
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1980 SN - don't worry dear, I may have $10+K into this project boat but I can easily sell it for $5k
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ski-guy
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Trying to post some pics of foaming but has crashed twice now so will try later.......
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1980 SN - don't worry dear, I may have $10+K into this project boat but I can easily sell it for $5k
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ski-guy
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Foaming..... Used the 4 lb density foam from US Composites. Had a couple pieces of plastic left over from the seat base which I used to help control the foam expansion. For the most part it worked very well. If I had taken a little more time and cut pieces to use as forms in the smaller and curvier (if that's a word) I would have had almost no waste. As it was I think I only had a couple ft3 wastage.
renamed photos for the 4th time as system still thinks I have already uploaded! |
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1980 SN - don't worry dear, I may have $10+K into this project boat but I can easily sell it for $5k
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ski-guy
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Then my new 4" conduit to replace the 3" pushed me over too far and I ended up breaking my plywood bulkhead piece. I had played around with making one with gelcoat layer (painted on a piece of plastic) and two layers of 17 oz biax on either side of a piece of cloth - when it was done I thought it was a it too flimsy so stayed with the plywood - until it broke anyway. Since this bulkhead is backed by foam I decided it was suddenly good enough.
Cutting the air box area with a saw was easy enough but if I was to do it again I might make a nice form to fill with foam to get it a bit smoother. I elected to go with no wood at all as I do not plan to puts screws through the glass - I will glass pieces externally to screw the kick-plat piece to. |
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1980 SN - don't worry dear, I may have $10+K into this project boat but I can easily sell it for $5k
2000/2001 Glen-L 'Squirt' 2006 Malibu LSV |
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