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77nautique 
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 Topic: wanted dash piece for mph gaugesPosted: September-10-2007 at 6:39pm |
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i have a 77 ski nautique and am looking for a dash in black as mine is cracked. Please let me know where i can find one as i have been looking and they are coming up extinct. THank you.
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8122pbrainard
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Posted: September-11-2007 at 9:16am |
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David, I feel your best choice will be to get a piece of 1/4" polycarbonate (Lexan) and cut one yourself. The poly will not crack like the original Plexi glass (acrylic) did. Go to the link below and do a search for part # 85625K23. It is a 12" x 12" x 1/4" piece of black polycarbonate for about $34.
Mcmaster Carr supply |
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69 Mustang
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Posted: September-14-2007 at 2:12am |
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Step 1: Get what Pete has suggested
Step 2: Spend the time to cut and shape a template out of some 3/4" wood. Use the old piece if possible Step 3: Tape both sides of the polycarbonate with masking or painter's tape. Step 4:Trace the wooden template onto the taped polycarbonate Step 5: Use a fine tooth blade in a jigsaw or bandsaw to cut the polycarbonate a hair larger than the desired finished product. Step 6: Clamp the template to the polycarbonate Step 7: Using a pattern-tracing router bit trim the final product Stand on the shoulders of those who came before you. Teach those who follow you to climb. Mike |
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For every complex problem, there is a solution that is simple, neat, and wrong.
"Where the **** are we?" Amelia Earhart. July 2, 1937 |
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jbear
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Posted: September-14-2007 at 2:27am |
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Where do you get all the cool sayings from? Make them up? Or are they quotes?
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"Loud pipes save lives"
AdamT sez "I'm Canadian and a beaver lover myself"... |
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69 Mustang
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Posted: September-14-2007 at 2:42am |
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Hey John,
The first in my sig is from H.L. Menken, and speaks to our penchant to over-complicate what we see, and to then over-simplify or underestimate our response. The second in my sig is the result of me imagining AE's second-to-last thought. I imagine the closing thought was "Oh sh*t, hang on". This one: "Stand on the shoulders of those who came before you. Teach those who follow you to climb." I guess I made up. It is my variation of "Standing on the shoulders of giants..." It sort of sums up how I view my time here on CCF. Nothing we face with our boats, or in our life, is new - it is just new to us. I try to research my problem (those who came before) and when I can, I try to share what I have learned (teaching others to climb). It's all good, Mike |
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For every complex problem, there is a solution that is simple, neat, and wrong.
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77nautique
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Posted: September-14-2007 at 5:12pm |
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THank you for the information as it was helpful. I checked out the website and found what you mentioned, Pete. I will be completing this job in the next few weeks as mine has a nice crack running through it.
Question- Where can you find a picture of the dash with all of the gauges and switches as mine has been "jerry rigged" and i want to replace all with original switches and gauges. |
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mjess
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Posted: November-10-2007 at 11:46pm |
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77nauttique
I have the piece you are looking for if your still looking. |
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BuffaloBFN
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Posted: November-11-2007 at 8:51am |
Well put!  
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