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    New Boat For Christmas

    After having to do a couple of recuts, adding the angle that I had overlooked and a recoat of varnish on the raw wood I finally now have the new windshield frame installed My first endeavor with more than just straight cuts and while not "perfect" it is functional and (I believe) watertight at...
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    New Boat For Christmas

    Thanks Cap, I think part might be an "OCD" thing, I know this isn't perfect but that doesn't matter as it IS going to be functional in holding up the leading edge of the top. I've got a couple of ideas rolling around in me cranial cavity about the window "treatments", first and foremost not...
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    New Boat For Christmas

    Been a while since . . . . . Thanks Mike. The old and original woodwork needed some refurb and replacement done (hey it's ONLY a year younger than me), lots of good stuff still there that I've been reusing where I can and some, not so much. The last month or so I've been on a sho-nuff learning...
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    New Boat For Christmas

    Two things on that, I've seen videos on steaming being done, I don't have a steam box and the frame itself isn't bowed. They are all straight with the exception of where it sits/sets on the cabin roof. L & R base pieces measure at just shy of 3 ft, a bit more when figuring the angles at the...
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    New Boat For Christmas

    I went and picked up part of the mahogany wood ordered, the other shorter pieces will be delivered tomorrow (don't ask me, it's how they do things LOL) Now so's I don't mess up some fine looking planks, I've got to figure out how to put the ever so slight curve into the bottom edge to match the...
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    New Boat For Christmas

    Oh, just saw where this thread was moved to Boat Resto, no problem, juss so's it's on here somewheres
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    New Boat For Christmas

    Been a little bit but have's ya ever had a string of days that ya juss din't feel like doin' much 'cept maybe ta melt into yer chair, yep, had a few of them but still piddled a little here and there, plus an MD appointment and yeah, everything is "normal" The other day I reconfigured the tarp...
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    New Boat For Christmas

    Lieutenant Dan :D, Thank You for the heads up on that, I'll go check that out. This particular one / type is the grey / silver Permatex Neverseize and this is the first time used on a submersible assembly and I'll put what I find on here
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    New Boat For Christmas

    Yeah Willy, he knows of the good Scottish 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 stock he comes from and he's proud of the Clan we come from, he did some research of the family branches and one I knew of, two brothers in the Olde Country were fined for not making their hooch 🥃🍾 strong enough and another that I didn't know was...
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    New Boat For Christmas

    Thanks Cap, yeah he could but the 26 acres were bought (and he tried to get another 10 acre tract next to his, 2 of them owned by the same guy) for deer hunting. I looked on Google-Earth and looks to be another 100 acres or so backing up to his and the other 2 tracts so not as much worry about...
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    New Boat For Christmas

    And yeah, did a partial systems runup / check, bilge pump and tilt-o-matic work, and the motor spins over like it should, didn't fire as the kill switch was "off"
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    New Boat For Christmas

    Well, it's been a month since I posted anything. LIFE happens LOL, betwixt the rain 🌧️⛈️, some cooler weather 🥶, an electrical issue with the house, now fixed, an early morning trip to the Flughafen 🛬 to pick up my son and soon to be new daughter-in-law 👫, they came in for the weekend over in...
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    New Boat For Christmas

    Yeah, I think its the angle. I bought a "grey market" Euro SEC, it was a non runner, for the Euro parts which the bumpers were a big plus along with the AMG Penta lookalike wheels. I snagged a bunch of stuff off that parts car including the headlight switch panel with the thumbwheel for...
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    New Boat For Christmas

    Thanks Cap, on the wiring, the engine control cable (pulled from a former project boat) that covers the electrical operation was JUST long enough so I ordered a few items, a bundle/pack of 11 different color wires in 16Ga 50ft each, a 25 ft braided cable sleeve to make a new cable with adequate...
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    New Boat For Christmas

    I got some more done today, a bit warmer here. The helm is sitting in place and for now being held with just one screw, it's sitting on a piece of wood along the bottom edge so no worries. Wiring is exposed a little but I'm not going to worry about that right now. Most of the wire feeds are in...
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