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    1950's Wagemaker Wolverine wooden boat restoration ...

    I warmed it up in the shop enough to do some epoxy .
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    Wanting a bush hog for my tractor

    Diesel 4x4 Chinese Jinma ..24 hp I believe.. Not wanting to spend a ton on a cutter .. I know TS sells cheaper ones ..County Line or something like that and there are a few dealers not too far away that carry LMC and Bush Hog ..
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    1950's Wagemaker Wolverine wooden boat restoration ...

    Stripped and sanded all the seat parts while I was waiting for some epoxy fillets to cure .. Boy that’s an ugly transom ! I may stain it idk ... A few of the pieces have some nice cracks /splits in them .. This is where a plainer would come in handy .. ‘Also decided to do a little...
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    Wanting a bush hog for my tractor

    Been looking on c/l for a used one but all seems to be worn out for the money . So considering a new one . ‘Just using for the back of my property doing some clearing and to keep the weeds down . .. Any tips on what to look for ? I believe the pto hp is 21 on the tractor .. Was thinking just...
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    So, what did you do today?

    Well. Not today but yesterday We went to the zoo .. They fix the place up with lights and stuff really nice .. Even the train around the zoo gets decorations..
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    1950's Wagemaker Wolverine wooden boat restoration ...

    Not using the stain I got . Mahogany medium brown .. Looks way to red for my liking ..Needs to be more brown to match the outside of the hull . Funny they must have used 2 different types of veneer for the hull .. I epoxied in the 2 bad bunk damage spots with a scrap piece of cloth I had and I...
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    Random

    Just a couple pics of a trip a few years ago .
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    Random

    A little bit of water 💦 LOL! ‘That’s the whole crew minus one not shown ..
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    1950's Wagemaker Wolverine wooden boat restoration ...

    Yep test pieces will be the seat bottoms ... I think I will use the OTF to seal it then the varnish .. No boat work today .. I put my new scroll saw stand together.. Pretty nice saw ..Every now and then my knucklehead sil will surprise me by actually thinking I may want tools he runs into now...
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    1950's Wagemaker Wolverine wooden boat restoration ...

    Picked up a piece of mahogany on the way home today . 5 board ft for 40 bucks .. I have to replace a couple of those seat base bracket thingamajigs and cut a few more plugs .. Also the sil got me an early Christmas preasent .. His uncle was getting rid of this new scroll saw for a 100 bucks...
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    1950's Wagemaker Wolverine wooden boat restoration ...

    A lot of contrast after the 2 part bleach .. It has to be sanded . It darkens up a good bit after sanding .. That is after sanding and and just wiped down with a damp cloth on the right .
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    1950's Wagemaker Wolverine wooden boat restoration ...

    It doesn’t look like it but I bleached the rub rails and the cockpit trim . Tomorrow it will look bleached like the starboard side front cockpit trim .
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    1950's Wagemaker Wolverine wooden boat restoration ...

    Here is the bow after filler .. Yeah ,not real pretty ... Iwill be bleaching the rail so the wood will be a good bit lighter .. Any suggestions on making it blend in better ?
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    1950's Wagemaker Wolverine wooden boat restoration ...

    Also need your opinions on the splash rail at the bow eye .. Incredibly this is the worst of the buggery on the rails .. What do you guys think ? Take the screws out reform somewhat with filler sand and redrill ? Or maybe make sure screws are set good first then do the shaping/filling ..
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    1950's Wagemaker Wolverine wooden boat restoration ...

    Good morning guys ! Hope everyone has recovered from Thanksgiving stuffing by now ... Boat work continues.. I took some time this morning to set all the upper deck factory finish nails a little deeper ..Blew them out with the compressor and filled them and any other cracks or holes I could find...
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    1950's Wagemaker Wolverine wooden boat restoration ...

    Plugs from left to right . Mahogany , Popular , Oak .
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    Extreme rafting

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    1950's Wagemaker Wolverine wooden boat restoration ...

    Also trying out this 2 part wood bleach I picked up .. Just wanted to bleach the spots first then probably use the oxolic acid bleach to do the whole area ..
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    1950's Wagemaker Wolverine wooden boat restoration ...

    I got the rest of the plugs installed on the top planks .. Still need to do the rub rails and a few other areas .. Hope my block of mohogany is enough .. Gunna be close ..
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    1950's Wagemaker Wolverine wooden boat restoration ...

    Thanks ssdale ! Been wracking my brain around and around on how to do this and that .. With all the great guidance from everyone I’m sure she will turn out nice . This is all pretty new to me so every step is a learning process .. Ok so Buck gave me a chunk of mohogany he happened to have when I...
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