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    Boats from work.

    Here's the picture I forgot to take yesterday after I was done painting.
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    Boats from work.

    Watching paint dry...
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    marine formula debond

    A heat gun will loosen up that 5200. It needs to get pretty hit, and still leaves a mess to be cleaned up with acetone, but it works.
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    Random

    Countertop came in today. I had to trim it a bit, and minorly screwed up because I didn't realise these two little blocks on the back were supposed to come off. Had to clamp and glue it on the bases. It's too cold to glue it outside, and I don't have space to put it on saw horses inside. Not...
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    93 Mariah engine mount

    Good job. Enjoy.
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    Boats from work.

    Ouch.
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    Boats from work.

    I was standing there while the boss was on the phone with the guy. He was in a head on collision while towing this. For that kind of accident, it was surprisingly light damage. Anyway, here it is.
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    Replacing a transom on a 1989 Starcraft Islander.

    I just picked up one of these over the weekend. Haven't used it yet, but it would help with keeping the holes straight. https://www.lowes.com/pd/Milescraft-Portable-drill-press-Drill-Guide/1000487159
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    Boats from work.

    First pic lower right is where I started. Lower left if where the boss did a bit and told me I was going too slow. I got a bit better after that. I have sealer on it now, will spray truck bed coating in a few minutes.
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    Replacing a transom on a 1989 Starcraft Islander.

    This is the plate for drilling the I/O holes.
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    Boats from work.

    No, if you think this needs work, you should see what it looks like when I weld with flux core. This 110v welder to fill that bit and tack the pieces. This 220v to finish. Haven't used this one before.
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    Boats from work.

    Yeah, I rarely get to do any welding.
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    Boats from work.

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    Boats from work.

    Alright, vacation over. Yesterday, I finishedsanding and buffing a spot I sprayed on a phoenix. Then the boss remembered we also have to fix the bow stand on the trailer. Sure, no problem. I figured just replace the roller and maybe bend the tabs a bit. We tried to heat and bend them back...
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    Replacing a transom on a 1989 Starcraft Islander.

    Every transom we do, whether in a glass boat or aluminum, goes like this. 1. Cut and dry fit each piece. 2. On what will be the rear most piece, mark every bilt hole, cut out, and thru hull location with a sharpie. 3. Cut a piece of csm to go between each layer of wood. Remember to account...
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    Random

    Went to Lowes for maybe $50 worth of stuff, left with $750.
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    93 Mariah engine mount

    "you think I need to come out further with some glass?" At least six inches over every adjacent surface. The bilge will be so close in the middle that you might as well go all the way across, don't have to though.
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    Reminder to check gear before towing.

    Gave them to the boss.
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    93 Mariah engine mount

    All of the gel needs to be ground off where you're glassing. Pretty much the whole bilge, sides of transom, and take out the first two rows of squares in front of the bulkhead too.
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    Redoing a Starcraft Islander transom using Coosa board.

    The glass goes on the coosa before install. It needs it for strength. As a core material, it doesn't have much strength on its own, it all comes from the glass. That's why you want multiple layers of thinner coosa laminated with glass. The real advantage is that it won't rot. Of course, when we...
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