starcraft 18 offshore v project

[Bwana Don]

Re: starcraft 18 offshore v project

A GOOD welder will have no problems. Aluminum is aluminum, in this case.

Jasoutside had it done to his Islander. It's buried in his resto thread somewhere.

 

[qjaybo]

Re: starcraft 18 offshore v project

Well work has picked up lately, so not a ton of progress. But getting there. Here are some more pics. enjoy...

 

[qjaybo]

Re: starcraft 18 offshore v project

and a few more...

 

[qjaybo]

Re: starcraft 18 offshore v project

couple more, this is aluminum straps i put in to strengthen the seats a bit.

 

[jasoutside]

Re: starcraft 18 offshore v project

Yah, you could check my thread on the weld job. The welder did a nice job but the heat on the alum did warp it some. Not too bad just a little. Once I put the transom back in and bolt it up (working from the center out) it should lay down fine. I think if I had to do it over I'd prolly go one big piece with a bunch of 5200 notch trowled and then stainless steel bolts. One of the Starcraft brothern went that route. Who was it??

Welcome and have fun!!!

 

[qjaybo]

Re: starcraft 18 offshore v project

Thanks for the info jasoutside. I did check out your resto and saw the weld job. Maybe i will just 5200 the sheet al in there, i could jb weld the perimeter of it and then thru-bolt the heck out of it. That would save me a few hundred anyways. Anyone else see any problems with this ?????

 

[Bwana Don]

Re: starcraft 18 offshore v project

Thanks for the info jasoutside. I did check out your resto and saw the weld job. Maybe i will just 5200 the sheet al in there, i could jb weld the perimeter of it and then thru-bolt the heck out of it. That would save me a few hundred anyways. Anyone else see any problems with this ?????

I like it. I don't see a problem.

 

[qjaybo]

Re: starcraft 18 offshore v project

Thanks, well i'm gonna go for it. Probably take a couple weeks to get to it, with work these days. i'll post pictures of the progress