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    EYE SPLICE

    Ive watched videos and read tidbits online but still cant get the to look right.......what am I doing wrong?
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    1963 Jet Star Windshield Replacement

    After a small skirmish, with the Admiral, I commandeered the dining room for the windshield project. My plan is to make a mold of the original and heat/bend the replacement over it. I'm hoping Paper Mache will do the trick….
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    1974 Starcraft Chieftain

    Here we go again with another Starcraft. Some pics of how she looked when I drove out to see her. Shes dirty, has a cracked block, questionable floor and transom but shes moving out of their barn in three days:)
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    1963 Jet Star rebuild

    I'm nearing completion of the Merc restoration so I brought the Jet Star out of storage. The plan is to; Replace the transome Fix leaking reevets Replace floor Install new seats Restore dash with original era AirGuide's Repair steering wheel Make mold for windshield and make new one Repaint...
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    1963 Jet Star Windshield part help......

    I'm trying to find the brackets that hold the front of the windshield to the bow. There is a name for this part and I cant remember it......
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    AQ231B Impeller

    1988 AQ231B impeller for Sierra #18-3081/Volvo #875811 is not wide enough to fill the impeller cavity. Do I need Sierra # 18-3287/ Volvo # 876120? Thank you
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    280 drive, Lift question

    This is an electric mechanical lift mechanism relay box that is not attached to the shaft...... what is missing to keep it on the shaft? Bottom of Relay box, note screw .. Top of shaft where relay box sits...
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    Please Help Me Make My Boat Look Cool: "Star Wars" Gauges

    Re: Please Help Me Make My Boat Look Cool: "Star Wars" Gauges Tyler, Try; Checkers Marine 3280 West Stein Road La Salle, MI 48145 (734) 243-2683 Or: Phone: (877)421-2371 Lanier Marine Liquidators 106 Henry Grady Highway Dawsonville, GA 30534 Late 80's gauges, they do have a distinct look...
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    1988 SunRunner 235 Weekender

    Re: 1988 SunRunner 235 Weekender I covered the plywood going under the fuel tank in 1.5 oz CSM for water resistance. The factory stuff was solid but had some funk on the bottom side. I put another coat of white in the hold, I like the way this is looking. From across the shop.
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    1988 SunRunner 235 Weekender

    Re: 1988 SunRunner 235 Weekender I used some titanium oxide mixed in the resin to turn it white and applied it to the bottoms of the holds. I think I'm going to grind it and do the sides also. I finished glassing the sides of the stringers last night and got center section removed this...
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    1988 SunRunner 235 Weekender

    Re: 1988 SunRunner 235 Weekender The stringers are 18" high, if I follow woodonglasse's recipe of doing the layup to the top, I will have one heck of a build up. At this point I have; Bedded the stringers and bulkheads in "Peanut butter" made of, 1/4 chop, Cabosil, and polyester resin. 4" of...
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    1988 SunRunner 235 Weekender

    Re: 1988 SunRunner 235 Weekender The seams are now glassed
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    Towing with a Honda?

    Re: Towing with a Honda? actually the center of gravity does shift..... Gravitational pull is in relation to the mass and the center of the Earth, shift the mass on an incline and the center shifts....(I'm an engineer) Having a both LARGE american made F-350 4 door 8' bed dually, built in...
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    1988 SunRunner 235 Weekender

    Re: 1988 SunRunner 235 Weekender I spent the past two evenings working on the damage to the stern where the swim platform brackets attached. I started by grinding the damaged area to @3/16" in depth, dewaxed the area, and filled with poly/micro spheres. The first attempt (thermometer read 58)...
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    1988 SunRunner 235 Weekender

    Re: 1988 SunRunner 235 Weekender This is the first coating of Epoxy on the new platform. Im using the US Composites 635 Thin Epoxy for this.
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    1988 SunRunner 235 Weekender

    Re: 1988 SunRunner 235 Weekender What a great day to work on the boat, plenty of sunshine and almost 50 deg. The day started with stripping and painting a new axel for a customers trailer. He brought it in for storage and said both tires are wearing on the outer edge. Turns out both spindles...
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    1988 SunRunner 235 Weekender

    Re: 1988 SunRunner 235 Weekender Cut out a new rear bulkhead tonight...
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    1988 SunRunner 235 Weekender

    Re: 1988 SunRunner 235 Weekender 435 Polyester, 1708 and CSM glass will be in on Friday :) Also got some 635 Epoxy and micro spheres to repair the damaged areas form the old swim platform brackets.I'm working on the new platform and grinding the hull till I cant function every day. My goal is...
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    1988 SunRunner 235 Weekender

    Re: 1988 SunRunner 235 Weekender Got the final cutting done today on the swim platform. I'm thinking of placing a couple of the Stainless Steel Strakes on the platform. http://www.iboats.com/3-4-S-S-Rub-Strake-S11-1700/dm/*******.772136188--session_id.853956946--view_id.272155
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    1988 SunRunner 235 Weekender

    Re: 1988 SunRunner 235 Weekender This is the bottom of the swim platform. It's 84 inches wide by 25 inches deep and 2.25 inches thick. I'm weighing the idea of a rub rail or a flat wooden face. I like the look of the wood but a rub rail is a bit more tolerant of docks.... Any ideas for rub...
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