1950's Wagemaker Wolverine wooden boat restoration ...

[sphelps]

I’m thinking it was added by someone to aid pulling and retrieving the cable . To sort of balance the handle to make it spin
easier/ faster .

 

[sphelps]

Here are some close ups of the assembly ..

 

[Bayou Dave]

Bottom photo on right. Is that piece threaded?

 

[sphelps]

That is a possibility I guess ... I can put a wrench on the other side and try to turn it . I can see that it is a separate piece from the shaft ..

 

[zool]

It might be reverse thread too sam..opposite of the crank

 

[sphelps]

Dr hit the nail on the head! Sometimes it takes someone that hasn’t been huffing varnish for a couple weeks to point to the obvious.. :facepalm: .
Lefty loosey Zool ..

 

[mickyryan]

you know one of those pressure washing sandblasters would take all that paint off in about 30 minutes ...

 

[sphelps]

Pressure washing sand blaster ... I don’t think I’ve seen one of those ..
All I have left to strip is the winch post , the wheels , and the axle ...

 

[mickyryan]

i have one that hooks to a pressure washer , works awesome , so next project it might be worth the ride to come get it

 

[sphelps]

I do have a pressure washer ..

 

[mickyryan]

mtm is who makes the coolest part is you can use regular sand the cheap stuff from hd because its wet no worry of cancer

 

[sphelps]

Micky I think I could use that in the garage after today’s mishap .. :facepalm:
Somehow , and I plan on blaming the dog , my whole gallon of build primer got emptied on the floor . It was in a box that was on top of a box .. I must have nudged the box while I was grabbing a face shield off the shelf . It didn’t fall at the time so that’s why I’m blaming the dog for knocking it over the rest of the way . :suspicious: :dog:
‘Luckily that was all I lost other than printed instructions and thank god I still had the plastic wall around the boat .
‘It splattered up on the plastic a good bit so I know it would have splattered on the boat for sure ..
I guess I’ll fork out another 75 bucks for some more primer ..

 

[zool]

Oh man, that sucks.....if u do a good fairing job, you can skip the build primer and just paint over the epoxy primer...

 

[archbuilder]

Sam I didn't get the cup lid on good when spraying the sealer on Miss Morgan. Went to pick it up off the bench and dumped a quart everywhere! Had to calm down a bit, then went after it....sprayed the sealer, two colors of paint and clear that day...but was I pissed when I dumped that quart! It happens, I kind of laugh about it now! Ugh what we go through for these boats!

 

[mickyryan]

hey thank god it was only floor , id cried if had been the boat that got washed with it.

 

[oldrem]

My worst was one batch of paint I had all mixed with thinner and hardener. Let it sit per instructions and went to pour it into the gun cup. I didn't have the filter funnel centered and ended up with it tipping over covering the gun, Workmate that was holding the gun, the driveway and my painting suit/shoes etc. After cleaning up the mess I was finally ready to stop cursing.

 

[mickyryan]

well my bissest mishap did involve dogs and trying to catch them before they tracked it all through house luckily tile was brand new so easily cleaned

 

[Scott Danforth]

I had a pressure gun blow its cup seal and spew $250 a quart pearl white paint all over a freshly painted Chevelle and the shop when I was laying stripes about 30 years ago..... there probably still is an indentation in the drywall that looks like a devilbiss pressure gun and regulator. Dad just handed me a beer and said..."you better get that cleaned off before ya gotta repaint the whole car."

 

[sphelps]

Yeah I usually do stupid stuff when I’m really tired .. Yesterday was one of those days ..
It happens ....:watermelon:

 

[sphelps]

Making Tee Nee wind chimes under the shelter .. Hanging parts and pieces to do some priming tomorrow..
Sand knats came out with the warm weather ! :mad-new:
Gunna try hard to get the trailer painted and ready to put together this week . Anyone have an instruction manual for a Tee Nee ? :lol:
Ran across this guys channel . I’ve only watched a few videos . Pretty cool ! https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ympYv5i8ER4&time_continue=1124