1972 Checkmate MX-15 Rebuild

kcassells

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I'm gonna have to regroup now.

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zool

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Jeez, you find the most appropriate pics to make your point Kev!....thats how I feel at the end of the day lol

Dont put ur meds away just yet tho, I dragged the Century home this past summer and it looks like it needs alot of..ummm, tasks real soon...I fear the foam is wet:facepalm:

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archbuilder

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Zool you are kind of like me, if I didn't have a lot of land I would be in trouble....behind my shop is a parking lot of "projects" (and in the shop), lol!
 

zool

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Yea Arch, we never run out of room, but if i ever have to downsize, its gonna be the mother of all yard sales! :eek:
 

zool

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You didnt miss it Sam, I never posted it. Ive had it for over 12 years, I used it for inshore fishing til about 5 years ago. It started cutting to low power randomly, and I chased electrical solutions for a while, then concluded it must be fuel related. But it always seems slow at WOT, but it was good enough to get by.


Even though I think Yamaha built this vintage as composite, it has foam, and seems "heavy". I wont be looking at it til at least the spring, so I guess Ill find out then what im in for with it.
 

zool

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Update:

Today i finished filleting in the center stringer and rear deck support. The stringer wasnt tabbed in when i removed it just glued down , i suppose because the deck was glassed right over it all and foam filled, the front bulkhead sits over that keeping everything in place. Regardless, i decided to tab it in anyway. I started cutting some 4" strips of 1700 as layer 1, which is did but it took a while because the scissors ive been using are getting blunt....so I couldnt cut the 6" layers...the last strip took like 20 minutes just to cut a 54" strip lol. So I went inside and "borrowed" the admirals pair, but they were just as bad. I want to hot coat both layers so I stopped there and just letting the fillets set up, and will get something to cut the cloth tomorrow. Ill also be adding in a boxed front bench to attach the swivel chair bases to, which will further strengthen everything, and give me an area to add some foam, to make up for what i removed from the bow to make a battery compartment.

The new front seats ive chosen are a narrower than what was in there so maybe there will be room for cup holders or something between the seats. Ill figure all the interior mockup stuff after I move it into the insulated building for the winter.
 

Woodonglass

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Did anyone SEE this so called PRGRESS he's talking about?? Someone forgot the RULES!!!!:lol:;)

Oh, Mikey Likey the seats. If I was closer I'd make the bench seat fer ya!!!
 

zool

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I wouldnt call 2 fillets and a few pieces of cloth "progress" but I do have pics!

and if u were closer Mike, i'd have already bribed u :)
 

archbuilder

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I like the seat Zool. You might talk to the manufacturer, sometimes they will sell you matching material. One I talked to back when I was messing with the pontoon offered that option.

I game up on scissors for the most part. I just lay out the fabric on a table and cut it with a 4' aluminum ruler and a utility knife. Seed like the scissors were always dull!
 

zool

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I like the seat Zool. You might talk to the manufacturer, sometimes they will sell you matching material. One I talked to back when I was messing with the pontoon offered that option.

I game up on scissors for the most part. I just lay out the fabric on a table and cut it with a 4' aluminum ruler and a utility knife. Seed like the scissors were always dull!


Thats a good point arch, those seats are actually called pontoon captains chairs....couldnt hurt to ask..

I do sometimes use a knife, but all my tables are all covered with other stuff right now, it seems more work to relocate it all lol....I was laying the cloth out on the skiff bottom to cut with the scissors...sad really, i gotta do some shopkeeping ;)
 
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