'78 Ebko Lebaron - Therapy

[74bayliner]

Re: '78 Ebko Lebaron - Therapy

you lucky sunofagun!! we are lucky to get 60 degrees over here!! likin the progress.. keep it goin

 

[Trooper82]

Re: '78 Ebko Lebaron - Therapy

you lucky sunofagun!! we are lucky to get 60 degrees over here!! likin the progress.. keep it goin

I wouldn't mind a 60 degree day once in awhile...this heat is tough on an old man!

 

[Trooper82]

Re: '78 Ebko Lebaron - Therapy

Another hot one today, wore shorts under the tyvek...helped alot.

Tried doing the final height with the 4.5" sander...worked but slow going, going to wait for payday and get a belt sander and do it right.

So....that gives me time to do other things...like fix the front bow-eye...

Cut it out and found 75% of it was embedded with this coconut hull looking stuff, very little resin.

As you can see the wood they used is dry of resin/glass...not very strong...

I have found my most favorite way to grind...laying side ways in 100+ weather...arms outstretched as far as they will go....the exhaust and pad sending bits of glass/resin in my face and neck....man! what fun

Got all the loose carp cut down so I can fix this a little better than it was.

Started removing those foam blocks...seeing that no one objected.

OK, I give up for today..I am tired, wet, itchy and spent!

 

[boatnut74]

Re: '78 Ebko Lebaron - Therapy

Nomatter when you think you are done grinding, something else pops up. Hopefully that is the last of it.

 

[Pmccraney]

Re: '78 Ebko Lebaron - Therapy

You are making some great progress... So close to decking... I am jealous....


You have a blank canvas up there on the bow... You could always close it up for the classic, close-bow runabout look? Nah, seating is hard to give up...

Looking good... this heat is brutal...

 

[sphelps]

Re: '78 Ebko Lebaron - Therapy

Working in the bow is always a pita I always feel like I'm sliding down hill!

 

[Trooper82]

Re: '78 Ebko Lebaron - Therapy

Nomatter when you think you are done grinding, something else pops up. Hopefully that is the last of it.

Hoping so for sure...

You are making some great progress... So close to decking... I am jealous....

You have a blank canvas up there on the bow... You could always close it up for the classic, close-bow runabout look? Nah, seating is hard to give up...

Looking good... this heat is brutal...

Thanks PMC....def getting close to decking...trying not to rush it so I don't make any mistakes.

Closed bow...thought has crossed my mind...or maybe a fishing seat? think the boat is too high for that though...

Working in the bow is always a pita I always feel like I'm sliding down hill!

Absolutely...both counts!

 

[Woodonglass]

Re: '78 Ebko Lebaron - Therapy

I'm still nurse maiding the Admiral. Her back is all jacked up from that fall. I've not even looked at my boat for two weeks. You have been busy and doing some fine work. Hopefully you have been piling on the Baby Powder to help keep that Itch Down!!!!! For your Eye use Plenty of LONG STRAND PB. Take some Scrap 1708 and de-strand it and cut them into 1" strands and some csm stands to and mix them in with the normal pb mix. It will be super Strong and you will NEVER have a bow eye problem again.

 

[Trooper82]

Re: '78 Ebko Lebaron - Therapy

Thanks for the tip WoG.

Hope she gets to feeling better soon. I know what it is like to hurt your back, no fun at all.

 

[Trooper82]

Re: '78 Ebko Lebaron - Therapy

Dang it was hot again today...shees will it ever let up?


Got the foam blocks removed...and got some grinding completed, but still more to go......

 

[Decker83]

Re: '78 Ebko Lebaron - Therapy

That is looking great. It starting to come together now. All your work is paying off.

Is the temp gauge you are using inside the cover you made over the boat. Man that is to hot.
You might want to put up something over the cover you have now and raise it a foot or so higher and use a tarp that has a dark color to it.
Would give you some shade inside boat and help keep it cooler by acting as a barrier to block the sun.
Just a thought.
Don't over due it in the heat. Your looking good.

 

[Trooper82]

Re: '78 Ebko Lebaron - Therapy

That is looking great. It starting to come together now. All your work is paying off.

Is the temp gauge you are using inside the cover you made over the boat. Man that is to hot.
You might want to put up something over the cover you have now and raise it a foot or so higher and use a tarp that has a dark color to it.
Would give you some shade inside boat and help keep it cooler by acting as a barrier to block the sun.
Just a thought.
Don't over due it in the heat. Your looking good.

Thanks Decker. Has been a tough week so far, but seeing the light at the end of the tunnel.


Yes that temp gauge is in the boat, but unless I am grinding, I pull the top back to keep it cooler...the temps are with it open...been very warm.

I have thought about putting a tarp up when working during the day, but felt it would still keep it too warm, if we don't get rain tomorrow I will try it out.

I take plenty of breaks though, don't want to get heat stroke or anything.

 

[Trooper82]

Re: '78 Ebko Lebaron - Therapy

Good news.....

It has cooled down!
Got a new outdoor circuit installed...20A with GFCI...


Bad news...

It is raining

So I can't use it yet!

 

[Trooper82]

Re: '78 Ebko Lebaron - Therapy

Rained stopped...yay!!!!


Finished up the grinding in the bow....
Took the shopvac to the dust....

Only 86 under the tent....but I still was sweating buckets...

Debating options...

1. Leave it as is and start sanding with the belt sander on the strings/bulkheads/gussets
2. Mix some resin up, apply it to the tops of the stringers, edges of bulkheads/gussets - just enough to fully seal the wood. All exposed board edges are lacking resin right now.. then take a water hose to it to get the rest of the minute particles out so I can go back in with a clean hull to sand.

Option one I will need tyvek suit and my respirator on
Option two I can get by with just the respirator.

How goes the vote?

 

[sphelps]

Re: '78 Ebko Lebaron - Therapy

This may be a dumb ? do you need to sand the stingers and such. It's getting covered up right. I'm not the sharpest tool in the shed so maybe a little confused..:facepalm: But hey you got a deck now !

 

[Trooper82]

Re: '78 Ebko Lebaron - Therapy

This may be a dumb ? do you need to sand the stingers and such. It's getting covered up right. I'm not the sharpest tool in the shed so maybe a little confused..:facepalm: But hey you got a deck now !

I have to sand them down to right height SP.

Getting dark, so calling it a day...will get up bright and early tomorrow...

 

[sphelps]

Re: '78 Ebko Lebaron - Therapy

Ok sand them down to hgt then seal the tops with glass..
Have a good rest of your vacation !
BTW I am on vacation next week..

 

[craigweaver]

Re: '78 Ebko Lebaron - Therapy

Troop, wow man you're killin it! You are makin such great progress. I know you're just like me in the anal department so you gotta do what won't drive you nuts down the road. Regardless it is looking awesome. So glad I don't have to deal with your heat yet!

keep on keepin on!

 

[Trooper82]

Re: '78 Ebko Lebaron - Therapy

Ok sand them down to hgt then seal the tops with glass..
Have a good rest of your vacation !
BTW I am on vacation next week..

Enjoy your time off...is it a real vacation or you getting to work on the MFG?

Either way have fun

 

[Trooper82]

Re: '78 Ebko Lebaron - Therapy

Troop, wow man you're killin it! You are makin such great progress. I know you're just like me in the anal department so you gotta do what won't drive you nuts down the road. Regardless it is looking awesome. So glad I don't have to deal with your heat yet!

keep on keepin on!

Thanks CW...and yes I am very anal when it comes to this kinda stuff....always see the worst...

I was just refreshing myself with your work on the Sylvan....I forgot how much you and the son have got done..Really making good progress. Hope you all enjoyed the Holiday...camping...I used to to that when I was in Ohio....tried it once down here...never again...except maybe in the late fall or winter...