hull extension in progress with pics

[Tacklewasher]

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hey tackelwasher.....im a waitin on a tinny transom some day !!!!!

With the weather like this, I'm too busy fishing (note I say "fishing" and not "catching")

Gonna try Wood lake this weekend (brother is up for a visit) to see if the Kokanee have woken up yet.

 

[Tacklewasher]

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.kelowna end victoria are the best places to live imho.....really.....you gotta see this place.

Hey.

You are no where close enough to being dead to consider Victoria.

 

[THE FISH]

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Wow,
You have inspired me to do alot more digging in the effort to restore my MPL.
Keep up the great work.
Tight Lines,

 

[Tacklewasher]

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Not quite sure where oops! has gotten too. I saw his truck at his shop a day or so ago so I know he's around. Must be working on other peoples boats.

Maybe I should drop by and be sure he's not been crushed by corona bottles.......

 

[Davinciman]

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Hey Oops

I was wondering if you came up with a design for your wake tower yet?

I came across this link on a fishing site and it made me think of your thread.

http://www.nwcustomboatworks.com/caddrawings.html

I like the concept of the plasticoat "gripable" coating.

They're up around your neck of the woods...well Oregon.

Anyway good luck with completion!

I look forward to seeing finished product

Cheers

 

[ne7800]

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I'm sure Oops just has a lot on his plate and will be back going strong soon!

 

[NoKlu]

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We popped the swim grid out of the mold the other day and it wasn't pretty. His first attempt at making a mold was not the best. The shape is good but the finish is going to need a lot of work. The gun we used to spray the gelcoat broke down in the middle of the job and that screwed things up as well.
On the bright side he's learning what not to use when making molds so he has to decide if he's going to scrap the first attempt or spend a lot of time fixing it.
The bench seats need a few more layers of glass before they are finished. After seeing the swim grids finish there is some concern over the results of the seats but as only part of the seats will be exposed after the cushions are added they won't be that bad to repair.
By the time he gets a new camera cord it'll take him a week to load all the pics.

 

[SuzukiChopper]

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By the time he gets a new camera cord it'll take him a week to load all the pics.

Still waiting for his address so I can send him more then one

 

[oops!]

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testing....testing.....1...2....3....

 

[oops!]

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yep.....it works!

finally.....i lost a group of some 200 pics last time i tryed to up load....

but i got a new chip reader.....just when my neice came up with my (good) camera cord.

lol
wow.....where do we start?

progress has been good.......steady.......but the results are.....well.....not the best.....but im working on it!.

there is no way i could up load all the pics and post them in one sitting.....so im gonna have to post some every day till we get caught up!

 

[jcsercsa]

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Cool Buddie !!! Let's see good or bad !!! John

 

[oops!]

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ok.....here we go.......

this was a while ago, just after robj and tackel came to the shop.

the idea was to use arbourite for the mold........the bench seats were formed out of osb...

this is the aft bench

..then the smooth arbourite was brought in.

several attempts were made to bend the arbourite into the shape of the benches.....however the material was too thick and the temperature was too cold.....it just broke.....and broke and broke!....

...the smooth rounded corners of the arbourite was what i was trying to acheive....we hven tryed to ues a heat gun on the material however to no avail.....

so it was decided to start to lay the arbourite in strips and worry about the corners with other material.

the material was glued on to the osb using contact cement.

peice by peice the benches were covered

it is important to get the arbourite smooth.....even with the contact cement....you can still get a wavy sufrace......so you need to smoothe it down some how.

using a hammer and a 2x4 as a puunding surface i smothed all the waves out of the surface.

 

[oops!]

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finally the benches were covered...

the white arbourite is a different finish.....a more pebbely surface for gripping the seat base.

unfourtunately, because we could not get the arbourite to cooperate with the corners....we needed a way to round out the corners so the bench would have a smooth flowing line and the fiberglass layers would have an easyer time going around them.

no klu came up with this idea

drywall corners......nice and round.....with just a little persuasion they went nicely in the seats.

the corners were tapped down with a thin tape called tuck tape.....it is a really strong construction tape that sticks to everything and has a really waxy surface....a natural mold release.......it is also very thin.....i had used it before in the build with great sucess.....

each bench was prepped

 

[oops!]

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ok....more coming tommorow....its 3 am here...

and the boat show is tommorow morning.....sigh....another deadline missed....lol

cheers
oops

 

[bear_69cuda]

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Great progress Sir oops!

What is the arbourite used for?

Was that the engine being installed?

 

[oops!]

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Great progress Sir oops!

What is the arbourite used for?

Was that the engine being installed?

that motor instlation was a boat we did at the shop.......thats a 383 stroker with a volvo puo prop drive.....i have a full set of pictures on that project that i will be posting soon.

the arbourite is a type of skin that gellcoat likes to adhere to when curing......gelcoat wants to cure next to a hard surface........

i have quite a few more updates on that part of the project that i will be adding right away......i want to add one set a day till in caught up with the posting.....

so more on the arbourite on the way!

cheers
oops

 

[NoKlu]

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Too bad that wasn't oops! engine going in!!! The guy oops! has the shop with installed a NEW 383 STROKER in a customers boat. After several agonizing and failed discussions as to how we could relieve this guy of his motor and get it in oops! boat, and not do any hard time, we helped install it. oops! had a tear in his eye watching that new stroker and a volvo drive going into the wrong boat!!! On the bright side it got oops! seriously thinking about the engine out of the old delivery van getting cleaned up and installed in his boat. It's a strong [300 hp] rebuilt corvette 350 with a cam and the engine builder says it would be a perfect engine for the boat. If we could find him some cheap [free] manifolds and a proper distributor for the same price, the rest of the parts needed could come off his V6. Or at least we think they should fit.

 

[96lt4c4]

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All I have to say is WOW! I started out doing a search on a simple gel coat reapair and came across this thread. I ended up going threw the whole freaken thing. Half way threw I was wanting a Corona and ready to work on the old Glastron.

I am ready to see this thing screaming down the water! Good luck OOPS!

 

[jcsercsa]

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Very cool Bud, wheres the rest ??? lol I want to see how you laid up when the chop gun quit working ??? Is what you got out of there going to be useable ??? Ok buddie glad to see yea !!! John

 

[ne7800]

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Oops i'm glad to see your still progressing can't wait to see this thing flying across the water