Love, Necessity and Pride

[sphelps]

Re: Love, Necessity and Pride

Still best custom rod holder mock-up yet! Awesome!

I agree ! And rod #14 can just lay on the floor or would be a good stash spot for a removable anchor /running light ..
Umbrella maybe ? Billy club or gaff .. :joyous:

 

[GT1000000]

Re: Love, Necessity and Pride

Thank goodness got busy at the end of the week...a bit of fertilizer for next week...

So, I didn't get too much accomplished, but this should satisfy my rod holder support system...
The idea is to have them moveable to whatever load of rods I happen to have along and removable whenever I need the extra storage space...





And...I no longer need these cardboard templates, as the parts they represent are cut out of plywood...



Gonna get an early start tomorrow and try and get all the pre-cut pieces covered in a layer of CSM and get some of the mechanical/fuel locker bulkheads worked out...

Happy Friday and may the weekend be super progressive for all of us trying to get our boats wet and the ones who can get them wet, may they have tons of fun!

 

[Trooper82]

Re: Love, Necessity and Pride

I knew you would figure out a solution....i made a similar setup in a truck cap back in my twenties....didn't have a boat then, but still loved to go fishing...

 

[sphelps]

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Csm on all them curves on the rod holders .. :faint2:
Well if anyone can handle that job I know you can Gus !

 

[Trooper82]

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Csm on all them curves on the rod holders .. :faint2:
Well if anyone can handle that job I know you can Gus !

haha I was thinking the exact same thing...dang i wouldn't want to tackle all those curves....but yes gus will have a plan and implement to prefection I am sure

 

[Decker83]

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The rod box looks super nice.. The middle support is just what the doc ordered..

All GT1M needs to do is shred or tear the csm around all the curves and go to glassing..

Have a great weekend Gus.. Looking forward to seeing it all glassed up..

 

[chriscraft254]

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X3, that's the first thing I thought as well, haha. Have fun buddy! We will be thinking of you. Gt, I think you need to install a lock box down there for some firearms and ammo, especially in the area you live in.

Csm on all them curves on the rod holders .. :faint2:
Well if anyone can handle that job I know you can Gus !

 

[GT1000000]

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I knew you would figure out a solution....i made a similar setup in a truck cap back in my twenties....didn't have a boat then, but still loved to go fishing...

Thanks Troop, I am looking forward to actually doing the fishing part...

Csm on all them curves on the rod holders .. :faint2:
Well if anyone can handle that job I know you can Gus !

You know mw, I am a glassin fool...

haha I was thinking the exact same thing...dang i wouldn't want to tackle all those curves....but yes gus will have a plan and implement to prefection I am sure

Aww shucks...

The rod box looks super nice.. The middle support is just what the doc ordered..

All GT1M needs to do is shred or tear the csm around all the curves and go to glassing..

Have a great weekend Gus.. Looking forward to seeing it all glassed up..

Thanks Decker,
I, too, am looking forward to all the glassing...

X3, that's the first thing I thought as well, haha. Have fun buddy! We will be thinking of you. Gt, I think you need to install a lock box down there for some firearms and ammo, especially in the area you live in.

Thanks CC,
Yeah...don't you worry yourself none about this 'ol boy...firearms {in the plural} are within an arms length 24/7 along with plenty of reloads...
Lock box? Heck by the time I get the keys, unlock it and grab what I need, the show could be over...
Nah, I keep them handy...

Well, enough jibber jabber...I am off to my mission...
Hope everyone is planning a great weekend of boat restoration and boat enjoyment fun!
Be back later with more...

 

[Last Mohican]

Re: Love, Necessity and Pride

Nice work Gus. It is always more fun putting it back together than taking it apart.

 

[GT1000000]

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Nice work Gus. It is always more fun putting it back together than taking it apart.

Thanks, you are absolutely correct...definitely better to assemble than disassemble...
I haven't been on your thread lately, how are things shaping up with the Eliminator?

 

[GT1000000]

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Well it is time for a Saturday update...
After an almost 12 hour stint, I got most of the pre-cut plywood bulkheads layered on both sides with CSM...
I had to stop after getting one side done to go and buy the 7th, 5 Gallon bucket of resin and 5 more yards of CSM...



These are the Mechanical locker Bulkheads, skinned on one side with Mounting Pads attached for the fuel tank...



Got a little bit more done to the Fuel/Mechanical Locker area...



And this is just a couple of gratuitous shots of the mess...





Gonna head back tomorrow, clean up the excess CSM on the bulkheads, clean up the work area, dilly dally for a short bit and call it a day...
I promised myself to take at least Sunday afternoon off...I am beat...

Hope everyone has had a great day...

 

[sphelps]

Re: Love, Necessity and Pride

35 GALLONS !
Good lord that's alotta resin !
The Bassassin is gunna be one well built and designed boat :encouragement:

 

[Trooper82]

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Nice days work there GT....go ahead and take tomorrow off...atfer you clean up that work area!



Look at me talking about a clean work area...this garage is a t-totalin mess!!!

 

[jbcurt00]

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Good looking progress GT, work area doesn't look too bad after a 12hr shift...

 

[Daniel1947]

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Looking good. I noticed you had a picture of my ex-wife on your tool box lid

Not that it is anything more than my curiousity, but how much extra weight do you think you are adding to the Bassassin?

 

[GT1000000]

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Not that it is anything more than my curiousity, but how much extra weight do you think you are adding to the Bassassin?

There is a long answer and a short answer...skip to the next paragraph for the short answer...

The LONG answer:
When I first got this tub, I had to have it weighed to register the trailer...at the time I had no way to put the boat in the water and weigh just the trailer, so I went to the nearby scales and threw the whole thing on...If I remember correctly, it came out to about 1760 lbs.
My W.A.G. as to what that old trailer weighed is about 3-350 lbs. so I figured the boat weighed about 1400-1500 lbs., which included boat, motor, trailer, wiring/rigging, half full fuel tank and whatever happened to be in there at the moment...
Since that time I scored a new {to me}, correct trailer for a bass boat that weighs approximately 690-700 lbs. according to the manufacturers label...
The old trailer was completely wrong for this type of hull and made launching and retrieval a real PITA...
According to the best info I have been able scrounge up about this derelict is that the NET hull weight was 875 lbs...
My best guess-ti-mation is that was the complete hull with Zero fuel, Zero load, Zero batteries and Zero Engine/rigging.
My current plan is to take the boat to the scales when I actually get most of the reconstruction done, but before I mount the engine, wiring, rigging, Upper casting decks, hardware, etc...
That will hopefully give me a fairly good idea of just how fat I have made this pig...and whether or not I need to start cutting weight saving holes in the structure...
I should have a fairly good answer to this question when I actually throw it on the scales and will definitely be posting that info...

The SHORT answer:
I haven't got a clue...???:facepalm:

 

[NorthwestChap]

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The SHORT answer:
I haven't got a clue...???:facepalm:

:laugh: That was great.

Love the Rod holders and box. Might have to borrow your idea... on a much smaller scale.

 

[banshee owner]

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thats one heck of a nice garage your workin in. is it yours or just where you work. if its were you work then you have awesome owners letting you do that stuff in there. BTW awesome build so far looking good hopefully mine turns out to be as nice although im not doing interior seat ect. (as of yet ) lol

 

[Last Mohican]

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Thanks, you are absolutely correct...definitely better to assemble than disassemble...
I haven't been on your thread lately, how are things shaping up with the Eliminator?

No news on the Eliminator. Not sure what I will do to her this winter. Right now my goal is to restore the balsa floors. That may gets delayed in order to focus on my 72 Chevy truck though.

 

[GT1000000]

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Might have to borrow your idea... on a much smaller scale.

You are more than welcome to...

thats one heck of a nice garage your workin in. is it yours or just where you work. if its were you work then you have awesome owners letting you do that stuff in there. BTW awesome build so far looking good hopefully mine turns out to be as nice although im not doing interior seat ect. (as of yet ) lol

Its the shop where I work and after being a loyal, faithful, subservient minion for so long, the least they could do is hand over the keys...
Thanks for popping in and the kind compliment...I do hope it turns out as nice in real life as it does in my brain......
Best of luck with yours...put a link to your resto in your signature so we can check it out...

No news on the Eliminator. Not sure what I will do to her this winter. Right now my goal is to restore the balsa floors. That may gets delayed in order to focus on my 72 Chevy truck though.

Restoring a 72 Chevy is a perfect excuse to set the Daytona aside for awhile...but only for awhile......that's the generation before mine...I really like that body style...tons of character and awesome potential...
Big Block or Small Block??? Auto or stick? C-10?, 20? Long Bed? Short Bed?
I just gotta know...:watermelon: