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Zach

Looking good!

I love the smooth lines of that lazarette, no humps bumps or other compound curves with no purpose! Did you modify her back there, or is that factory?

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For stainless, you really can't go slow enough... or put enough pressure or oil on it. When the chips go blue, stop and take a break for X seconds out of every minute. Somewhere around here the cutter will smoke the oil off. With aluminum the chips get sticky, and melt if you put to much pressure an...

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Great writeup! Just in case anyone needs butyl tape quick, NAPA stocks black round, as will any windshield shop. A lot of the pre-70's cars used it to seal the windshields. (The chrome clips held it in place and rubber blocks set the height.) The gray tape is almost always available at RV shops, as ...

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Thanks.

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Thanks Deckhand, thats perfect! Yup, you got it. Use a foam that dissolves in acetone or other solvent. For polyester: wrap it up with a packing tape. Wax everything and glass around it. Let the glass cure, dissolve the foam and pull out the packing tape. Polyester resin does a number on dow board.....

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Hi guys, Wondering if any of you all have a 3 or 4 inch diameter dorade cowl, and if you'd be so kind as to measure the diameter of the horn end. I haven't paid all that much attention to them to guesstimate how big to go. I'm looking for something to play around with lost foam molding of fiberglass...

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While not technically a discussion board... this place blew my socks off: http://cruisingresources.com/ A lot of info, electronic copies of magazine articles and cross linking with various vendors for parts and products. Another discussion board: http://www.boatdesign.net/forums/ The fiberglass boat...

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Britton,

I came back to stare in awe...

Question:
How much would you guess the chunk of bulkhead weighed?

Thanks

Zach

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Peter,

Thats the coolest thing I've seen in a while!

Do you have a bolt that keeps the legs attached to the hull?

Zach

Hull#101 Actual build number = 234 Pearson 1961 Fractional Straight Mast No lower forwards, has lower afts. Headliners. None, just the bottom skin of the deck. Haven't hauled her out, but she has keel bolts humps in the bilge. Shallow bilge Ports and Deadlights: Bronze All ports open. Maststep, alum...

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Figment wrote:Piston hanks open singlehanded. Flip it around so that you're pushing the piston away from your body.

Ohhh!

Thanks

Zach

Zach

Hi,

Looking through the paperwork that came with Pylasteki, and found a couple of sketches, receipts, and sail drawings from Triton #420 from the mid-80's.

Anyone know the current owner?

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Zach

Charlie,

Wow. Thats a lot of hard work right there! Beautiful.

Zach

Zach

Aw...

Still have the trailer? Build a portable flower garden! (Grin)

Zach

Hi Ray, http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/4395/sleevebn6.jpg Red line signifies the increase in chisel width, as well as where to hit. (Left diagram) At 3/8ths its probably not worth grinding a C shaped relief, but it is a tool to have in the aresenal, particularly since the keys appear to be inlin...

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Do the two screws you have out, have tapped holes in the shaft? Do you care about the extension shaft? Sawzalls... and even jig saws with make fast work of bronze. Lenox demolition blades fly through bronze. (They get hot, as in blued steel hot... but keep on trucking none the less, wonder what they...

Zach

I second the blog accolades!

Gotta love pictures. (Grin!)

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Idea... Wonder if one of those two rung hand holds would go on the ceiling without crowding anything? (Could double up with the same holes through the deck with one on the outside too.) (Would come in extra handy if you have a lavac, and someone thats uninitiated flushes before having sufficient che...

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I have another idea... Drill out the fasteners and move the stantions to the other side of the bulkhead... and fill the holes. Abandon the backing plates in place. Tape up the top, grab a dremel or die grinder with a cone shaped stone. Get to the bottom of the screw's slot. Center punch and drill wi...

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If your galley is like mine on the east coast 101, both sides are installed as units with bronze flat head screws. There are three screws on the dish shelf under the mahogany trim on the forward end, and one in the middle that captures the internal shelf. Behind the settee backs are another three sc...

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Britton... You've done good.

That looks great!

P.S. You'll have to load down that ice box to give the proper Triton starboard book shelf list... (Grin)

Zach

I came back to drool over that dark blue hull... got some observations. Thoughts on the cleat mounting? No chocks! Sure does put them at a lovely position to keep from stubbing toes, and catching sheets. At first I thought they were actually mounted on the toe rail, but that stainless strip on the t...

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Thanks for taking the time to teach us Feetup. Excellent explanation and examples, I love that kind of stuff. Reminds me of when I was working polishing dies, we would take a 1 inch roll of fine emory cloth and spend a few days working the inside of a tool to a mirror. First you'd tear it the strip ...

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http://www.titan-marine-hardware.com/

I was pondering the existence of one hand opening titanium hanks... didn't find those, but a lot of other extremely expensive cool looking bits to drool over.

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Time for a funny. Building a Phil Bolger tortoise to be Pylasteki's dinghy. Lost my protractor... So I drew a 37 degree angle in cad (solidworks) and clicked print. I've been giggling like a school girl for the last few minutes, if there ever was overkill... that was it. hehehee! Three dimensional s...

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I'm bad about over thinking things, its only compounded by being four hours away from the boat too. (Big grin)

Thanks for your thoughts guys.

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Hmm... (Thanks for the picture Rachel)

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Look at that coaming! Humina Humina!

Actually looks comfortable to lean against...

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I'm pondering the curves... wonder if a real curved part of the toe rail was molded, and cut off the overhang to the outside with the exception of a finger in the middle so it could pivot, yet still be trapped up tight. Used to use a strip of rubber from one of those orthopedic mats warpped in sandp...

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Saw this the other day on west systems website, wonder how it'd work on toe rails and the like. Contoured sanding pads G/5 also works great for creating contoured sanding pads. A molded-to-shape sanding pad can be helpful when you need to sand lots of identical wood molding. You can make contoured s...

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Britton the Bamboo will look great. I'm a big fan of the light colored wood on board, a lot of mahogany and teak makes for a dark interior. Light and airy... Speaking of light and airy, I'm wondering about using airex foam, or some other easily worked core material to shape the sole. Well... shape i...

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I was afraid of that... (Grin) Reminds me of a summer spent in a machine shop polishing dies... Emory cloth and a fingertip. Coulda robbed a bank, no fingerprints! Thanks for the tips guys. That multimaster calls my name every time I'm at woodcraft, but the price is just to much. May have to borrow ...

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Update: Spent the weekend grinding fiberglass, fairing out the cabin top with a long board and getting ready to do a little painting. Glassed over the top of the port cockpit seat from the ex-icebox lid to an inch or so from the opening hatch, and overlapping under the companionway. 17 ounce biax, m...

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Hi guys. I'm befuddled as to power tools to do the corners of the cockpit, and along the sides of the deck at the cabin top and inside curve of the toe rail. The diameter of my sander is larger than the radius of the corners... and my little mouse palm sander doesn't bite rounded corners. Hmm... Any...

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You can get a few decibels out of thickening the plywood around the box too. The foam works to absorb the sound, and the lead helps a little with isolation via dampening... But if the whole assembly "breaths" the outside of the box is a giant speaker cone. 6db reduction for every time the ...

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Strange discovery... Pictures next time, Tornado warnings make you work fast! On the starboard side of Pylasteki, overlapping the location of the fuel filler there were two coats of super thick gelcoat of exactly the same color as the rest of the boat... separated by a piece of very light cloth. Any...

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Thanks for the suggestions Hirilonde. Bostik Marine 920 is another one to add to the list. PSI on it is 180. Its tough as nails, flexible, and does everything well. Used quite a bit on the wood boats. Never hear it talked about on anywhere on the web. Its some of the most tenacious stuff I've come a...

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I sit here waiting for the same answer... standing on one foot.

I was "This far" (Holds up fingers) from ordering a bunch of stuff from them today.

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http://www.instablogsimages.com/images/2008/04/03/plastimo-1_1333.jpg http://www.hometone.org/entry/sleek-sink-burner-hob-combo-for-your-galley/ Thought that was kind of slick... for a non-gimbaled type stove anyway. Although if it was arranged with the sink closest to the operator it might not be ...

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Hmm... Am I hearing this right that you are bedding the set screw into epoxy to make the thread? That is probably your problem. Basically what has happened, is both threads are the same. If you were tapping metal, you'd have threads that fit so tight, that putting them in by hand they'd hit a point ...

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I will think about what you said about moving the seacock. I am hauling it out for bottom painting latter this month. That might be the time to do it. It will potentially open up enough space to enable me to install a stove with an oven. That will be real luxury. Maybe I can fit in a double sink, a...

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Tim, Ask them for an "Agreed Value" policy. Basically whatever you want it to be worth is what the policy pays out, with increased premium. Also for the electrical gear try putting it under homeowners or renters insurance. They pro-rate electronics though, so if in 5 year or so they'll be ...

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The whole question was brought on after I stood on the cooking isle of the grocery store in awe of the flexible plastic 12x15 chopping mats.... This is tickling the edge of a thought I've been chewing on recently. Anyone else cooking on those Sil-Pat silicone sheets? Man I'm telling you absolutely ...

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Yeah... So far I've found mat and finishing cloth only on Pylasteki. Quite surprising! Britton... Thats just wrong. Funny... Reminds me of pulling off some tabbing by hand going... "I sure hope the whole boat isn't stuck together like that!" Look at all the funky shapes, all greenish and t...

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Thanks guys! I learn so much around here. The whole question was brought on after I stood on the cooking isle of the grocery store in awe of the flexible plastic 12x15 chopping mats. Great for wetting out, but not so hot when the goop from the last batch is setting up while wetting out on top. The a...

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Hi guys, I've been fighting a battle with epoxy coated spreaders and rollers. It seems I can make the stickiest mess with a roll of paper towels, a gallon of acetone and a few ounces of epoxy. How do you guys and gals do it, or does cleaning up require a roll of paper towels, and epoxy smudges every...

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Hi Guys and gals! I'm wondering if any of you guys have one of those fancy bronze hawse pipes laying around? I'd like to know how thick the flanges, mounting lip, and cap is. I keep drooling over in Spartans catalog? I'm looking for an excuse to learn how to weld bronze. Bronze sheet is expensive so...

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Rachel,

I sat here with my mouth hanging open looking at the pictures, trying to make sense of it all. (Grin!)

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Hi Bill, Was going through Yachtporn and saw an H28 with some snazzy interior lines, elliptical ports etc. Thought you might get a kick out of them: http://newimages.yachtworld.com/1/8/3/9/4/1839406_4.jpg http://newimages.yachtworld.com/1/8/3/9/4/1839406_2.jpg Ad here: http://www.yachtworld.com/core...

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Rachel, Thats a really slick interior arrangement. Looks like a HUGE 23 footer. Saw this head sink drain on Geoff Aussies Ariel on the pearson/ariel board. http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/508/attachmentdo0.jpg Looks pretty funky to my eyes, but would let a trotter box be under it, and direct the ...

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Dorade Cowls and boxes.

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Pearson Triton #420?

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Sanding rounded corners?

Cleaning epoxy dipped tools.

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