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Hello Moonie About 2 months ago, I posted this same topic, I was having the same problems with this sander, in fact, I have probably done about 60-70 hours of sanding and guess how many PC 7345 sanders I have gone through, 3!, theres nothing worse when your out there sanding and all of a sudden the ...

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Hi Rachel, That makes total sense, that has to be factory made. Thats gotta be a plug they used to plug the hole for an inboard motor. I'll just clean around the edges, because it is kind of loose, then fill and lay matting or cloth to strengthen. Yea, I found all this stuff from sanding the bottom ...

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Hello Zach,

Thanks for your reply. I just need to know the steps of the material to use, for instance; matting first, then filler, more matting, ect.

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Hello Zach

Thanks for your reply, I hope these photos are easier to see. I know how to mix, but what I dont know is the steps to fix these issues. What in order and what material would you use and do to fix this?

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This photo is where the old bulkhead, stringer and rigging supports used to be, these are voids about 1/4 inch deep. Would I use matting to build up these voids. Would I just cut strips of matting about the same width, then apply, then on final layer, use a wider strip about 10 inches to cover the s...

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Hello, I took some photos and I have some questions on this stuff. The first photo is where the rudder attaches to and upon me sanding I found a crack in the paint, then I found this. Would I keep that piece in place, clean up the edges, then mix epoxy with milled fiber and apply, then apply matting...

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Just curious: Has anyone had any issues with this sander. The 7335 was discontinued, and now the 7336 is what is available. The first sander I got only lasted 14 hours before it totally died on me. I got a replacement one and that one lasted about 90 hours and died on me today. I can't figure out wh...

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This took me since July 4th 2009 to do. Looks like were pretty close as to where we're at on our boats. Today, my porter cable random orbiter sander burnt out. Was 2 hours into sanding and it crashed on me, wasn't happy. Are you going to fill in those voids where the old bulkheads were? If so, what ...

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Thanks for that Duncan, you've helped me out big time! I am glad you posted that and I am glad this site is alive like this, thanks for looking out everyone!

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Wow! I am glad I saw this. I have put aside money to purchase all new hardware and new sails and everything. Man, I am usually not a sucker,but these are things that I need and yea, they require us to pay first, that makes sense though that people are so greedy, they find ways to scam everyone out o...

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Right on!

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Thanks for posting this topic. I really need something like this, can't take it anymore with the organic respirators or dust masks. I need full face protection with fresh air coming in. Well, $400.00 will have to be spent on this. Man! Will have to delay the $1300.00 dollars that I need to spend on ...

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Temptation and being delusional are good. I talk to my boat while I work on it and she talks back to me. All old boats deserve a chance just like stray animals do. Thats not being delusional, its being passionate.

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Buy it! If you want to become a boat builder and a sailor, it will be the best learning experience you'll ever encounter, but you have to be dedicated and have passion. Then, new doors will open for you as others see you rebuilding a boat. Trust me, it's happening to me right now. The learning exper...

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Oh, forgot to add, make sure you are fully covered, I mean fully covered, head to toe, use rubber bands around the neck to secure the sock on the head, so no glass particals get in the neck area, I hate fine glass particals. I did this in 90 degree heat and and humidity, I lost about 15 pounds of we...

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This is what happend to me when I was taking off the top skin on deck. Don't laugh at this photo people, this was when I had no clue of what I was doing. Most of my deck was rotted; however, in a few spots there was no rot and look what happend, ripped off the bottom skin, so, I decided to work from...

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I should add before some people get conufused of how is it that I am able to see through the fiberglass when I illuminate it with a light. I chipped out every bit of the balsa core along the starboard, the port and bow of my boat. I did this from the inside, so I tore out the bottom skin leaving the...

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I am currently doing the exact same repair work your thinking of, I just finished on my top deck grinding away 3 inches from the toe rail, and am going to do the same on the hull, I had bad stress fractures beyond the gell coat on my toe rail, this was needed to do. I turned off the lights in the sh...

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Wow! This is great stuff from everyone who replied. It is why I have the upmost respect for this website and those who have been doing this for many years or by trial and error and are willing to pass this along to the beginner. Thanks so much fella's!!

Jeff

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Ok, thanks Dave for your input, I really appreciate your time to reply to my post. This really helps me out when I get a direct answer like this.

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Thanks to my newly purchased Porter Cable Random orbiter sander! Today, I started the first phase of sanding the old paint using 80 grit sand paper. It went really well! However, I know there's a hundred or so topics on this subject on plasticclassic.com, but there are so many different opinions and...

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I get my stuff from Express Composites. They have the best mixture of polyester resin I have ever used and all kinds of good boat raw material. Their website is www.expresscomposites.com, out of Minneapolis, MN.

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Huh. I was faced with this same issue about a month ago. I wanted to tear the entire liner out to, I had to cut parts of the liner out in order for me to replace the rotted out balsa core, so now, I am faced with somehow getting a sheet of fiberglass or something to replace the parts I already tore ...

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I really hate fiberglass particals from grinding, they find ways to find the skin and it drives me nuts.

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Wow, very nice boat your building. That will be my next and final project in my life, after I voyage the current one I am rebuilding, but during the next time, it will be built somewhere in the tropics. Yea, I was going to wait till spring time too, but I decided that the show must go on during the ...

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It's pure dedication to fullfill a dream of mine, my friend, nothing will stop me from doing this, nothing! Gave up the house, car and all the material crap to pursue a dream. The trick to staying warm in these temps, is don't think about the cold, but think about the warm tropical temps that I will...

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Ahhhh! Back to glassing, after all the pain I went through in the last 2 months, it finally paid off yesterday. I was so happy! From bringing my boat from an outside shelter I built, to the inside of an old pull shed. Although I had to spend quit a few bucks to buy 6 mill poly, 2 100# propane tanks ...

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Boat safely inside now; however, due to heavy rain we had for 2 days, and extreme soft and muddy ground, the hydraulic trailor and the diesel 6 wheel truck and my boat got stuck in the mud. I couldn't believe it, my boat stuck on a hydraulic trailor 2 feet in the mud. Luckily, Dave the concrete man,...

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Rachel,

Ok, thanks for the reminder, I forgot about that, I will make sure of that.

Jeff

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Hey Rachel Yea, it was kind of a bummer to find out after I put the tarp up, but I took it as a loss and I am totally ready to move inside. The owner of the land respects my project and loves the determination I have to do this. So, he insisted that I move inside. The P.S. statement about leveling t...

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Right on! Well, I bought the billboard vinyl, lucky for me they were located in SE Minneapolis, went to go pick them up and got three 14x48 and one 12x36 and some vinyl cement, at a price crazy cheap, it was very painfull putting those up, but did it in 2 days. After I was completely done, the owner...

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Thanks for your replies (Rachel, Eric. Mike, Capt Tom), it's really nice of you guys to reply back and give me advice, I absolutely appreciate that. The billboard tarp idea is brilliant. I went to a Menards (like a home depot store but their mainly out of the MIdwest) and they sell the same stuff fo...

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Well, I am reading these discussions about shelters. We had winds that were clocked 65 to 75 miles per hour in this area for 2 days. This tarp held wind speeds up to 35 in the past, it was why I stripped the boat of everything and even the rotted out core and I even started glassing and adding new c...

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Wow, just figured out how to adjust the size of photos. I can only have 3 downloads at a time on this forum, but here is my boat project. The blue tarp was completely ripped off due to 65 to 75 mile an hour winds we had last Sunday and Monday. Along with a weeks work of rain and I went to check on m...

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Man! It really helps me out to have an experienced fiberglass boat maker come out and help me out. I have learned so much in the last week, its unbelievable. I never knew how easy it is to work with glass. Man, I am totally excited now. Thankfully this man is a good friend of mine and is willing to ...

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I can't upload the photos on this website. I took all these photos today of my rebuild. I was uploading the photo files and this website said my files are to large to do this. Does having Windows Vista have something to do with this? Can anyone help me with this?

Jeff

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Hello all, thanks for the support, I thought I was the only one who struggled with this, but apparently not. It's hull number 286. A camera is definately on the list, I am going to borrow a friends digital camera and take photos on Monday and post them here. As a carpenter of many years, I know ther...

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Man, I was working on the bow and peeling off the top skin so I can recore before it gets ice cold here in a month, what a disaster that was today. I was all excited to do this today and left totally bummed. It was like watching my dream crumble away. The cutting was going really smooth until I had ...

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I forgot to mention that when I was taking off some hardware, I was poking around the holes and doing some investigating around the holes, I was chipping away the rotted out core and the bottom skin was tearing apart as well, so now the hole was getting bigger. HUH, I am eager to start this process ...

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Ok, thank you Rachel! I will read these and I'm sure I will get some helpful info from these.

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Instead of tearing out a bulkhead like I did before. Could just cut out the rotted section of the bulkhead and replace it with new plywood? Then use cloth and epoxy to put over the new section? Also, I just finished making my shelter about 3 weeks ago, so now I was able to remove every bit of hardwa...

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Man, that was a relief, the pro came out inspected everything and found the boat to be in really great condition. He said that I didnt have to do half of the things I already did like ripping out everything. I told him, well, at least it will all be new stuff now, he laughed. The deck is a totally e...

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Ryan, That was absolutely well said! I am doing this for reasons that I'm sure all of us on this forum can write movies or books on about our personal lives and whats happend to us. This boat I am going to call my home for quit some time until I build a boat from scratch. This boat is for me and not...

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Hi Oscar, I just became numb reading your reply, but, I was thinking as well of having someone come out and look at this and tell me what I'm up against, at least I didn't buy this for much. Willingness and determination is what I have, knowledge is what I will gain from this. In order to have knowl...

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Hi Dave, Ahh, man, I could've just repaired? I might need my back repaired after tearing those out. MAN. Well, thats ok, I already ripped them out. I guess I should now ask more specific questions and I need to get a digital camera for photos. Cause, my deck is a nightmare. (I think) and I have no i...

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Hi Tim, They're rotted at the bottom. Every piece of wood had to go due to the rot. I figure that I can tackle the tear out first. Man, it all had to go. I opened up the floor and theres water in the keel. Rain water that is. I just believed that in order to restore this boat, it all had to be done ...

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Ahh yes, I know that look very well Oscar! Laughing out loud! Love it! And yes, Jerry! I just joined that association. Very nice people as well. I just mailed in my $55.00 association joiners fee and to get a copy of that owners manuel. I talk to Bill Phelon who is the president or something on that...

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Right on! Exact same principal in drywall, just different vocabulary. You guys are great! I really appreciate it! Someone asked the question if it's a westgait 32'. There's an oval plate in the cockpit that sais it's a Pearson Ariel hull #286. Here is a photo of my Ariel. I'll take more photos on Su...

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Okay guys, thanks again! I am going to purchase a digital camera. I will borrow one from a buddy and take photos from now on. This makes perfect sense to me. However; like in that Tom Cruise car racing movie (Days of Thunder) made in the late 80's. Tom and Robert Redford are in that bar and Robert w...

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