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I can't seem to find my glasses.
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Damn shame about the glasses, what is your name again? Lilly? is that you? I thought I told you to avoid the lines you got to take them all the way off...
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Good advice Ridge....
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1985 Wellcraft V-20, Evinrude ETEC 150: SOLD 1979 Marine Trader 44, twin Ford Lehman 120s 2006 Panga 14, Tohatsu 20 |
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Unfortunately, I lost of few of the hard top images I took. I've tabbed together the major pieces. The four corners are complex curves I scrapped my first attempt as it didn't fit well with the hardtop frame. I had some balsa core and decided to use that on two of the corners to see how it looked before doing the other side.
Using a variety of supports I glassed in the bottom side. Today I pulled out the grinder and smoothed out boat sides. The follow pictures show the top side ready for some filler and then fiberglass. ![]() The corners will be rounded off, so I have to cut away some of the excess material. It's raining now, so I can't test fit it. Perhaps I'll make a template and cut from that, as I'd like to glass both these corners today. ![]() ![]() In the mean time, my new chartplotter/fishfinder came in. I have one of the first of these RayMarine eS78's. I have a piece of 1/2" mahogany marine plywood that I'll use to flush mount this. I'm gluing the backing and cutting the plywood next. ![]() Soon, I'll be painting. Nothing but paint in the following picture.
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Still working on the hardtop Two corners to go. I'm starting to wish I took the trouble to make a form. Oh well, I'm on the home stretch. I used balsa core on the last back two corners and since I ran out I switched to pieces of Nida-Core cut small to conform to the curves.
![]() On another front, 12 hours of sanding has yielded on dead sander and about 1/2 of the bottom sanded clear. At least four layers of bottom paint have to be sanded and it is difficult around the strakes. ![]() I plan to move it to my brothers house, where my excavator is located to lift it off the trailer, or perhaps slide it back for better access. ![]() Meanwhile I've been working on the flush mount panel on the E-Box. After cutting the lawn I may go work on that some more. It's cooler in the shop. Outside temps have been high lately and will continue over the weekend. Somewhere I have a picture of the E-Box...that's not it. Wonder what happened to it.
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