Recent content by salmosalar

I went to the local welding supply store and bought a SS wire wheel $$$. Lowes and Ace only had Carbon steel brushes. Tried it out and takes too long. Going to try the Savogran stripper next.

What should we use then to remove paint from aluminum

Here's a picture of my new boat. Found on CL. As far as I can tell it's a 1962 Crestliner Captain: that model seems to have only been offered in 62 and 63. She's 14' foot with a 65" beam. Haven't been able to find any Model or serial numbers on it. To begin with I think I'm going to replace...

I have the Same boat maybe the same year. The plate says 10hp max, 600lbs persons, motor and gear.

Well, here it is all done just need to put some carpet on the bunks; I may stop by the local thrift store and see if I can get some old skis for 5 or 10 bucks. I like that idea. This completes phase 1. I'm going to use it to haul my 12' Wards Sea King. Thanks for looking. Any comments or...

Well after nearly abandoning the project, because it was going to cost more than I wanted to put into it, I decided to take the axle to a nearby trailer retailer/fabricator. And after telling him what I was doing it turns out he has a wrecked trailer to part out. So I got an axle, winch post...

The axle is open at the bottom. Is that not a good thing? I may have to try the straightening thing. I haven't found any replacement axle with a 38" spring center; they all seem to be 38.5" Thanks

Well after about 8 hours of wire brushing, I'm just kind of thinking/looking things over I take a look at the axle and it's bent. About 3/4 the way up. so i guess I need to get a new axle. Don't know if I'm up to fabricating my own like you did Hanr3. I'll look around and see what I can find...

Hello, I just found this forum the other day and it has inspired me to do some mods to my boat and/or aquire a new one to mod. some nice looking rigs and great ideas on here. Phase 1 of my project would be to fix up a trailer. Currently I have a 12 foot Montgomery Ward sea king mod v hull...