Recent content by wrench001

I bought a turbine sprayer kit at Harbor Freight for $70. Definitely not the best system in the world, but for spraying the boat it worked great. Exact same system as this one at Rockler, but much cheaper at Harbor Freight: https://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?page=10469

Got the interior all painted up today (Parker Sand Tan). I went with a light color to keep the boat a little cooler in the sun. Next task is to replace the transom boards. I bought some ACX 23/32 plywood, Thompsons Waterseal and some Titebond III for the edges. I can see the end of the...

I've been getting my boat ready for new paint and while priming I noticed there is a crack in the rub rail near the back of the boat. I guess I don't even really understand how this could crack could have happened in the first place. Do I need to get this welded or or can I just use JB Weld or...

So, had to take some time off of working on the boat cause the in-laws were in town... But I managed to get alot of work done this week. The previous owner(s) decided to drill about 20 holes in the sides of the boat so I filled them with some marine putty. To check for leaks I filled the boat...

I've used a dremel with a reinforced cut-off wheel, goes through aluminum like butter and very easy to get controlled clean cuts.

Actually I started looking around yesterday after posting that and I can't find any stainless ones. Guess I'd probably just go with a pair of standard stainless hinges on the top.

I don't know if it is really an issue or not but I would be leery of screwing into the end grain of plywood. In other projects I've used a full wrap piano hinge. Something like: https://www.hardwaresource.com/index.php?l=product_list&c=1330.

So I want to add removable floors in this thing. Seems simple enough but I'm afraid the panels will be bouncing around every time I hit a wave or slide if someone steps on the edge, but I want to be able to take them out of the boat to clean it (so no attaching them to the ribs). Does anyone...

So I got around to stripping off all the old paint. I don't know what the previous ower used to paint the thing, but paint stripper didn't seem to faze it at all. So I had to resort to a wire wheel on my corded drill. That worked fairly well but was taking forever so I made a trip to Harbor...

So I finally bought my first boat. Its a 1973 Lowe 14' V Bottom, came with a 1992 Mercury 8HP which is in pretty good shape (starts on the first pull). My plans are: 1. Take off all paint - going to bare metal cause its flaking everywhere 2. Wire brush the interior 3. Fix the leaks (leaking...