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05-20-2013, 10:36 AM

Chip Chester replied to a thread Just fore the fun of it:) in Building / Repair

According to the Ikea website, these undercounter lights use the G4 halogen bulb indicated on the box, at 12V, 10W. So, no LED at this time. There...

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05-16-2013, 11:45 AM

Chip Chester replied to a thread Two boats rafted on one mooring in Tools / Materials / Techniques / Products

Can you get away with installing a "mini dock" between them? Constructed of standard dock stuff, but then each craft is tied off independently, and...

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05-13-2013, 12:05 PM

Chip Chester replied to a thread Keel wheel in Building / Repair

Harbor Freight has white plastic non-pneumatic 8" wheels I use on a heavily-loaded equipment cart with good success. Plus since there's "Harbor" in...

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05-13-2013, 07:34 AM

Chip Chester replied to a thread Suggestions for gunn'le repair in Building / Repair

To get glue into a crack, I've read (somewhere -- maybe WB) that using a shopvac or vac pump to suck it thru the crack works pretty well. In this...

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05-02-2013, 05:09 PM

Chip Chester replied to a thread Finally going to get a boat in People & Places

Very nice. Do you know what kind of shape the trailer is in? Bearings, lights, hold-downs, etc.? You want your first 7 hours of ownership to be...

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04-26-2013, 07:45 AM

Chip Chester replied to a thread Just fore the fun of it:) in Building / Repair

Honored, and humbled. I'm coming up on the one-year mark of following this mega-thread, which has provided, at the thumbs of our gracious host,...

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04-23-2013, 08:44 AM

Chip Chester replied to a thread A discovery in Misc. Boat Related

Did you try wet-sanding the cat? Sometimes you'll need to use an air-powered jitterbug/palm sander for the wet-sanding, but like all power tool use,...

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04-22-2013, 04:04 PM

Chip Chester replied to a thread Just fore the fun of it:) in Building / Repair

Our gracious host needs to man up and have a real contest. None of this "lemme Google that," or opening the hatch for smarty pants answers like:...

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04-21-2013, 05:58 PM

Chip Chester replied to a thread A marvelous tool discovered. in Building / Repair

Ahh, yes. I discovered the joys of the carbide blade scraper when dealing with the contact cement after removal of Nautilex (textured vinyl) on the...

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04-21-2013, 08:36 AM

Chip Chester replied to a thread Just fore the fun of it:) in Building / Repair

Answer A: 4112 mussels. Any more, and you wouldn't have taken the time to actually count them. And with the stakes being so high, I'm sure there's...

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