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This little number goes whooshing by during the Hilton july 4 fireworks in the delta.
Arneson(the engineer who invented the pool sweep)builds a bigger/badder one of these every couple of years....

Norm,your a hoot!Reminds me when as a youngster I built many stick airplanes.As soon as I got all the parts together and before papering,I would be found running around the house making "flying...

G'day Peter.Thanks for the information.That is exactly what I was curious about.
Again,glad to see you back and with all parts working.
Regards,Darryl

Slightly askew the topic,It is my experience that the squaredrive will outperform the rest when used for dry fitting.Where phillips and frearson may last a set or two,they soon become useless in dry...

Hey Olav,what's the latest on your project?I miss hearing from you. :D

A big thumbs up to ya Peter.
:cool: Can't imagine what you must have gone through.I'm glad you are comming out of this ok.

Would you mind saying more about how you rehab'd your thumb?
I'm...

Don,I like your style. ;) I too was about to "go with the flow" and gather up some marshmellows. :cool:

Yikes,at first that looked like a shot of my garage. ;)
Commmonnnn ED,where is pheonix? :eek:

A heat gun will be faster.But,if you don't have one a dryer is fine.

That is a beauty.I could become a sailor yey with something as salty as that.
Some how it looks like something Bruce Taylor would be willing to develop a new plan for"persuading" his Maggie. ;)

Apple wood makes the best smoke for pork ribs.Doc,where are you when we need you?

What Norm said!

A hearty agreement with Margo,that is an awsome site, and the writing is great.
Tried to sign on for updates but got lost in the AOL shuffel.
Darryl

Gotta go with jeff.If the mahog. is true chestnut red hond.mahog.I would use that.It is by far the most beautiful(and traditional)wood.It shows off gold leaf like no other.

Good going Kevin.She is a pretty lass and says alot for your skill and perserverance.
What's next for her?
Darryl

Dude your funny http://www.duhspot.com/users/smiley/s/contrib/geno/rofl.gif
I gotta admit that I was missing this old horse and thought he should be in the raceThe other horse is ahead but this one...

Nothing to it.This a fresh spill.Just sop it up and scrub with a little TSP.Let it dry and your ready to do whatever you want.Won't need treatment of any kind really.
Darryl

Good going Wayne.
Those 60 deg.days with sun shinning are sure great for getting outside again.We are having 55 to 60 deg.with a tad of north wind.Lots of sunshine is just the incentive to through...

Ed,Gatsby is fastened with Sil.Brnz.,so I have always used a forstener bit of the next largest bung size,No problem,as it gets right down to the screw where the next step is the usual rap on a...

I like nails for this application.Don't like "spreading" the endgrain of ply,which screws will do even if drilled properly.Ringnails have a good bite.Gooped with a little something from a tube they...

As usual,the tutorial is splendid.As good as any how to article...ought to be in an issue of WB.
By the way,where is the pointy end??? http://media5.hypernet.com/~dick/ubb/smile.gif

Barrell grip is what I use.I puzzled over which to buy for some time cause they aint cheap.After using both kinds at my buds boatshop(hangout),I made up my mind.

Two things swayed my choice to...

OK Joe,I think we have it this time. http://media5.hypernet.com/~dick/ubb/smile.gif
Darryl

Lets see if this works Joe.


Dang the picture was there.When I looked again I got a stop sign?????
Try Try again.
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Tried to look at your last pic.,but got the red X when I clicked to enlarge.This can be done,I believe,with some simple parts.Send me a pic. if you can.

I tried to compensate for some shrinkage by storing the teak for a year in our(SWMBO thinks I'm nuts and I agree)spare room.I installed the deck in august beliving the wood will be at it's narrowist...

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Margo,I admire your ability to maintain your sense of humor and perspective tive tive. http://media5.hypernet.com/~dick/ubb/biggrin.gif
Been there and lemme tell ya I'm sooo glad it's over.

Rick,I think that teak is one of the least likely woods to raise nasty splinters.
I planked our upper deck 8 yrs. ago with teak.Not one raised grain splinter from planks that are not vert.grain.
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Diver,can you post a drawing?
I can imagine a chain and sprocket at the rear wheel,with the small sprocket on the pipe that is driving the rudder.

Gatsby has a rack and pinion system driven by a 25'u jointed steel rod that gets its input from a chain and sprocket(two stations.
Never a problem in 35 yrs of running.Several of my neighbors are...

Dunno EB,aint never dun such a thing.
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Chris,a few years ago I helped my son in law build a log house in north west Montana.My old foggie memory tells me he cut and used alot of larch,especially for the carlins(sp).He also spoke about how...

Good going Norm.Posting that broken stick reminds us all this is not about perfection.

Some of the beautiful pieces of wood that ended up as kindling in our fireplace is testimony to that.
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gert,add penetrol for adheshion not for thinning.Thinning should be done with the mfgr.rec liquid.
I hope I did not mislead you.Penetrol adds hyde and flow.Thinning adjusts the leveling and...

Jeff,I have never measured penetrol.Since I taught myself to paint boats I have relied on the "feel" of the material as it drips from the stirring stick and drags along the surface I am painting.
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I just can't help myself.I get the vapors when I see a hunk of timber like that.I can smell that "fresh cut aroma"from that teeny tiney pile of sawdust way out here in foggy cal.
Darryl

VJ,my old fuddy duddy opinion http://media5.hypernet.com/~dick/ubb/smile.gif.Mind you it's a matter of opinion.
Don't know if the ply center will separate or not.My guess is that it will.
Don't let...

Thanks Donnwest.

Both of those surveyors should be unemployed.Value is a marketplace issue,not a "values" issue.

Yea,and post a pic.of your mug.Let's see if you needed that facemask. http://media5.hypernet.com/~dick/ubb/biggrin.gif
Darryl

Here Here Jeff.Havent heard much from you lately.Nice to have your splendid sense of balance displayed here again.

What JRS said.

Ed,are the planks comming out whole?

Beautiful!
what are the characteristics of the Haven?
Darryl

Wayne ,great pics.Looks like many years of finish comming off.Aren't those heat guns the cats pajamas http://media5.hypernet.com/~dick/ubb/smile.gif
Say more about comet for thse of us who putt...

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Brushing would be fine,and with your developing skills,I'll bet it will come out great.

Spray on several coats if you go that way,and you will achieve the thickness desired.

Ron,FYI.Our Gatsby has a cockpit deck that is built similar to what you describe.
The 4'x4'hatch is piano hinged.When opened,there are large gutters(1" deep/3/4" wide)with 3/4"copper drain tubes...

Greg,that is a riot.I did head for the hemlock but the dad gumed icon did nothing for me.Reminds me of a time when my youngest daughter was 14 yrs.and I would have given my boat for some hemlock....