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"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Mon, 30 Apr 2007 20:43:29 -0400, Harry Krause
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RCE wrote:
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Oooops, sorry charlie, guess I should have read your profile before I
asked about your valuable input. Not to worry, now that I have, I
won't be holding my breath.

What's a "profile"?

It's what you used to have before you started exercising.

ROTFL!!!!



I'll have you know it took many, many years to develop that "profile".

Hey, guess what? I woke up this morning with a mission in mind. Traded in
the F-350 PSD for a "trucklet".


RCE

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RCE wrote:
"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Mon, 30 Apr 2007 20:43:29 -0400, Harry Krause
wrote:

RCE wrote:
wrote in message
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. Oh by the way, chuck you farley, still waiting for
your valuable input here.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -
Oooops, sorry charlie, guess I should have read your profile before I
asked about your valuable input. Not to worry, now that I have, I
won't be holding my breath.
What's a "profile"?
It's what you used to have before you started exercising.
ROTFL!!!!



I'll have you know it took many, many years to develop that "profile".

Hey, guess what? I woke up this morning with a mission in mind. Traded in
the F-350 PSD for a "trucklet".


RCE



What did you get? Toyota?

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"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:

I happen to have in dry storage, 12 pieces of 3 inch thick, 24 inch
wide, mostly clear pine which would be perfect for that project.

You'd have to resaw the planks, but they would be perfect.

I'll let you have them cheap.
A bit of overkill there. 3" thick? Sheesh.

Hey - find a mill and have them resawed.


Uh, this "deck" is a bit of cover for the anchor rode at the bow. It's
about 18" long, and maybe 18" wide at its widest point. It's shaped like
a triangle and is two pieces of maybe 1/2" pine support by a little bit of
frame. It looks original to the boat, which is at least 50 years old, and
has been living in a shed for a long, long time. The planks in the hull
are in pretty good shape, no rot, no cracks. I'm just messing around with
it at the moment.


So, buy one board from Short Wave, cut off a 2 foot section, break out your
pen knife and whittle it into shape. Plus, you'd have enough wood left over
for 5 more spare decks.

Simple.

Eisboch

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On Mon, 30 Apr 2007 21:09:52 -0400, "RCE" wrote:


"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Mon, 30 Apr 2007 20:43:29 -0400, Harry Krause
wrote:

RCE wrote:
wrote in message
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. Oh by the way, chuck you farley, still waiting for
your valuable input here.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Oooops, sorry charlie, guess I should have read your profile before I
asked about your valuable input. Not to worry, now that I have, I
won't be holding my breath.

What's a "profile"?

It's what you used to have before you started exercising.

ROTFL!!!!

I'll have you know it took many, many years to develop that "profile".

Hey, guess what? I woke up this morning with a mission in mind. Traded in
the F-350 PSD for a "trucklet".

Oh no - not a Toyota!!

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RCE wrote:
"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:

I happen to have in dry storage, 12 pieces of 3 inch thick, 24 inch
wide, mostly clear pine which would be perfect for that project.

You'd have to resaw the planks, but they would be perfect.

I'll let you have them cheap.
A bit of overkill there. 3" thick? Sheesh.
Hey - find a mill and have them resawed.

Uh, this "deck" is a bit of cover for the anchor rode at the bow. It's
about 18" long, and maybe 18" wide at its widest point. It's shaped like
a triangle and is two pieces of maybe 1/2" pine support by a little bit of
frame. It looks original to the boat, which is at least 50 years old, and
has been living in a shed for a long, long time. The planks in the hull
are in pretty good shape, no rot, no cracks. I'm just messing around with
it at the moment.


So, buy one board from Short Wave, cut off a 2 foot section, break out your
pen knife and whittle it into shape. Plus, you'd have enough wood left over
for 5 more spare decks.

Simple.

Eisboch




I didn't get this far into my dotage by doing things the "Shortwave Way."

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"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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RCE wrote:
"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Mon, 30 Apr 2007 20:43:29 -0400, Harry Krause
wrote:

RCE wrote:
wrote in message
oups.com...
. Oh by the way, chuck you farley, still waiting for
your valuable input here.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -
Oooops, sorry charlie, guess I should have read your profile before I
asked about your valuable input. Not to worry, now that I have, I
won't be holding my breath.
What's a "profile"?
It's what you used to have before you started exercising.
ROTFL!!!!



I'll have you know it took many, many years to develop that "profile".

Hey, guess what? I woke up this morning with a mission in mind. Traded
in the F-350 PSD for a "trucklet".


RCE

What did you get? Toyota?

No, but I looked at them. They are nice, especially with the new, bigger
V8, but I decided it was still too much truck for my current needs.

I got a Ford Ranger 4x4 .... "Off Road - Level II" or something like that.
I wanted a 4x4 and the ability to tow smaller trailers. This one has the
tow package, tranny cooler and a heavier suspension giving the trucklet a
higher GVW. It's rated to tow 6000 lbs, which is all I need.

It was also over $12k less than the bigger Toyota.

It's fun to buy a new vehicle when they give "you" a check along with the
new car/truck.

Eisboch

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On Tue, 01 May 2007 01:07:58 GMT, "Calif Bill"
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"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Mon, 30 Apr 2007 14:36:51 -0400, Harry Krause
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...a seam-filling project.

It's been a long time since I have worked on a wood boat, so long that
even if I could remember what I used to fill seams and then paint them,
I'm sure it no longer would be available.

So, here's what we have...a seam between two planks on a deck. I want to
fill the seam with some sort of material that will dry to a fairly
smooth, sandable surface, be waterproof, and be paintable.

Plastic Wood? Anything better? I remember some "Petit" brand products
from 50 years ago, but I doubt they're still manufactured.

Well, it depends on how bad the seam is.

You could use bedding compound which is a fairing composite which I
used to use years ago - Interlux still makes a good compound - a
little pricey.

Or, you could use lead putty which I also don't know if they make
anymore with lead powder and linseed oil.

There is another way to make a bedding compound which I saw used on a
Towne Class sail boat a couple of years ago - fine ground calcium
carbonate and linseed oil - make a paste.

There are other options like chopped oakum and linseed oil - probably
the best through is a bedding compound.

How about a butyl rubber compound. Isn't that the stuff they used on the
decks of battleships?

Oh, how about flipping the thing over and using it as a mold for a
carbon fiber boat?

Neat idea.

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On Mon, 30 Apr 2007 21:33:09 -0400, "RCE" wrote:

I got a Ford Ranger 4x4 .... "Off Road - Level II" or something like that.

Whew...thought for minute there you might have gone rogue on me. :)

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On Mon, 30 Apr 2007 21:31:37 -0400, Harry Krause
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RCE wrote:
"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:

I happen to have in dry storage, 12 pieces of 3 inch thick, 24 inch
wide, mostly clear pine which would be perfect for that project.

You'd have to resaw the planks, but they would be perfect.

I'll let you have them cheap.
A bit of overkill there. 3" thick? Sheesh.
Hey - find a mill and have them resawed.

Uh, this "deck" is a bit of cover for the anchor rode at the bow. It's
about 18" long, and maybe 18" wide at its widest point. It's shaped like
a triangle and is two pieces of maybe 1/2" pine support by a little bit of
frame. It looks original to the boat, which is at least 50 years old, and
has been living in a shed for a long, long time. The planks in the hull
are in pretty good shape, no rot, no cracks. I'm just messing around with
it at the moment.

So, buy one board from Short Wave, cut off a 2 foot section, break out your
pen knife and whittle it into shape. Plus, you'd have enough wood left over
for 5 more spare decks.

Simple.

I didn't get this far into my dotage by doing things the "Shortwave Way."

Hey!!!

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"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Mon, 30 Apr 2007 21:33:09 -0400, "RCE" wrote:

I got a Ford Ranger 4x4 .... "Off Road - Level II" or something like
that.

Whew...thought for minute there you might have gone rogue on me. :)


I had to go check. It's called a "FX4 - Level II".
Sorta looks like a miniature version of the F-350.

Eisboch