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Finally going to make the plunge and buy an aluminum boat, but i am
confused. Our goal is to buy a boat that will last for many years to
come and also turn heads when on the water. The more i talk to
salesman the more BS i hear. What should i be looking for as far as
the quality of the welds, some look like art and some look like my son
who is 12 tried to weld for the first time. Does the apperance of the
weld matter? We are looking at a 200 Sea Runner Hewes Craft right now,
any comments would help at this point

Thanks

I own a Lund, and the company makes a big selling point of the fact that
their aluminum hulls are double riveted. Welding is not mentioned anywhere
in their literature, as far as I've noticed. I've been beating the crap
out
of the boat since 1999 and it's as tight as the day it was new.

www.lundboats.com

Thanks for the feedback
I appreciate your coment about rivetted boats but my wife said noway
to riveted boats, he dad had one and it always leaked. Infact you
should have seen the dirty looks she gave one of the salesman when he
was trying to sale us on a riveted boat. What would you look for or
like to see as far as welds?

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I have no idea what to look for with welds. Tell your wife that her dad
bought a ****ty boat, and she should not judge all riveted boats based on
her father's bad judgement and low budget. If she's such a shmexpert, maybe
she should be designing boats.- Hide quoted text -

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I would appreciate it if you didn't talk about her that way. You
don't know her.

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Finally going to make the plunge and buy an aluminum boat, but i am
confused. Our goal is to buy a boat that will last for many years to
come and also turn heads when on the water. The more i talk to
salesman the more BS i hear. What should i be looking for as far as
the quality of the welds, some look like art and some look like my son
who is 12 tried to weld for the first time. Does the apperance of the
weld matter? We are looking at a 200 Sea Runner Hewes Craft right now,
any comments would help at this point

Thanks

I own a Lund, and the company makes a big selling point of the fact that
their aluminum hulls are double riveted. Welding is not mentioned anywhere
in their literature, as far as I've noticed. I've been beating the crap
out
of the boat since 1999 and it's as tight as the day it was new.

www.lundboats.com

Thanks for the feedback
I appreciate your coment about rivetted boats but my wife said noway
to riveted boats, he dad had one and it always leaked. Infact you
should have seen the dirty looks she gave one of the salesman when he
was trying to sale us on a riveted boat. What would you look for or
like to see as far as welds?

================

I have no idea what to look for with welds. Tell your wife that her dad
bought a ****ty boat, and she should not judge all riveted boats based on
her father's bad judgement and low budget. If she's such a shmexpert, maybe
she should be designing boats.- Hide quoted text -

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I would appreciate it if you didn't talk about her that way. *You
don't know her.- Hide quoted text -

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That's just Joe, don't worry about it. Anyway, if I were looking at a
welded boat, knowing as little as I do, one thing I would look for is
consistancy. As I would with any fastenings. It is not an end all, but
it will tell you a lot about the manufacturer... Remember in the old
days a car had marbles rolling aound on the seams.. I would look for
consistant seams and fastenings...

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Finally going to make the plunge and buy an aluminum boat, but i am
confused. Our goal is to buy a boat that will last for many years to
come and also turn heads when on the water. The more i talk to
salesman the more BS i hear. What should i be looking for as far as
the quality of the welds, some look like art and some look like my son
who is 12 tried to weld for the first time. Does the apperance of the
weld matter? We are looking at a 200 Sea Runner Hewes Craft right now,
any comments would help at this point

Thanks

I own a Lund, and the company makes a big selling point of the fact that
their aluminum hulls are double riveted. Welding is not mentioned
anywhere
in their literature, as far as I've noticed. I've been beating the crap
out
of the boat since 1999 and it's as tight as the day it was new.

www.lundboats.com

Thanks for the feedback
I appreciate your coment about rivetted boats but my wife said noway
to riveted boats, he dad had one and it always leaked. Infact you
should have seen the dirty looks she gave one of the salesman when he
was trying to sale us on a riveted boat. What would you look for or
like to see as far as welds?

================

I have no idea what to look for with welds. Tell your wife that her dad
bought a ****ty boat, and she should not judge all riveted boats based on
her father's bad judgement and low budget. If she's such a shmexpert,
maybe
she should be designing boats.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I would appreciate it if you didn't talk about her that way. You
don't know her.

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I don't know her, but based on the information you provided, I know
something ABOUT her. Here's an example of what I know about her: She thinks
a handmade pastry from a fancy bakery is identical to a frozen Sara Lee
pastry with the same name, like "tiramisu".

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Finally going to make the plunge and buy an aluminum boat, but i am
confused. Our goal is to buy a boat that will last for many years to
come and also turn heads when on the water. The more i talk to
salesman the more BS i hear. What should i be looking for as far as
the quality of the welds, some look like art and some look like my
son
who is 12 tried to weld for the first time. Does the apperance of the
weld matter? We are looking at a 200 Sea Runner Hewes Craft right
now,
any comments would help at this point

Thanks

I own a Lund, and the company makes a big selling point of the fact
that
their aluminum hulls are double riveted. Welding is not mentioned
anywhere
in their literature, as far as I've noticed. I've been beating the crap
out
of the boat since 1999 and it's as tight as the day it was new.

www.lundboats.com

Thanks for the feedback
I appreciate your coment about rivetted boats but my wife said noway
to riveted boats, he dad had one and it always leaked. Infact you
should have seen the dirty looks she gave one of the salesman when he
was trying to sale us on a riveted boat. What would you look for or
like to see as far as welds?

================

I have no idea what to look for with welds. Tell your wife that her dad
bought a ****ty boat, and she should not judge all riveted boats based on
her father's bad judgement and low budget. If she's such a shmexpert,
maybe
she should be designing boats.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I would appreciate it if you didn't talk about her that way. You
don't know her.

==================


I don't know her, but based on the information you provided, I know
something ABOUT her. Here's an example of what I know about her: She
thinks a handmade pastry from a fancy bakery is identical to a frozen Sara
Lee pastry with the same name, like "tiramisu".


Maybe her dad bought a Lund and the rivets leaked. You know nothing about
her or the boat her dad bought. Except that the boat had leaking rivets.

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Finally going to make the plunge and buy an aluminum boat, but i am
confused. Our goal is to buy a boat that will last for many years to
come and also turn heads when on the water. The more i talk to
salesman the more BS i hear. What should i be looking for as far as
the quality of the welds, some look like art and some look like my
son
who is 12 tried to weld for the first time. Does the apperance of
the
weld matter? We are looking at a 200 Sea Runner Hewes Craft right
now,
any comments would help at this point

Thanks

I own a Lund, and the company makes a big selling point of the fact
that
their aluminum hulls are double riveted. Welding is not mentioned
anywhere
in their literature, as far as I've noticed. I've been beating the
crap
out
of the boat since 1999 and it's as tight as the day it was new.

www.lundboats.com

Thanks for the feedback
I appreciate your coment about rivetted boats but my wife said noway
to riveted boats, he dad had one and it always leaked. Infact you
should have seen the dirty looks she gave one of the salesman when he
was trying to sale us on a riveted boat. What would you look for or
like to see as far as welds?

================

I have no idea what to look for with welds. Tell your wife that her dad
bought a ****ty boat, and she should not judge all riveted boats based
on
her father's bad judgement and low budget. If she's such a shmexpert,
maybe
she should be designing boats.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I would appreciate it if you didn't talk about her that way. You
don't know her.

==================


I don't know her, but based on the information you provided, I know
something ABOUT her. Here's an example of what I know about her: She
thinks a handmade pastry from a fancy bakery is identical to a frozen
Sara Lee pastry with the same name, like "tiramisu".


Maybe her dad bought a Lund and the rivets leaked. You know nothing about
her or the boat her dad bought. Except that the boat had leaking rivets.


You are correct. The leaky boat could've been a Lund. But, that doesn't
change the absolute perfection of my analogy. His wife thinks all things
within a given category are identical. Hopefully, that doesn't extend to
men.

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Finally going to make the plunge and buy an aluminum boat, but i am
confused. Our goal is to buy a boat that will last for many years to
come and also turn heads when on the water. The more i talk to
salesman the more BS i hear. What should i be looking for as far as
the quality of the welds, some look like art and some look like my
son
who is 12 tried to weld for the first time. Does the apperance of
the
weld matter? We are looking at a 200 Sea Runner Hewes Craft right
now,
any comments would help at this point

Thanks

I own a Lund, and the company makes a big selling point of the fact
that
their aluminum hulls are double riveted. Welding is not mentioned
anywhere
in their literature, as far as I've noticed. I've been beating the
crap
out
of the boat since 1999 and it's as tight as the day it was new.

www.lundboats.com

Thanks for the feedback
I appreciate your coment about rivetted boats but my wife said noway
to riveted boats, he dad had one and it always leaked. Infact you
should have seen the dirty looks she gave one of the salesman when he
was trying to sale us on a riveted boat. What would you look for or
like to see as far as welds?

================

I have no idea what to look for with welds. Tell your wife that her dad
bought a ****ty boat, and she should not judge all riveted boats based
on
her father's bad judgement and low budget. If she's such a shmexpert,
maybe
she should be designing boats.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I would appreciate it if you didn't talk about her that way. You
don't know her.

==================


I don't know her, but based on the information you provided, I know
something ABOUT her. Here's an example of what I know about her: She
thinks a handmade pastry from a fancy bakery is identical to a frozen
Sara Lee pastry with the same name, like "tiramisu".


Maybe her dad bought a Lund and the rivets leaked. You know nothing about
her or the boat her dad bought. Except that the boat had leaking rivets.


You are correct. The leaky boat could've been a Lund. But, that doesn't
change the absolute perfection of my analogy. His wife thinks all things
within a given category are identical. Hopefully, that doesn't extend to
men.


I sure wouldn't want to put a splotch on that perfect image of yourself,
but you might just consider a little apology.
--
John H

Quoting Kanter AKA bedroom Joe
I don't know her, but based on the information you provided, I know
something ABOUT her. Here's an example of what I know about her: She
thinks a handmade pastry from a fancy bakery is identical to a frozen
Sara Lee pastry with the same name, like "tiramisu".

Speaking of food Doug; how's that strict chicken and rice diet workin for
ya?

On Jan 13, 9:57*am, wrote:
On Sun, 13 Jan 2008 09:25:14 -0500, "Jim" wrote:

Quoting Kanter AKA bedroom Joe
I don't know her, but based on the information you provided, I know
something ABOUT her. Here's an example of what I know about her: She
thinks a handmade pastry from a fancy bakery is identical to a frozen
Sara Lee pastry with the same name, like "tiramisu".

Speaking of food Doug; how's that strict chicken and rice diet workin for
ya?

He says it tastes just like Crow.

Sheryl?? Ewwewwwww.....

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On Sun, 13 Jan 2008 09:25:14 -0500, "Jim" wrote:


Quoting Kanter AKA bedroom Joe
I don't know her, but based on the information you provided, I know
something ABOUT her. Here's an example of what I know about her: She
thinks a handmade pastry from a fancy bakery is identical to a frozen
Sara Lee pastry with the same name, like "tiramisu".

Speaking of food Doug; how's that strict chicken and rice diet workin for
ya?


He says it tastes just like Crow.


Speaking of crow....a pork shoulder put on a hot Weber for a half hour on
each side and then put in a crock pot for 8 or 9 hours is fantastic!
--
John H

I'm in the structural steel business and so I have a lot to learn about
aluminum, however, many years ago, during a slow period, we fabricated quite
a few aluminum freeway road signs. They were the great big ones with a truss
spanning the freeway and multiple pipe columns with zig zag pipes welded
everywhere. At that time, the big problem with aluminum was that the heat of
the welding process caused it to lose about 50% of the strength it had
acquired from being heat treated at the rolling mill. This strength could be
replaced by reinforcing all of the welds with extra material or by re-heat
treating the finished product. The heat treating temperatures are much lower
than are required for steel, but the process still requires a furnace large
enough to hold the finished product.

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On Sun, 13 Jan 2008 09:25:14 -0500, "Jim" wrote:


Quoting Kanter AKA bedroom Joe
I don't know her, but based on the information you provided, I know
something ABOUT her. Here's an example of what I know about her: She
thinks a handmade pastry from a fancy bakery is identical to a frozen
Sara Lee pastry with the same name, like "tiramisu".

Speaking of food Doug; how's that strict chicken and rice diet workin for
ya?


He says it tastes just like Crow.