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2lbperch

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  1. That is a great idea. I'm in Red Creek, "soccer country". That is a great team building task. The news was the news, we are not all racist. We're very close to nice fisheries though. When mine grow, I'll remember this team builder. Nice coach to do that, & dad.
  2. We had another kill today! Just a woodie, still a kill. Ripped siding off the barn to get inside.
  3. Nice, that looks like fun. If it only stunk like swamp water, it would be more fun yet!
  4. Those ears look bigger defying gravity. Can't get over him looking like a lap dog, but searching his *** off for something to do. I'm a fan of the Dutch.
  5. Wow, good news. Glad you had success getting it back in one piece.
  6. You can try the site "search tempest . com" That will bring up all the Craigslist ads for 1000 miles. Plug in the search words and the mileage to search. Good luck with recovery.
  7. What you are doing will work. Sanding on roving that coarse is tuff. Take a die grinder to the pinhole to open the top of it. Fill it and put your fabric over the holes. Those beams are also the floor support. You'll have to measure to be able to have a flat floor. If you build it that strong, the hull won't flex too much, but the floor height will be lower. You don't want a crooked or unsupported floor.
  8. You could use a small orbital or d/a sander. Looks like you have it close. Either way, round over the sharp edges if you make one. The paint you put on will pull away from it. Just knock it down with a few sanding strokes, be and look fine.
  9. If you can get it over the Canadian border, Noah's in Niagara Falls is where I get it. Shipping kills, but picking it up is cheap. They carry the east epoxy system also. It will outlive me though.
  10. Get it as close as you can to the bottom of the hull as you can. Fit it dry first. Get some 2×4's. Screw some scraps into the stringers and center beam where the wood is good. Don't go through the hull with the deck screws. Cut boards to length from the scraps to the transom so you need to pound them in with a 3lb. hammer. That will keep the transom tight to the glass while curing. Fill the little gap around the edge with thickened peanut butter stuff, take a plastic spoon and make it rounded to the transom and boat, that let's the mat or cloth lay nice without breaking the fibers bending them 90 degrees. Cure it, pop the boards out, cloth the transom to the sides and bottom. Fill the screw holes in the stringers with the extra if not replacing.
  11. You can use "core-cell". It's expensive, but very lite. You wrap it with cloth and epoxy. Some premium boats use this instead of wood.
  12. That's how it started with him as a pup. Took him ice fishing, brought my old carhartt for him to lay down on. That didn't last long at all. 1st fish and he was going to smell every hole on Sodus Bay. He has a whistle gps on his collar. If he's not all the way in woodchuck hole, I can look up his position on my phone. Learned the property lines fairly quickly when the truck would appear at his location like magic and he'd be on the rope for awhile. When the snow gets deep he can catch the squirrels running from the bird feeder. Real cool dog you have, looked it up a few nights ago.
  13. Should be fine. I'm sure you layered them randomly not paying attention to the weave direction, meaning the you have fibers going in multiple directions. You can always throw some mat on the outside and inside. Tap on it lightly with a hammer, if it is rigid, hammer will bounce right back. The Internet is varied opinions. Look how the builder built the boat and try to replicate that, but better.
  14. Get the good 3m brand with the exhale valve in it at lowes. I put a bandanna over that and try to keep that tucked into the tyvek suit. Try to find shade, got nice curing temperature this weekend. Watch for the blush or chalky looking stuff on the cured areas, that's from humidity and needs to be sanded off before the next coat.
  15. Ooohhhh yes. Get dimensions and buy replacements. Yes, give 3 coats of epoxy before you butter it in. That will seal it up. Put your time in, the boat will outlast your g kids. When you're retired, they will have memories on it & fight @ your funeral for it.
  16. Nice dude. Great you drove that distance to get him and you work that dog. You have the only lineage in the state I would assume. New territory. The perch hounds dad came from NC., his mom from WY. Keep an ottoman for that dog so it can look out the window. Don't let a guy who can't control your dog judge it anyway. Good job, glad Dutch had fun doing it. That name is great, reminds me of the movie, a classic to me. Late 80's I think. Nice dog. He could go run with The Frick anytime. Maybe mine could turn him on to fish schools? Way to go. I know a little about getting a dog to mind, mines 1/2 redbone-running walker, strong spirited. We need some Dutch beer koozies when he wins the contest next time. I'll buy one. Dog is awesome.
  17. Grind the glass off the top then. See what you have. Even the wood till it's good. If its good an 1/8 inch in, Then take a router with a round over bit to the sharp edges on the top so the new fabric lays nice over the top edges, do four layers with a 3 or 4 inch overlap. Drill some holes without going through the hull. The bottoms will be worst. If it's good, pour epoxy into the holes you drilled, and glass over.
  18. They buy you time if wood is not too far gone. The wood will still rot. The wood is only a fraction of the strength a stringer structure. More like a form or mold for the glass. You could form fabric around toilet paper tubes, done right, strong. Rotten wood is heavy. That is bad. You'll definitely keep the boat if you put in new stringers and floor frame. Drill a couple small holes in it and see what the wood looks like off the bit. If juice comes out, I'd be cutting. Sometimes it's just the back third. Then you need to figure out how water got in and fix that. You can drill holes all over and inject epoxy into them, about the same, timely and you will always wonder when the hull buckles 10 beers into that wake you didn't slow down for.
  19. What was it's belly full of TOAD? Nice fish. The ass pro would pay twice top dollar for it on the wall. There is hope for me yet. That one is a bit hoggy. They don't fish deep though, the hoggers'.
  20. Floating is fun. Sanding is not. Good luck getting it back together. See you on the water soon I hope.
  21. Yeah man. A trick with epoxy is to run a torch over the surface quickly just after laying. The bubbles pop.
  22. I would grind the bubbles out carefully and use filler. Get a good aluminum grover roller made for glossing. Gently stir the resin, keeps the bubbles to a minimum.
  23. You can just scuff the good sections with a red scotch brite pad or 220 sandpaper. If there are spider cracks all over, fabric and glass the bottom with the light surfboard fabric. Don't grind off all the gel. That is the waterproofing layer. Glass will absorb water and get soft, rotten.
  24. Rustoleum marine will be fine then. If you get a scratch in it and leave it in the water all summer, it will start to blister and peel.
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