Thread: What are you working on?

Tom can you deliver that trailer to my place?
It looks like a fifth wheel Bowler. Pretty stylin. The inside does not matter as long as the bones are solid..

Originally Posted by RezDog

I am a bit of a philistine when it comes to glues. My go to for epoxy type stuff is cold cure. I find the five minute stuff too rubbery for lack of better words. The cold cure seems to work nicer when dried and is still flexible enough for what I do. Works well on wood projects too.

Thanks, but, I still need a manufacturer/ brand name.
Thanks
~Richard
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Oh, this guy has big retirement plans for it. Steel frame with fiberglass over.
Interior looks like grandma's house.
Smells like it too!

Yes, a fifth-wheel. Of sorts!

Originally Posted by Geezer

Thanks, but, I still need a manufacturer/ brand name.
Thanks
~Richard
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I am using the Fiber-Tek.

Originally Posted by outback

I've used a clear, 1 hr., epoxy like Tom's. I believe mine was made by loc-tite.

I used it to adhere two layers of fiberglass to some cracked, ivory scales. Used it just like fiberglass resin.

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Wet um down, place the glass, squeegee out the air bubbles, dry, light sanding, trim the edges, pin um up..!!

Built in G-10, no more splitting.

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This is a set Mike T sent me, before he disappeared of the map.

Mike, I'm a bit taken aback by seeing those blades. You have really done a beautiful job.
But what is really cool about it is the how you used fiberglass... I've worked fiberglass a good bit, been working lately repairing hulls, some fiberglass mostly gelcoat, on the weekends for extra work.
You brought those to life for sure!
What are your thoughts on other fabrics besides glass?

Originally Posted by sharptonn

I have had luck on some blades with powdered Croox on a scrap of 800 crocus with WD to make a satin finish. Depends on the steel. It will also tone down a too-shiny blade sometimes.
Something to try. Sure is messy, though.

Try some Ballistol instead of WD-40 & use it on your strops also!

I do have to find some Ballistol!

[QUOTE=sharptonn;1840128]OH! A Lyman with a Lark! Top of the line!
Does it have the high and low screws coming out of the front cover?
Looks cool!

You betcha.!! All original, cept the spark plugs n gear oil.
Got the ol pressure tank , fuel tank, too. Runs like a top, shift linkage was all screwed up

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Originally Posted by sharptonn

OH! A Lyman with a Lark! Top of the line!
Does it have the high and low screws coming out of the front cover?
Looks cool!

You betcha.!! All original, cept the spark plugs n gear oil.
Got the ol pressure tank , fuel tank, too. Runs like a top, shift linkage was all screwed up

OH yeah! The 2-line pressure tank!
I had a little aluminum Feathercraft shaped just like that Lyman, but it was 12 foot.
Had one of the old Evinrudes with the screws...... A 40. Too big for the boat!
I would get the wife to drive it straight, full bore. I would go aft and turn that high speed screw! There we go!

Yep, set the high speed jet, first. Then idle down and set the low. Simple= reliable. Hey..!! Let's put a computer in it, a pile of sensors, and enough hoses n wires to make it look like its in a ICU . just so we don't have to turn them there screws no more. That 40 you had was the Super twin. Evinrudes biggest engine, of that time.