Save-A-Boat - The Forum for Plastic Classic Rebuilds!

You can absolutly call in any order you want and still recieve the sale pricing. If you ship out of state there is no sales tax so you quickly make up the shipping costs. Well maybe not on chain. I live close by so I try to get there each year. I have learned not to go on the weekend. I try for Thur...

I have used Ipe for quite a number of boat projects. It is not that hard to work with. Good carbide blades will handle it pretty well. I did a whole deck for a client a couple of years ago and was all the while on the lookout for the straightest grained 16FT board in the lumber load. This was culled...

Could it be something for a dinghy that you may or may not have? I have no idea what it is, steve.

I have had very good results in home remodeling work minumising dust migration. Basically I try to set up a vacume in the work area. Not a vacume cleaner or shop vac but negative pressure where I am creating dust. This can be accomplished by setting up a big window fan and shutting all other doors a...

So what was the final tool of choice? You mentioned carbide blades but for what kind of saw? If it was a chain saw did you go through more than one chain? Did the entire boat fit on one truck load? Too bad you are all done. I saw a little dog house type shed made from an over turned bow section one ...

I had to remove some through hull fittings on a boat that had been installed with 5200. It proved to be very easy because they were bronze. All I had to do was heat them untill the 5200 got soft and they pulled right out. If theyhad been plastic I think the through hulls would have melted before the...

I have a friend who's lovely wife used to get him a Lee Valley gift certificate for Christmas each year. He has a beautiful set of Lee Valley planes. Might be a suggestion for Santa, Steve.

Tim, Just checking through the tool area of this site for the first time. For scratches and stuff on my face shield I use a buffing wheel and fine compound. You can polish out some pretty bad scratches in a short amount of time. It would definitly take away a bit of overspray, Steve.

It could be, that after years of sanding the wood has gotten thinner. That Typhoon teak starts out at a heavy 7/8". I had a boat that the combing boards had diminished to nearly 1/2" in places. At that point it would split pretty easy. A good practice is to always take the jib or genoa she...

Haven't any of you guys heard of glove coat? It is a creamy liquid you pour on your hands and then rub it in all the little nooks and cranies around your finger nails and cuticals. You then let it dry for a bit and go to work. when you are all done and you find your hands covered with all sorts of n...