The other side is fine. Board is bowed like a bow and unusable, to stiff to straighten. about 2" by 4" by 7 feet, and very stiff. I am planning...
This requires a straight guide and longer than the piece to cut board. Watched some vids to give me ideas I first drew my cut line on both sides...
They are about 2 foot long and were used long ago in a wooden boat. They are in good condition. I already used one. The one I used is non...
It is made from wood. Now how about making a Superwood boat from this. Pest resistant likely mean worms wont eat it. This engineered wood product...
I found a very strong pine beam, has no deflection when people stand on it. IT seems like it has the strength of oak. It was a 4x6x8 but I have...
I reframed a lot of this 37 egg 25 years ago using PT wood framing ribs, cut to the same dimension as the OEM oak ribs. All the PT pine wood is...
https://photos.app.goo.gl/gMPnioASAk6TzoPp6 Right at the water line for about 12 inches, worms destroyed this. I saved this repair for last, and...
Another repair I am finishing up soon. I dug out an iron spike from the end of the inner stem, kept digging till solid wood was found. I crafted...
Check out this tight grain, board is in great shape. I put in a 5 foot African Mahogany replacement plank, and these held screws fine. I knew they...
Thinking a little bit more on the solid nylon cloth, save that for a new fabric boat top. I was thinking a stretchy material to aid in getting an...
This joins to a copper pipe that exits the wood transom. It is joined to a black poly pipe which joins to a fiberglass muffler. Not wanting to buy...
I need to put in some long screws. I know to predrill. But what size drill and how to tell from the screw? And, how about a steel screw to form...
Someone said don't do it, not the best idea. I was thinking If I did get some rod, JB weld the nuts on at the keel bottom and fill a few inches of...
[ATTACH] Noted sailing expert and electrical engineer Stan Honey discusses how to have perfect ground systems for AC, DC, RF, lightning, and...
Got hauled out by Travelift 2 weeks ago for bottom work and paint. The keel base is 4" wide flat and long, extending front to rear but about 3/4...
Here is the last one I fixed, a Rule 2000. The rubber seals failed, they wore out and let in bilge water. Cleaned it and painted the inside too....
Beginning to wonder if valves are stuck open. Engine is portside, so should be standard rotation. Distributor turns CCW, is that correct? And...
This is a NEW accelerator pump. The return spring is fine. I also stretched it a little longer, did not help. It is super tight feeling in the...
Engine around mid 1980 and has a quadrajet carb. The housing is large, includes flame arrester, There is this heavy duty bracket with a rubber...
In my old timber framed boat, the oak floors that sit on top the keel are pinned with long steel spikes to the keel. Those spikes are causing...
