Lost my mind
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Nice Fuzz, glad you were able to get it apart!!! Jeff
Re: Lost my mind
That's a "shaft tree"!
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Re: Lost my mind
Well done Fuzz. Tom
Restored Mirror Dinghy, Bought OD18 built by CL, Westlawn School of Yacht Design courses. LT US Navy 1970-1978
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Just curious. Why not build a shaft log by glasssing around a pvc pipe then leaving it there?
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That is a very good question. My problem was size. I am using a 2 inch shaft. The stuffing box is 3 inch ID. So I needed something that was bigger than two inch plus some a little clearance room. The closest I could come up with was 2 inch electrical that was 2 3/8 od. By the time I wrapped the pipe I was close to 2.5 inch. That let me have a 1/4 inch glass wall and be at 3 inch od. I would have loved to have found the right tube to have been able to leave it in there. The boat had a 1.5 inch shaft and all they did was install a piece of 2 inch pvc and then pore concrete around it.glossieblack wrote: ↑Wed Jan 12, 2022 7:47 pm Just curious. Why not build a shaft log by glasssing around a pvc pipe then leaving it there?
The root cause of all this and why I removed the old shaft log is the angle was so flat it forced the engine to be way too far forward. That worked for a work boat but not so good for a play boat.
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Makes sense to me. No way would I want the engine to far for'd.
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Been a while since my last post. I ended up doing the one thing I did not want to do and that is cut out the old main stringers. They were too narrow for the new engine. Cutting them out of this old girl was no fun at all.
I know I have talked about Zec grinding disks before but they are worth mentioning again. All I can say is if you want to really move some glass they are the answer! Compared to them your usual 40 grit flap disk is like hand sanding. Another handy thing for cutting glass is a thin cut off disk on a grinder. Does not work on wood but they will run right through straight glass. Needless to say a full face respirator is a must. You will look like Frosty when you use either one.
I know I have talked about Zec grinding disks before but they are worth mentioning again. All I can say is if you want to really move some glass they are the answer! Compared to them your usual 40 grit flap disk is like hand sanding. Another handy thing for cutting glass is a thin cut off disk on a grinder. Does not work on wood but they will run right through straight glass. Needless to say a full face respirator is a must. You will look like Frosty when you use either one.
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Re: Lost my mind
I thought Mother Nature gave you all the snow you need.
Looks pretty clean. Probably came that way?
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Got Covid; goin back to sleep
Looks pretty clean. Probably came that way?
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Got Covid; goin back to sleep
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