Forum: Recovered Threads
04-14-2022, 10:03 PM
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Forum: Recovered Threads
04-14-2022, 04:53 PM
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Forum: Recovered Threads
04-14-2022, 03:40 PM
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You wouldn't believe how nuts some of the Mako...
You wouldn't believe how nuts some of the Mako people can be. They buy a rotten 35-40 year old Mako and want nothing but OEM stuff on it... including cushions. At some point you just have to throw...
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Forum: Recovered Threads
04-14-2022, 08:07 AM
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Replies: 13
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Forum: Recovered Threads
04-13-2022, 09:52 PM
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Replies: 13
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Sea Craft hull emblems/placards
Does anyone know what style and size (length & width) the emblems or hull placards, as we call them in the Mako underworld, would be for a 1988 Sea Craft? I've got a guy that has contacted me to make...
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Forum: Repairs/Mods.
03-25-2008, 11:26 AM
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Replies: 11
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Re: paint products
All of these paint systems (Awlgrip, Imron, Signiture, etc) can be mixed with the Awlgrip particles and sprayed. The results when sprayed are incredible to say the least. I use a Devilbiss gravity...
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Forum: Repairs/Mods.
03-24-2008, 03:16 PM
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Replies: 149
Views: 13,200
Re: motor is here!
Excellent project. I don't know how I missed it! The deck lamination is top notch. Thanks for shareing.
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Forum: General
02-17-2008, 10:57 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 180
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Forum: Repairs/Mods.
01-04-2008, 01:05 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 207
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Forum: Repairs/Mods.
01-02-2008, 04:05 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 207
Re: Installing an armstrong bracket
They make nylon washers that you can use instead of the rubber washers. Double washer with a nylon washer against the aluminum and a stainless washer on top of that.
You might consider 3M 4000UV...
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Forum: Repairs/Mods.
09-06-2007, 03:33 PM
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Replies: 7
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Re: Sanding inside curves
That apparatus I made for the air file does very well. The air file also does not chew up nearly as much air as a DA sander does. It runs pretty well with a 60 gallon compressor. 80 gallons would be...
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Forum: Repairs/Mods.
07-07-2007, 10:46 AM
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Replies: 445
Views: 42,727
Re: Here We Go Again
I'll bet you had a hard time hijacking that ladder from Home Depot... :eek: :eek: :D :D /forum/images/graemlins/tongue.gif /forum/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
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Forum: Repairs/Mods.
07-07-2007, 12:59 AM
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Replies: 445
Views: 42,727
Re: Here We Go Again
Man that shop is f---in' man's paradise! I am green with envy. Glad to see you back on the boat project.
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Forum: Repairs/Mods.
05-09-2007, 01:48 AM
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Replies: 445
Views: 42,727
Re: Here We Go Again
I got a small taste of an afternoon in the life of Strick today. My girls went to Mouse World without me, so I got to come home from work and sand/grind fiberglass for 4 hours. What big fun. If I had...
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Forum: Repairs/Mods.
04-23-2007, 03:21 PM
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Replies: 445
Views: 42,727
Re: Here We Go Again
Looking good. You deffinitely have alot more free time on your hands than I do. The thought any further work on my project is enough to make me want to puke and mine is small potatoes compared to...
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Forum: Repairs/Mods.
04-05-2007, 11:03 AM
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Replies: 445
Views: 42,727
Re: Here We Go Again
At first sight, I thought it was a big azz Caddy or something like that. But looking closer, his tow rig actually looks like a pick-up truck (possibly Dodge) with a big animal vet's traveling...
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Forum: Repairs/Mods.
04-04-2007, 05:17 PM
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Replies: 445
Views: 42,727
Re: Here We Go Again
No. I hear much worse. The way she degrades me and my boat projects... Shameful. She hates boats and those who own them because they take men away from family time. What a crock.
I tried that....
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Forum: Repairs/Mods.
04-04-2007, 05:11 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 157
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Forum: Repairs/Mods.
04-02-2007, 07:11 PM
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Replies: 445
Views: 42,727
Re: Here We Go Again
I am nearing completion on one right now. 1 more weekend of glass work and its off to a paint shop. Then a month of rigging and she'll be functional.
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Forum: Repairs/Mods.
04-02-2007, 01:01 PM
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Replies: 445
Views: 42,727
Re: Here We Go Again
Looks great Strick. You are becoming a human hatch making machine. I made a hatch for the big Mako a few weeks back, its not easy work. You just knocked off a whole production of them! Strong.
The...
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Forum: Repairs/Mods.
03-27-2007, 12:10 PM
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Replies: 445
Views: 42,727
Re: Here We Go Again
If the California tree huggers just knew what you were doing over there... :eek: :eek:
Looking good! You are making some good progress.
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Forum: Repairs/Mods.
03-19-2007, 05:42 PM
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Replies: 445
Views: 42,727
Re: Here We Go Again
Keep chuggin' along Strick. I know the whooped feeling. I worked solid from 9am until 10pm yesterday. I only stopped once for a bottle of water. I lost 6 lbs during the day! Needless to say, I'm very...
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Forum: Repairs/Mods.
03-05-2007, 08:38 PM
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Replies: 19
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Re: Don Herman is a bad infuence!!
Here you go... http://www.classicmako.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=10363
BTW... You are not alone. I have a project boat (Mako 21) that is going on 4 years since project inception. I haven't...
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Forum: Repairs/Mods.
02-28-2007, 09:30 PM
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Replies: 445
Views: 42,727
Re: Here We Go Again
I saw a guy (Joker from the FS forum) taking a mold from the outside of a hull to make the inner liner sides when I visited his shop in Ft. Pierce about 3 years ago.
Very slick move... Its gonna...
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Forum: Repairs/Mods.
02-21-2007, 04:24 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 121
Re: Transom Repair - Core
I know the gap you are referring to... The small space between the edges of the core and the hull sides and bottom. I put down a nice bed of thickened resin (putty) before the core goes to place....
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