the new bits just before the tig welding.....

installed ......

and no crack.....



no twist either....




I started removing the decals on the boat aswell.....

that's going to take a few nights after work to remove them all



Kingy

Thankfully..... 99% of the stickers have been removed, slow going and fiddly as heck



So with the sticker removal fairly well over n done with I figured I better have a crack at the crack, remember that crack that started this thread..... well I haven't got back to finishing off the outer hull damage so.....

I took my time here with a razor sharp chisel and gently picked away the paint to expose what was underneath the area around the crack...

me thinks some-one has been here before....

definitely filler in there under the glass

definitely parts of the glass have been cut away by over sanding

Significantly those two things are adjacent to the crack (dark line)



mmmmmmmm

close-up of the area just beneath the beam connection

NB hull is upside down in the pic



yup its been "fixed" before



now here's the interesting bit......
I decided to do the same thing to the other hull, carefully chisel away the paint......

no glass mat at all, just some minor filling around the bean connection area......
the good news -> no sign of any stress

After the exploration scraping, I took to the 2 hulls with the sander/polisher (120grit paper) and took the area around the scraped section away a bit more
I cut some 230gsm mat to suit and glassed it in place....

NB:
I didn't disturb the glass that was already in place on the damaged hull for the simple reason, it aint broke and where it is has been fixed from the inside. more on that later...

the hulls ready for glassing....



didn't bother with a pic of the mat glassed in but you'll get the idea in a minute

the undamaged hull....



sorry about the focus thingy...

ok.....

I've had a couple message me asking when I was going to cut the damaged section away from the outer hull....

from the discussion I gather they would have cut a 2" wide band out from the area of the crack and resin in a new undamaged band, makes sense, NOT !!!
here's why.....
at the moment I have ONE crack, its been repaired from the inside (doubler plate and stiffner plate with cloth and resin where it wasn't placed before)
The outer hull has ONE crack ....... why compound the problem by doubling the number of "joins", at the moment I have ONE join and if I took to the hull and routered out a band of any width and then glue in a band then I've effectively added a new join to the number I have now.

My other argument with this is a simple one, tell me how much of the ply is damaged either side of the crack ?????
1mm .... 3mm ..... 8mm .... 12mm ????? 25mm
I don't know and I physically have it in front of me, therefore, how can I justify the width of a band that would be suitable to "cut in"

lets for example say 3mm either side of the crack has "damaged" the ply....
so I need a band that's 6mm wide..... really .... is that worth it

[insert shaking head smiley]




the crack..... it was repaired ages ago.... now it just needs something like the missus does.... bit of make-up

bit of make-up slapped on

After the initial sanding back with the long board...



NB:
long board - that's what I call it, basically its a car panel beaters sander, and its ideal for this type of repair, I have an air one aswell but prefer the hand one ....
google long board sander for pics if your unsure of what one looks like

closer-up shot of the cracked hull...

can just make out the resin mat underneath

undamaged hull, again the resin mat I placed on this hull is just visible



I'll add a finer layer of filler in the next few days just to fill the few dips and hollows I have left, its too cold for resin work at the moment.... 8degrees....
god I hate winter.....

now................................. where's the bloody rum

Kingy

interesting little challenge at work at the moment....

customer:
put a roof on this please, and I want it to act as a cover when its in storage and as a shade when we are putin around





step one make an outer ring to support the canvas roof....
all alloy welding (tig)



why do I always get these "oddball" jobs



originally this old girl was an Australian lifesavers surf rescue boat, she's well past her prime and well and truly in the over-weight class



I've got ~1/2 a days work left on her before she heads off to the canvas shop for the new lid....

and......


its that time of the year again


every year I do my bit for charity, a 2 week bash through outback Australia, supporting Cystic Fibrosis.
I've done several years as a competitor and for the last few as an official for the event, I also do quite a bit of the photography for the event too


My original car (General Lee 01) was sold on and I built 05, based on PeterBrocks Bathurst VH commodore.....
05 became C5 when I was promoted to an official position, the brocky commodore was sold on and I now drive a VS statesman (supercharged ofcourse )
older pics are here (01, 05, and C5)
http://www.thegreatescape.org.au/#

crossing the finishing line a couple of years ago at Cains this was a 12,000K trip for me



follow us here : https://www.facebook.com/pages/Cystic-Fibrosis-Great-Escape-Car-Rally/338415656688

&


yeah its fun
guess why .... pmsl !!!


support vehicle being escorted by a competitor

only in Australia do we by minimal amounts of beer



so.... I have to prep the car over the next 2 weeks and that means I need some shed space, Jurassic karp will go on the back burner until I get back (and recover )

I'll drop a couple more pics of the surf-boat later on but for now.....
better start makin room in the shed for the transformation from street car to rally car


Kingy


wow.... 4190 views ...... & my 100th post

tig work completed...











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and the upholstery man has waved his wand ....
and
the sticker dude has stuck it too













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anyone crusing along the Murray river over the next 2 weeks ..... keep an eye out...
and say gidday to Captain Pugwash for me

the boys sent me a pic of them relaxing on the Murray River




oh well ............
A week to go and I'm out of here.....
2 weeks cruzin the east coast of Aust

Hey pirate. You gonna be ready for the season?
Starts soon!

I'll be close but most likely to miss the first few....

well the rally is over......
the car has been sorted our after its run....

I've rested up

and done a runner interstate for a funeral, basically I've been to every state except Western Australia in the last month, all by car & averaging ~750K's per day



so today I figured I better get back into it so just to make life interesting out came the long board and the sanding began


port hull:
shows the filler I added to the warped area after it had been blocked back