waynes world
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Re: The plant pot
What a day it has been. With the brew lady going away for the weekend with the girls and me not feeling to well with getting dizzy and faint etc , mite be blood pressure all to cock i dont know, and funny do`s with the diabetes, prob doing to much, then the castors buckling under the boat.......sat down now for an early night to watch a film if i can work out how to turn the bloody telly on.
But for that it is all going good.
Not sure ifi have mentioned but i am going to make the canvas canopy myself......oh yes i must of as the reason i mentioned that i had started to make the cradles to move the boat.
A very helpful Tim on here ( Sarabande ) helped me out to find a sewing machine for the job and i wish i could do something to pay back the hassle i caused him. That will be here next week so will show that then, it was a task in itself to pay for it as it is coming from down south and i thick when it comes to banks and online lark, i managed to block our online bank account so this morning i shot down to the bank to transfer money for it. The bank clerk started to try to help me with the mess i made. OMG i didnt have a clue so i said T will sort it when she gets home...yes another mess up lol.
So the boat is now moved
t took some faffing as well. I finished the second cradle during the week after work and today i braced it up to keep the both together.
As i was let down again by so called mates i got my old faithful block and tackles to pull the boat around. Infact it was a lot better than man handling it around. Nice smooth and steady.
First strap to a brick pillar
It was going slightly out on line so then i strapped the the car wheel to bring it more level.
But it still needed to be held back a bit so i strapped the transom to the workshop......the hitch came in handy again
Near there
I had to use the gate post to pull it back a bit so i have room around the bow but after an hour or so faffing with it as the castors are crap cheap stuff and two buckled and one shredded its rubber ( well i got sick of jacking and turning the castors and this was its last turn ) I had to keep jacking the corners up to turn the castors in the right direction to help them.
I tied some 4x2 timber under the cradles in case the castors fully give way then there would only be 10mm to fall.
I jacked it all up and sat the cradles on blocks so it sits solid.
So sat in its new spot so i can measure up etc for the canopy. Looking forward to making it really. good to learn a new thing
I have been busy with other areas now it has moved with this and that. I gave the rear bilges another few coats of primer/paint so now 3 coats in all so plenty there.
I used Jotun Vinyguard Silvergrey 88.
Now then when i remade the transom and stern area i didnt think enough of where the canopy will fix to so as i sat chilling for a moments break i thought on and decided to do this.
No big deal of a job and near done now. I used a sheet of GRP i made ages ago to bond in and fill.
Once i had tapered back the edges i scraped off the CSM from some of the Combo matt and then fill out more with combo as i have rum out of CSM sheet.
I still need to do the edges tomorrow the same way to get a good solid bond.
Looks rough but it will be fine once finished
Another small job was the Malaga 5 water heater which has been put in situ. Only small problem here is that the vent sits 170mm from the opening window and it should be 300mm in the fitting instructions. This window will not be used now and screwed shut for safety.
Now that i have finished out side i took some good side on the side and rear pics so i can have a go at putting together some ideas for the canopy.
What i am tempted to do is to extend the GRP top by around 150mm/6inch to give more cover for the captain and also fit a in a set of lights to light up the rear deck area.
Not a massive job but will need doing before i do the canopy.
What a day it has been. With the brew lady going away for the weekend with the girls and me not feeling to well with getting dizzy and faint etc , mite be blood pressure all to cock i dont know, and funny do`s with the diabetes, prob doing to much, then the castors buckling under the boat.......sat down now for an early night to watch a film if i can work out how to turn the bloody telly on.
But for that it is all going good.
Not sure ifi have mentioned but i am going to make the canvas canopy myself......oh yes i must of as the reason i mentioned that i had started to make the cradles to move the boat.
A very helpful Tim on here ( Sarabande ) helped me out to find a sewing machine for the job and i wish i could do something to pay back the hassle i caused him. That will be here next week so will show that then, it was a task in itself to pay for it as it is coming from down south and i thick when it comes to banks and online lark, i managed to block our online bank account so this morning i shot down to the bank to transfer money for it. The bank clerk started to try to help me with the mess i made. OMG i didnt have a clue so i said T will sort it when she gets home...yes another mess up lol.
So the boat is now moved
t took some faffing as well. I finished the second cradle during the week after work and today i braced it up to keep the both together.
As i was let down again by so called mates i got my old faithful block and tackles to pull the boat around. Infact it was a lot better than man handling it around. Nice smooth and steady.
First strap to a brick pillar
It was going slightly out on line so then i strapped the the car wheel to bring it more level.
But it still needed to be held back a bit so i strapped the transom to the workshop......the hitch came in handy again
Near there
I had to use the gate post to pull it back a bit so i have room around the bow but after an hour or so faffing with it as the castors are crap cheap stuff and two buckled and one shredded its rubber ( well i got sick of jacking and turning the castors and this was its last turn ) I had to keep jacking the corners up to turn the castors in the right direction to help them.
I tied some 4x2 timber under the cradles in case the castors fully give way then there would only be 10mm to fall.
I jacked it all up and sat the cradles on blocks so it sits solid.
So sat in its new spot so i can measure up etc for the canopy. Looking forward to making it really. good to learn a new thing
I have been busy with other areas now it has moved with this and that. I gave the rear bilges another few coats of primer/paint so now 3 coats in all so plenty there.
I used Jotun Vinyguard Silvergrey 88.
Now then when i remade the transom and stern area i didnt think enough of where the canopy will fix to so as i sat chilling for a moments break i thought on and decided to do this.
No big deal of a job and near done now. I used a sheet of GRP i made ages ago to bond in and fill.
Once i had tapered back the edges i scraped off the CSM from some of the Combo matt and then fill out more with combo as i have rum out of CSM sheet.
I still need to do the edges tomorrow the same way to get a good solid bond.
Looks rough but it will be fine once finished
Another small job was the Malaga 5 water heater which has been put in situ. Only small problem here is that the vent sits 170mm from the opening window and it should be 300mm in the fitting instructions. This window will not be used now and screwed shut for safety.
Now that i have finished out side i took some good side on the side and rear pics so i can have a go at putting together some ideas for the canopy.
What i am tempted to do is to extend the GRP top by around 150mm/6inch to give more cover for the captain and also fit a in a set of lights to light up the rear deck area.
Not a massive job but will need doing before i do the canopy.
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