240 Rebuild

[JimCt]

Absolutely Gorgeous!      

You set the bar pretty high... Being a lowly amateur, if my project looks half as good I'll be satisfied.  Never occurred to me to put rigging in the stringers;  they're certainly big enough.  Great idea!

 I know what you mean about night lighting for various lockers.  One suggestion; red lighting will preclude night-blindness if you have to look for something in the console locker.

[Mark Sr]

Jim, Do you have any other photos of the other 24'side in the last post.After all the work you guys are doing mine will never get off the trailer.

[JimCt]

Hi Mark!  That's the only picture I have.

Hope all is well with you and you've been able to get into your project.

[JimCt]

No sexy tasks done on her this weekend... just continuing to work my way around the deck cap/hull joint area replacing the bolt fasteners.  I'd post a picture but there's nothing much to see.  One thing I will say though, when all the fasteners are in and torqued down to (my) specs., this will be one stiff rig.

Next tasks will be to finish up the fairing work on deck and get a coat of Interlux Primekote on everything.  I am sick of looking at the deck area in it's present state so painting everything will be a good psychological boost.  After that I really have to complete the exterior transom in prep. for receiving the outdrive.

Will post exciting pictures when something exciting gets done.

[John Jones]

I know what you mean about night lighting for various lockers.  One suggestion; red lighting will preclude night-blindness if you have to look for something in the console locker.

LED Red Sidemarker lights for trailers make really nice compartment/console lights.  < $9 each, use 1/8 the power, 30 times the life, and waterproof.  

Check around.  Some have 3 LEDs and some 6 for the same price.  

http://www.iboats.com/LED_Red_Sidemarke ... _id.163282

[JimCt]

Great idea!

[LilRichard]

So Jim- did you also use 4200/5200 around the entire cap joint?  I need to do the same thing you are, and was wondering whether that would be in order.

[JimCt]

Will apply 5200 after all the fasteners are secured.  There was some sort of early 70's bedding material in there which has long since composted.  Have been raking this out as I go along.

[JimCt]

Since it was raining & thundering after work ( no mowing...   ) I was able to put in a good 4 hours of 220 sanding.  Marked all the places still needing a touch-up with filler but mostly the deck, coaming & foredeck are ready for a final sanding with 320 before the primer.  Have some sad news to report however. My old reliable blue Ryobi random orbital has made its last orbit.  I thought things were proceeding along slower and slower but the realization it was done came when I shut it down to change paper.  Instead of slowing down gracefully as is its habit, it came to a shrieking, screaming halt.  Instructions when I bought the tool were that fiberglass sanding was not very highly recommended.  They were right although I've gotten my money's worth with the countless orbits I've made with it.  Good tool & highly recommended.



R.I.P.
 :cry:

[aqua70]

Jim I am sorry to hear about your loss. I know the feeling. I burnt up my old reliable Black & Decker sander during our refurbishing project. The kids bought me it for Fathers Day 10 years ago!! It is tough but I think you will be able to move on with closure. AQUA 70

[JimCt]

Thank you for your kind words.  Shame it isn't worth it to re-bearing the sander.  What really surprises me is how my Milwaukee grinder has held up.  Gets hot as blazes and is always in a fog of glass dust but it just keeps ticking along.

[LilRichard]

So Jim are you going to bury it or cremate it?

 

[RickK]

I can't believe you guys are making such a big deal about a stupid sander :!:  :!:
Now I could agree with all the grief if it was your sawzall  

[JimCt]

Thing that bugs me about tossing the sander is that the only thing wrong with it is a $2 bearing... the upper one to be exact because I could feel it heat up. Try to find someone to repair it (good luck) for $40 or even $100 for that matter.

 Not so long ago I used to send drills, sanders, etc. off to a local repair shop to be fixed.  They came back to me perked-up for another 10 years of service complete with a new power cord!  Tools are as personal as undies to me.  You get to know them, what they'll do... what they won't do and how they feel.  Sort of like the repair service L.L. Bean offers for Bean boots; you get to keep your friendly broken-in boots but they're re-born with new treads.  I keep sending mine back every few years until I sense Bean's is about fed up with me.  Then I buy a new pair.

Things which used to be fixed when they failed: TV's, radios, shoes, socks (anyone know how to darn socks?), shirts, tools, furniture, stoves, refrigerators, dishwashers, cameras, clocks, watches, Sawzall's, and on and on.

No creamation.  Just a quiet graveside service.  Thank you for asking.

[John Jones]

Tools are as personal as undies to me.

Yep.
Only one of my 3 adult sons has figured that out.  The other two cannot understand why I get so pizzed about them abusing/losing my tools, especially power tools.  The one that understands is a Honda auto mechanic and has a Snap-On box and tool set that would put your average Sears store to shame.