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Thread: Need Some Pointers Please

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    CVX20
    http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d1.../Sept06017.jpg
    OK this is what I started out with. This is my $600 CVX20 E-bay project jet. We drove 6 hours each way to get the nightrmare home to VA. This will be my second time restoring a boat. I put new stringers, seats, steering, gauges, engine and jack plate in my 16' Checkmate . Did everything but replace the transom but that was no way near the job this one is going to be. I think I can do it but the combonation of little time and money plus the fact I am working on it outdoors it's going to take a long time. Ducky has given me some pointers over on JustJetBoats and that's a big help. All the suggestions I can get are welcome so there you go and Thanks for Looking
    Fred

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    CVX20
    http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d1...ril2007139.jpg
    Still have a bunch of grinding to do, the stringer beds need prepping and the hull needs properly supported and checked with a straight edge before I can think about the new stringers. Now the question is this, what is the best way to bed the stringers in place. The Carlson is a full stringer boat with two 14' stringers. I have some West epoxy resin and 404 high density filler but I don't think I can afford to do the entire boat with it. Can you use the 404 filler with poly resin? I know if I start the boat with the epoxy I will need to stay with it for the entire job. Now I am thinking about just going with poly because it's not so expensive. How about vinylester resins? I'm told that they are a good go between that can be thickened with microbubbles like poly but is a much better resin than poly and not expensive like epoxy. :idea: Do I use a bedding compound like Dolphin lite or just use my thickened resin to hold the stringers in place before they are matted in? I have a plastic 454 mach up block that I am gonna use. I have my front motor plate, bell housung and oil pan bolted to it so that should really be a big help with the alignment of my stringers and keep me from installing them wrong. Thanks for looking!
    Fred in VA.

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    CVX20
    http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d1...ril2007132.jpg
    I figure it can also be used on the engine stand for routing, plumming and getting every thing sized up ahead of time while my engine is out for machine work.

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    CVX20
    http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d1...ril2007008.jpg
    This is my steering wheel, I don't know what it came from? maby 1970's AMC ? I don't know but I think it will be cool in the boat. It's made out of plastic and seainless so it should work out good.

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    CVX20
    http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d1...ril2007026.jpg
    Got the wheel test fitted, had to get a tapered steering extension and polished bezel so it would fit well and look OK. The old school Cragar SS center cap made a good horn button.

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    Steve 1
    Stay with a vinyl ester resin and you can make your own or buy bedding/fairing putties staying with the esters.
    The Epoxies are nice but again we tend to get “Oversold” on resin sometimes another advantage is you can adjust gel times for large laminations if you work alone.

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    CVX20
    http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d1...ril2007121.jpg
    http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d1...ril2007109.jpg
    Got the dash all finished and ready to wire. Wish I had used a nicer looking kind wood but it turned out OK for oak. Yep that's a 70 chevelle SS fender emblem and a corvette style engine start button. I thought putting the key switch out of site and using the engine start would be cool. Not going to run a GPS speed-o, don't want to get my feelings hurt

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    CVX20
    Stay with a vinyl ester resin and you can make your own or buy bedding/fairing putties staying with the esters.
    The Epoxies are nice but again we tend to get “Oversold” on resin sometimes another advantage is you can adjust gel times for large laminations if you work alone.
    Thanks for the pionter Steve, I'm kind-a new at all of this so I like the input.

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    CVX20
    http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d1...UNE2007010.jpg
    http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d1...UNE2007020.jpg
    Got the holes cut for the cleats and bow light and air vents. Man just look at the flake on the deck shine LOL LOL

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