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Diamond Jim
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- Currently Viewing Topic: Refinish or replace washboards?
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I have another smaller Ridgid vac that’s used only with my Festool sander. Lashed to it is a relay, described... All in, another hundred or so. Works well.
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I liked my Fein until it needed a couple of very expensive repairs. It was replaced with a $100 Ridgid from HD. I’m happy with it.
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If this is the decor, maybe mirrors on the overhead would suit.
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My inner pedant compels me. In a house, the ceiling is overhead. On a boat, the ceiling is the inside surface of the hull above the waterline and what’s overhead is the overhead.
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There’s the perennial trade-off of weight vs. cost (or time). Of course, a pound at the masthead has higher value than a pound in the keel, and floorboards are toward the low end of that range. I’ve sometimes has SWAG estimates of how much a pound is worth to me. On a light, but not racing multihull, I had $50/lb. in the back of my head, and on a 4KSB, it’d be a lot less. What’s a rational value?
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For epoxy that’s been around a while, if it’s been exposed to cold temperatures, it might have crystallized which will cause it not to react. Give your can/jug a soak in a bucket of hot water to dissolve any crystals.
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You’ll probably need a number of blocks, for different contours.
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One way to make shaped sanding blocks: Put a sheet of coarse paper on the surface you want to sand, GRIT UP. Use it to shape a styrofoam block. Glue the paper to the foam.
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The people at the WoodenBoat Forum would also be interested and helpful in your project. There are also some competent people there. http://forum.woodenboat.com/
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Ocean Marine Fabricating in New Bedford
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There are rod ends that are all plastic. Don’t know if they’re strong enough.
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Is 6061 a good alloy for seawater use?
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]’m guessing that the dings have crushed the wood fiber a bit. You can restore it by steaming. Wet the wood and apply a household iron for a short while. Sand LIGHTLY. It’s easy to sand through the thin veneer in that stuff. I’d skip the epoxy undercoat on a cabin sole. It only adds labor and cost and makes repairing later dings more difficult.
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Kreg notching bit and template guides.