2022 what did you do today?

[Buggs]

Ouch Sorry for your loss. Thats a lot of labor and good food gone.

[Appalachian Hillbilly]

Looks like snake skin or trout stripe.

[Kirkll]

I put my salsa verde in half pint canning jars today, put in the hot water bath...and the bottoms of 3 of the 7 jars broke out dumping the contents in the water bath. That was about 40% of what I made down the drain.    I guess the salsa was too cold when I put it in the hot water. Anyway here's what I got in the end...

Aw man…. That makes me want to cry right there bro…. That will be missed this winter….   Kirk

[Longcruise]

I did an impeller job once.  You'd think it's so simple.  It ain't!   

[Pat B]

Put lots of marine grease on all those bolts. I was an Johnson/Evanrude outboard mechanic on Hilton Head, SC and learned to grease everything. We worked on Mercruisers too. I remember spending 8 hours with torch and wrenches just to take a gear case off on a 150hp outboard because no one bothered to grease the 6 bolts holding the gear case on.

[Kirkll]

I've done small outboard water pump impellers before, and they were pretty simple. Actually this Alpha 1 Gen 1 mercruiser wasn't too bad this time... I got smart when i first bought the boat a couple years ago and had a marine shop do the impeller the first time. I knew it had been many years since it had been done by the previous owner, and was concerned about getting it apart.

I had overheating issues when i first bought it when idling for too long. I couldn't use the main for trolling much at all without it getting hot. So i called the old boy and asked when he had last replaced the water pump impeller?
He said, "Oh you don't have to worry about changing those out. they last a long time...."   I'm thinking .Oh good...Lord knows how long its been since its been taken apart.... So..... i had the shop do it.....

It's had about 2-300 hours on it since then.

So this time everything broke loose with out using a bunch of penetratingly oil and breaker bars.  and i did Grease all the bolts. Nothing goes back together on this old boat without good marine grease if I ever want to get it apart again.    Kirk

[Kirkll]

Put lots of marine grease on all those bolts. I was an Johnson/Evanrude outboard mechanic on Hilton Head, SC and learned to grease everything. We worked on Mercruisers too. I remember spending 8 hours with torch and wrenches just to take a gear case off on a 150hp outboard because no one bothered to grease the 6 bolts holding the gear case on.

They got this stuff now called “PB Blaster” that is some damn good penetrating oil.
https://www.amazon.com/Blaster-16-PB-DS-Penetrating-Catalyst-delivery/dp/B07YFT9YRL/ref=sr_1_18?gclid=CjwKCAjwhNWZBhB_EiwAPzlhNq2MMbxy_3jT0xTRk2w_biS6MEgjm8TpYNlGiRVMTjrWvFQ2B5BNpxoC2hIQAvD_BwE&hvadid=616863300225&hvdev=t&hvlocphy=9032862&hvnetw=g&hvqmt=e&hvrand=15523126892590876817&hvtargid=kwd-384597451&hydadcr=24665_13611781&keywords=pb+blaster&qid=1664496797&qu=eyJxc2MiOiI0LjUyIiwicXNhIjoiMy43OCIsInFzcCI6IjMuODIifQ%3D%3D&sr=8-18. 

This stuff has saved me a couple times wrenching on this old boat. I had the steering mechanism lock up last year and it took 2 days to break it loose using this stuff and a hammer.     Kirk

[Buggs]

PB Blaster is good stuff   It's become automatic to do a penetrating squirt with crusty nuts.
I use it on just about everything, but some fasteners like exhaust get the ultimate penetrant;
                                           
                                  Ed's Red Bore Cleaner

1 part Dexron II, IIe or III ATF, GM Spec. D-20265 or later.

1 part Kerosene - deodorized, K1

1 part Aliphatic Mineral Spirits, Fed. Spec. TT-T-2981F, CAS #64741-49-9, or substitute "Stoddard Solvent", CAS #8052-41-3, or equivalent, (aka "Varsol")

1 part Acetone, CAS #67-64-1.

[Appalachian Hillbilly]

I have worked in Industrial maintenance for 30 years. PB Blaster is good....but the best penetrating fluid is Aerokroil. Name has been changed to simply Kroil.

It works where PB Blaster and others have failed. We stock the stuff  and it just plain works.

[Roy from Pa]

Hanging out at camp with a 90 pound camp lap dog. LOL

[Buggs]

You guys must love your critters!

[Bryan Adolphe]

I’ve been waiting for my restricted license for months after jumping through all the hoops with rcmp and paying the monies our government North of the border would sooner throw you in jail if you own a handgun here. 
Well I didn’t build these today but overtime I’m getting closer to the big day when I can finally glue something up. Lol cheers have a great day ! Kennys 58” FH

[Mad Max]

Will this be your very 1st glue up? if so

Make sure you do your dry runs and your washers are up high enough to keep the lams in.
And your fades on the riser need to be paper thin at the ends and no gaps on the dry run.
Everything is going to slide around with the epoxy on it.
Don't get in a hurry, you have plenty of time after the epoxy is on.

[garyschuler]

Nice work in the forms. I’m not a washer fan myself. I prefer the strapping tape method to get the lams down to the form. Have a small supply of shims in hand to help eliminate any small gaps at glue up in the fade-out areas. Should not be needed, but better to have some ready on hand rather than need a couple and not have them. Things show better once the glue starts to flow. !!!
 Good luck and I’m sure you have thought of everything. !!!

[Kirkll]

I gave up washers and other methods to keep my lams line up a long time ago.
I just drill 5/16” holes about 1” below the edge of the form and use zip ties… Much better IMO…. The steel washers work ok until you start using heat strips, but they don’t work at all with my battery charger heat strips…

Check out this little film clip I did on a unique form design.    Kirk

https://photos.app.goo.gl/Q1aJJWDpXxnUAvPh8

[Bryan Adolphe]

I gave up washers and other methods to keep my lams line up a long time ago.
I just drill 5/16” holes about 1” below the edge of the form and use zip ties… Much better IMO…. The steel washers work ok until you start using heat strips, but they don’t work at all with my battery charger heat strips…

Check out this little film clip I did on a unique form design.    Kirk

https://photos.app.goo.gl/Q1aJJWDpXxnUAvPh8

Thanks Kirk yes since I took these pictures I’ve actually drilled holes for zip ties it seems like a slick way of doing things and I do have tape and a few shims on hand if I need it. Bryan

[Crooked Stic]

I always pull the ties after about half pressure?

[onetone]

Likewise, I cut and pull the ties after some air in the hose.

[Mad Max]

If you use a steel pressure strip you can leave them on

[Kirkll]

You know something I did by mistake , was order the heavy duty zip ties and could barely get them through the holes in my form. But after using those heavy ties, they hold things a lot better than the thinner ones do. But I had to ream out the holes in my forms to 3/8” . I will buy the heavy ones again.   


I use stainless steel heat strips/pressure strips and leave them in the form with about 50-55# air pressure in the hose. I’ve actually laid up limbs with 25-30#s of pressure with no issues too. But That was an ooooops though…

I typically air up in two stages. 20-30 psi…. Wait about 30 seconds, then top it off. I got side tracked one day and never topped off the hose. So I laid the other one up at low poundage too, and it came out fine. I think high pressure is over rated myself. Consistency is the key. Hard to beat an air hose for that.


Kirk