Recent content by EYDavis

Great tip. Found some good cutting wax. It's amazing how many different kinds of advice I got between 4 different hardware stores. One guy actually said WD-40, another Kerosene and soap. I found some on Amazon. Will start cutting again soon. Probably this week. Man, it's going to sound...

WAX! Awesome. Thanks for the tip. Maybe if I can make straight cuts I won't have to cover it all with carpet....see photo

Wow! What a boat! My DP is 1/4 inch. Getting a little interesting cutting it. I've got some angle to straight-finish some edges...pretty rough and jagged/crooked in places. I'm going to end up riveting in angle for fences just to make any more cuts (skil saw). It's second hand stuff from a...

moving slow but got some stuff done. It's a lot of stuff. I'm trying to figure out how to cut it and ended up grinding through it with a grinder blade for the skil saw. I may take some of the forum advice and flip around my usual carbide blade backwards, then shallow it out.... All I've done...

So how's this for random? Took a slightly torn hang up bag and recovered a Craigslist seat with it. The kid of stuff you come up with when the weather's bad...

Oh boy-- came into some 1/4" diamond plate aluminum. Anybody want to help me figure out how best to cut/bend it? I keep hearing jig for curves and backwards carbide tip on a rotary saw. Thinking aluminum angle/floor/rivets etc....but I may have overdone it. That said,I'd love to learn to...

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Thanks. I've got it. It's thick. Gonna be fun.

I have a chance to pick up 10 sheets of 4x4 used, in good shape, for $250. 1/8" and came up from a freezer floor. I've seen it. A little wave/bend but nothing bad. Is that a fair price? Thanks. I'm new to the forum and trying to get my act together.

So I've got this dented area of the back corner/transom area. This boat is not worth pursuing welding, etc. Any ideas about how I could cover it? thought about an exterior rod-rack, but am afraid it would bump on brush/loading, etc. I've thought about a corner of diamond plate riveted on...

Yeah, I'd never messed with rivets before, but drilling out rivets (among other things) to get the transom out made me confident to try some riveting inside for decking. I'm pretty impressed with the rustoleum brush-on. There's a hammer-finish that I used a little more of in the dark green...

Yeah, so I don't know if mine qualifies as a "process"....but I got the brush-on cans of rustoleum and ended up with silver, black. Ended up mixing up 2 separate cans with additional cans of rustoleum satin white and forest green. Those are the two colors. 1. Washed washed washed...

So I've made some progress. Outside paint done and transom replaced. Used oak. Gotta get that aluminum to fit over the new transom. I'll probably cover the gunwales in that camo duct tape. Paint is hammer-finish brush on rust oleum mixed with xylene and acetone, penetrol. I put down some...

Fair enough, but if I'm reading right, the right pwm would not only be more efficient, but also allow 24v in without frying it. And knock skills all day...I have no idea what I'm doing. Just trying to over clock a TM. Just thought this was a fun read. https://www.cfnet.net/tm/ I did think...

Wondering about this Pwm or maximizer...googled enough to get real intimidated. Ran into something about Chinese scooter controllers and all of a sudden I was in way deep. Thanks for the reassurance that its not totally batty. This pwm thing sounds interesting. What's a maximizer? --edit--...