Recent content by jerseycat9

Well it's finished. The project got pit together side for a minute while I focused on some old truck projects. Finished up the wiring last weekend after I got frustrated and cut the original wire harness and fuse panels out and started over from scratch. I think it came out pretty good but I'll...

Hey man sorry I didn't reply. I don't have tinboats linked up to my email address :( I hope your project went well

Very nice woodworking you do there :D

Word of warning. I decided to just buy a box of stainless steel 18-8 #10 1-1/2 panhead screws for the flooring from Westmarine. I was there getting something else and they looked to be of decent quality so I said screw it and bought them due to convenience of not having to hunt them down...

The build so far looks great! I will keep an eye out for the finished results.

I personally feel that youre better off using a wood transom. You won't have the worry about stress cracks down the road on your welds etc if yous used aluminum.

Man I tell ya! As far as all the trades go I have worn many hats and have found Plumber and Machinist to be the best fits for my life but I've spent time in almost all of them trying to find what git me best. I was a plumber the first half of my working career and then I decided although the...

I didnt like how the first piece came out so I ripped it apart and started over. Spent some time researching on a few different ways to wrap it and settles on what I felt was best. By the second peice I was rocking and rolling. It went from just a basic carpet to vinyl project and has since...

Sorry for the delay guys and gals life got in the way of my refurb project. I ordered the vinyl and glue last night and I'm taking the week off for memorial day to knock it out and move on to my next project.

One of the transom caps came off when I had the boat shipped from Jersey to Georgia. I was going to just do one but I liked how well the first one came out so I decided to make a pair that way I didn't have one stainless and one cast aluminum. I'm a machinist by trade, manual and CNC but mostly...

I'm in the process of rebuilding a Tracker very close to yours so I'm definitely keeping an eye on your thread brother 👍

Do you plan on doing anything for sound dampening before you cover the framework? The first jon boat I decked I didn't bother and it drove me nuts until I ripped it apart and glued down pieces of gym matting between the ribs which made a world of difference on the noise.

I have almost all of the wood pulled up but I broke my sawzall blade and didn't have time to run out and grab more. There is not one screw anywhere that can be removed with the drill or screw driver but it's just the face that's rotted away so i cant just pry it up without twisting metal and...

Thanks! Sitting for all those years in the New England winters with all that moisture took its toll but this old tin boat means the world to me so she's gonna get the royal makeover. This time she should hold up well since I relocated her down here to Georgia with me. I'm just gonna have to be...

Oops forgot the pics.