captin slows old outlaw Posted May 21, 2021 Author Share Posted May 21, 2021 the top half of the boat is pot riveted to the botom . the rubing strake cuvers it up. i will put some pic s up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonC Posted May 21, 2021 Share Posted May 21, 2021 17 minutes ago, captin slows old outlaw said: the top half of the boat is pot riveted to the botom . the rubing strake cuvers it up. i will put some pic s up Ah now it makes sense . Pop river guns come in the drivers tool kit on a Land Rover, along with a welding machine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick Posted May 22, 2021 Share Posted May 22, 2021 11 hours ago, JonC said: Pop river guns come in the drivers tool kit on a Land Rover, along with a welding machine I've been fiddled I never had those on mine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPSguru Posted May 22, 2021 Share Posted May 22, 2021 14 hours ago, captin slows old outlaw said: the top half of the boat is pot riveted to the botom . the rubing strake cuvers it up. i will put some pic s up If you cant get any wide flange pop rivets, then use pop rivet washers (cheap) to increase the surface area of the rivet. Fit the washers on both the top and bottom of the rivet. Geoff 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPSguru Posted May 22, 2021 Share Posted May 22, 2021 14 hours ago, JonC said: Ah now it makes sense . Pop river guns come in the drivers tool kit on a Land Rover, along with a welding machine On a Land Rover you should only use Monel pop rivets to stop electrolysis corrosion. suzook12 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captin slows old outlaw Posted May 22, 2021 Author Share Posted May 22, 2021 49 minutes ago, GPSguru said: If you cant get any wide flange pop rivets, then use pop rivet washers (cheap) to increase the surface area of the rivet. Fit the washers on both the top and bottom of the rivet. have don thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captin slows old outlaw Posted May 23, 2021 Author Share Posted May 23, 2021 bad day for woorking on the boat, so i have been sorting out my tolls ( manetanece ) i dont know what has hapend to my 10 mm sockets they have vanished? Geoff 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPSguru Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 (edited) On 5/21/2021 at 11:11 PM, captin slows old outlaw said: the rubing strake cuvers it up. i will put some pic s up Pete, fitting the rubbing strake is an arsehole of a job. The strake is usually stretched on, so if you just fix one end at the transom and then fit it around the boat it will be about a foot or more too short. I have fitted a few and the only way to do it is to soak the rubber strake in very hot water, then fix both ends at the transom (usually using the end cap tube fixings, but some are just screwed) and then stretch the strake over the bow, then just go around and make sure it is fitted Ok over the gunnel flange. Some of them have taken two of us to stretch it over the bow ! Edited May 23, 2021 by GPSguru Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captin slows old outlaw Posted May 24, 2021 Author Share Posted May 24, 2021 18 hours ago, GPSguru said: Pete, fitting the rubbing strake is an arsehole of a job. The strake is usually stretched on, so if you just fix one end at the transom and then fit it around the boat it will be about a foot or more too short. I have fitted a few and the only way to do it is to soak the rubber strake in very hot water, then fix both ends at the transom (usually using the end cap tube fixings, but some are just screwed) and then stretch the strake over the bow, then just go around and make sure it is fitted Ok over the gunnel flange. Some of them have taken two of us to stretch it over the bow ! thank you im putting the old one back on as it looks ok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPSguru Posted May 24, 2021 Share Posted May 24, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, captin slows old outlaw said: thank you im putting the old one back on as it looks ok You will definitely need to stretch over the bow. Best to warm it up with very hot water or a hair dryer. Edited May 24, 2021 by GPSguru Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted May 24, 2021 Share Posted May 24, 2021 45 minutes ago, GPSguru said: hot water of a hair dryer Is that a thing?? Never seen that in Waitrose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPSguru Posted May 24, 2021 Share Posted May 24, 2021 1 hour ago, Saintly Fish said: Is that a thing?? Never seen that in Waitrose. 🤣🤣 Thanks Geoff, I have corrected it now 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Saintly Fish and Geoff 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Posted May 24, 2021 Share Posted May 24, 2021 Just on the subject of rubbing strakes Ian, I could not get my rubberish strake around the almost square transom corners, I cut and mitred the corners and they look rubbish. I think that in the past I have seen some SS corner cover trims, but cannot seem to find them anywhere. Any thoughts please. Sorry Pete for crashing your thread, but it may also be of interest to you.Geoff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captin slows old outlaw Posted May 25, 2021 Author Share Posted May 25, 2021 13 hours ago, Geoff said: Just on the subject of rubbing strakes Ian, I could not get my rubberish strake around the almost square transom corners, I cut and mitred the corners and they look rubbish. I think that in the past I have seen some SS corner cover trims, but cannot seem to find them anywhere. Any thoughts please. Sorry Pete for crashing your thread, but it may also be of interest to you.Geoff. no thank you, all in formation is yousfull , even better when you take it in minde Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captin slows old outlaw Posted June 1, 2021 Author Share Posted June 1, 2021 well i have done some woork on the boat over the larst few weeks, but know i have put the feul tank, wires ect back onthe bedy. bonet whent on today air filter box and pipe woork, yook the plugs out and terend it over. no poblems so far. the back of the van looks empty know with a lote of bits back on the boat and van. the heat is not good for me and i have not been to well as of late. nuthing bad just worn out and felling crzz.hope fully get here to fire up on tuseday when i can get the petrol. then its m o t. Geoff, Saintly Fish, Maverick and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suzook12 Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 Good stuff Pete, hope you feel better soon 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captin slows old outlaw Posted June 15, 2021 Author Share Posted June 15, 2021 i tried to drill a paice ove s steal tube to day got my exsencive drill bits out colblt or something, yoused the punch, yep got a nice indent. tried the smallest drill bit fof a pilot hole, slow farst no joy there vso tried the next size up ges what not a a bit of difference, any idears on what to do next, all sergestions wellcome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 (edited) Drilling Stainless One thing to remember is the drill bit must be cutting or you will heat the steel and it will work harden then you have a much harder job to drill it. Edited June 16, 2021 by Maverick captin slows old outlaw 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suzook12 Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 Pete, as you are drilling a curved surface you will need a right small drill to get started, say 2.5/3mm Stay away from welds, as this has already hardened from the heat of the weld process Use good quality cobalt drills., Dormer are pretty good, and keep em sharp. You can maybe get away with cheaper drills as you go up the sizes, any chips etc tho, resharpen or replace Also use to find triggering the drill on and off helps Hope that helps mate captin slows old outlaw 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captin slows old outlaw Posted June 16, 2021 Author Share Posted June 16, 2021 14 hours ago, suzook12 said: Pete, as you are drilling a curved surface you will need a right small drill to get started, say 2.5/3mm Stay away from welds, as this has already hardened from the heat of the weld process Use good quality cobalt drills., Dormer are pretty good, and keep em sharp. You can maybe get away with cheaper drills as you go up the sizes, any chips etc tho, resharpen or replace Also use to find triggering the drill on and off helps Hope that helps mate this very helpfull thank you.i youse colbolt normally with a bit of wd 40, and i go through a lote of small bits as you segested. as i am replaceing bolts on the bedford. then thered cutting metrick (as it is easyer to get met bolts ect. in some placeses i can put a nut behind so i do not have to rethred suzook12 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captin slows old outlaw Posted June 16, 2021 Author Share Posted June 16, 2021 15 hours ago, Maverick said: Drilling Stainless One thing to remember is the drill bit must be cutting or you will heat the steel and it will work harden then you have a much harder job to drill it. thank you good advice as allways Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captin slows old outlaw Posted June 16, 2021 Author Share Posted June 16, 2021 i was waiting for some one to addvice me to put the bit the outher way up but he has not said anything? i must have gone out ove faver or he is to bisy suzook12 and Maverick 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suzook12 Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 38 minutes ago, captin slows old outlaw said: this very helpfull thank you.i youse colbolt normally with a bit of wd 40, and i go through a lote of small bits as you segested. as i am replaceing bolts on the bedford. then thered cutting metrick (as it is easyer to get met bolts ect. in some placeses i can put a nut behind so i do not have to rethred Yep, much easier to get these days..... I used to get around 4 holes in 3mm thick stainless to 1 cobalt 3.5 bit, as long as didn't lean on them too hard, in which case they snapped...... Got a rollicking for doing £60 worth of bits in a morning...... 🤣 captin slows old outlaw 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captin slows old outlaw Posted June 17, 2021 Author Share Posted June 17, 2021 On 6/16/2021 at 3:44 PM, suzook12 said: Yep, much easier to get these days..... I used to get around 4 holes in 3mm thick stainless to 1 cobalt 3.5 bit, as long as didn't lean on them too hard, in which case they snapped...... Got a rollicking for doing £60 worth of bits in a morning...... 🤣 your boss thought it was a bit much then he he. sorry could not helpmyself suzook12 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suzook12 Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 4 hours ago, captin slows old outlaw said: your boss thought it was a bit much then he he. sorry could not helpmyself Yep, he was a right jobbers worth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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