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ukdiggerboy

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  1. heres a couple more of the lining and around the front frame all done over the weekend found the gunwales to the frame where it turns up and in and all over the place a right pain in the a--e . the roof collars are made by laminating three strips of ply glued and screwed together in a jig then removed after the glue set we took the screws out
  2. thanks Peter more done this weekend will post again after sunday Gary
  3. back from working away a lot and heres some more progress ? bloddy hard work and more than i thought lol anyone heard that before ? so new front frame and doors/windows in
  4. Im fitting out at the moment and let me say its not for the faint hearted doing it all my self im loving it but been going at it for nearly a year and im still probably 6 months off getting her in the water again will update my thread shortly good luck with your search Gary
  5. hi neil as long as it stops the worst of it i'll be happy, I'm not a fan of the pram cover either , im going to put a drip around the new deck boards to help the water into the channel,and ive seen that sound proofing but isnt it expensive lol. the sr3 is bolted direct to the hull might try putting rubber matting between the mounts but cant see that making much difference either. Was waiting for a mate who's a welder but cant wait forever need to get on so had a go meself ?.
  6. now for the rear deck, as you see all angle iron so im wanting to try and keep the bilge as dry as poss so ive done this with some channel
  7. its been a while, but i have been busy dodging the weather the engine and gearbox now stripped cleaned painted and rebuilt ready to go back in. while ive been doing that my dad has been making the new frame and windows for the front. before
  8. i would have thought the weir gates to the side were not open enough to take away excess water in upper pound ?
  9. was about to say the only difference is the dye and this time of year the anti waxing agent but can be happily mixed
  10. just ordered two of the same for mine was about to put up a link
  11. i was thinking the same light the blue touch paper and sit back and see what happens ?! lol
  12. was hoping MTB would poke his nose in lol would like his take on it although im not so sure!
  13. thanks for that alan as the boat has a sr3 in it i cant use a calorifier and as it had this brand new morcos in it i thought id use it , ive got a stove in there aswell and was thinking of an erberspasher to run three rads? not enough room for a calorifier because of the air ducting for the engine, also gives me a few different sources of heat and then the hot water comes from the gas ? Gary did wonder about the thermastatic thats why i said i think a straight forward mixer would be the way ahead
  14. I'm planning on using the new LPG boiler that came with the boat for the hot water and shower . The boiler is a Morco D 61B any sugestions as to the best shower to pair with it as in just mixer or will it run a thermostatic controller? Gary
  15. thats a lot for a boat that age and in need of an engine !!! if the block is cracked it will defo need a new engine
  16. heres a link to mine so far lol if it works http://www.canalworld.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=68909
  17. watch out for cracking on the grp and as mentioned earlier the hand rails that has to be the worst bit the water gets into the timber inserts through the cracks and swels the wood breaking open the fibre glass ? dont think an older boat with grp would take to much walking on the roof either hope all goes well let me know how you get on Gary
  18. the worst bit was the joints between the three sections i got them to shut together lovely its the profiles all over the place lol
  19. has anyone thought the marina had the young lads do the painting (looking at the bits missed and bear steel behind the annodes) and wouldnt know what they were looking at if it bit um ?
  20. Hi jenberi the cork was a help taking out the unevenness of the GRP along with using the steel strip all stuck with a marine mastic and yes magnetman an SR3 and i do really need a muck out in the shed lol its getting it monday evening
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