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Harry Babb

I'm glad to hear that you have found relief, Pete. Your persistence has paid off......It's hard to keep a good man down! ! !

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I have had the same problem with Velvet Drive Tranny's. In my experience the problem is the "Bellville Spring" that releases the forward clutch when transmission is in neutral......has lost some of its shape. It seems that most rebuilds consist of seals, seal rings, gaskets and clutch packs. I think...

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That's to sad Bob. The same thing happened in a small harbor here in Alabama several years ago.....to sad! !

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Stephan I am sure the performance would be very poor when the propeller is in the raw state. It would compare to having barnacles on the faces of a propeller blade and efficiency would suffer. Even when the propellers are "Cast" using sand molds (a very common practice) the props require a good bit ...

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Rawleigh In our industry the 3D printing is good for complex "One Off" parts or parts that are complex with tight deliveries.... where there is no time to make patterns and molds for the foundries. I'm pretty sure that the WAAM propeller was made just to show capability and then backup quality and p...

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Bob Lico.....this made me think of you! ! !

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I still believe in the SikiFlex. Since my post in 2007 I realize that the reason mine started leaking was due to poor installation.......the window was not properly supported. I believe there are 2 different types of SikiFlex....I cannot remember the number but use the one that is UV Ray resistant. ...

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Bruce Please count me in on this trip to Tropic Star. I realize that the Tropic Star has room for a limited number of guest. With that in mind......I would like to bring 2 or 3 of my family members if there is space after all of our Sandbox Playmates that intend to go have so staked their place in l...

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Happy New Year Ladies and Gentlemen! !

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Merry Christmas and a Happy and Prosperous New Year, Gentlemen! !

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Many years ago I had 2 similar experiences with stock plain jane engines. The first was a V-6 Buick engine. I improperly installed the distributor. Then simply rolled the engine over until #1 came up on the power stroke, looked at the rotor and called that #1.....installed the plug wires totally dis...

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John My opinion is that the location will be just fine. Mine are mounted on the bulkhead behind the engines and require opening the hatch's to turn them on or off....and you're right the hatch's are heavy. I once had a 244 Chaparral.....the battery switch was in the back exposed to all the blood gut...

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Happy Thanksgiving to you guys! ! ! For us, today will be with the Family.....Jo Ann and I with our Daughter and Son In Law and our Son and Daughter in Law who have collectively given us 5 grandchildren. Temps in the low 40's right now but expect to get up to the low 70's by lunch time on the Gazebo!!

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Stephan Wrote That is amazing to me. Reminds me of aircraft panels and faceplates for aircraft radios. That Aluminum looks thick! Did you run the wiring to in De Nada to a large terminal block and then bundle pigtails for the leads to each gauge? Also, how do you keep the tinted Lexan pieces from sl...

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Stephan wrote How did you do the lettering on the Hammerite? Stephan Having unlimited access to CNC Machines makes the lettering painless. The entire panel was drawn to size in AutoCad. After printing a full scale template and deciding that everything fit as I intended, we moved to the "Mill" and bo...

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Just a thought...... in the sun the Blue will get much hotter than the white.....may be it's heat related??

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Yannis asked....

Q: How many engines does this boat have? !!

Ha! ! ! ...... Judging from the number of gages....ummmmmm! ! ! ..... I'd say 12! ! !.....LOL! !

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I think I got it! ! !

Refer back to the original post at the beginning of this thread......I have copied new links....

Let me know if the Pics are visible or not please! !

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Stephan

I would like to take you up on your offer to post the pics for me...

I sent them to you via the email address posted on your B31 profile

thanks

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Uhmmmmmmm!! ! !

Please bear with me! ! ! ......I'll get it figured out! ! !

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Tony The pics were there for only a few hours after I made the post. The next morning Photobucket took them down because I did not have an account that allowed "Photo Sharing" I'm not willing to pay Photobuckets rates for Pic Sharing So, today I edited the original post....removing the links to the ...

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Okay.....I am trying "dropbox"........refer back to the first post on this thread to see the links

Please let me know if you guys can open the link to the pics.....I like embedded pics better but this is the best I can do so far! !

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Thanks guys.....Its actually feeling pretty good to think soon I will be back on the water! ! Scot....its not your Photobucket account....its mine. Lot's has changed since I was active here in the "Sandbox"....photobucket being one of the changes....it was once free. The basic structure is "Foam Boa...

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Off and on over the past couple of years I have been fiddling around trying to come up with an Instrument Panel Helm design that I liked. The first 4 attempt went into the "Burn Pile".....no big loss.... thanks to Luan and Hot Glue! ! The old original Bertram design was adequate but only functional ...

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My thoughts and prayers are with Pat's family and friends tonight. I happened to be fortunate to have met and known Pat for a few short years. My thoughts were with Patrick today as I was sanding glass and mixing resin! ! .... Don' t worry Pat.....she WILL float once again! ! ! Thanks for being my f...

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Vic was a very unique gentleman.......I certainly enjoyed his company! !

Happy Birthday Vic

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Capt Pat you are a true friend indeed! ! ! I happen to be one of the lucky ones to have met you in person. The first time we met I happened to be on a trip to Texas and you so graciously took your time to visit with me. From there a true friendship was born. After that we met several times at Rendez...

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A good replacement for the brass "Tee Bolts" is 1/4-20 Stainless SteelCarriage Bolts. They are inexpensive..... But to use them they must be modified by grinding the OD of the head down to a point even with the "Square" on 2 sides 180 degrees apart..... Then a slight amount off of the thickness of t...

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Congrats to you and your "Girl", Brew........and she still shines for you everyday! ! !

Nothing beats old world craftsmanship........built to last.....that goes for you and Comorant Princess! ! !

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Congrats to you Captain Pat for having such a good idea (developing this website) and implementing it so well.

16 years is testament of your success.

Good job and happy birthday to Berteram31.com

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Congrats on a save and sound trip Brew! !

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Reel.....eeeee nice John

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Frank it was a pleasure to meet you in person. Glad you came to the rendezvous.

Hope to have the opportunity to chat with you again some day.

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Bob Lico

I intend to send up sample of a Southern Cuisine........do you mind if I tag along on the grill Friday evening?

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John Your on the right track. If the Bellows are not cracked.....and you want to take the chance (not a bad option)......you can have a new flange made, cut off the old flange, and weld the new flange to the old Bellow assembly. I have done this several times for local boaters. Be sure to check the ...

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John What's leaking???......from the pic it appears that the flange has deteriorated and leaking exhaust. Is the Bellow cracked? You actually have several simple choices depending on what is really wrong with the pipe and how far you want to go with a repair. I guess the big thing now is to know if ...

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A little history here! ! I purchased DeNada in 2004. Not sure of the year but soon after becoming a 31 Bertram owner (was a fan for at least 30 years before that) I discovered http://www.bertram31.com and met our friend Captain Patrick McCrary. I chatted on the board for a while then one day I got a...

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Count me in for one Bob

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Steve..... I would shoot for 550 to 650 in gear

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I did have a good Fathers Day..... Any day with my clan is a good day.

Joe I hope you also enjoyed Fathers Day

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The Deep South is in........looking forward to seeing everyone again.

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Rawleigh wrote:Harry: Does this work on pipe as well as solid shafting?

Rawleigh

I have tried to straighten pipe with the torch method and have not had near the success as with solid shafting.

Also Bronze shafting does not respond very well to this method either

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Dang John..........that is my kind of humor, and I mean "My Kind of Humor"! ! ! ! I love it! ! ! !

I make fun of Smart Phones in a similar way.

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Thanks gentlemen.

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Can anyone recommend a good Decorative Chrome shop in the Alabama Florida Tennessee Texas area?

I remember talk from long time ago about a shop in South Florida.....but have lost the name and tele number.

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Say what?......not quite sure I understand

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9evQ3_vVq8

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