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Harry Babb

Thanks for the compliments........ My "Toy Box" is really a "Machine Shop" by day and "Toy Box" by night..........so its not really my hobby/boat shop....its really my livelyhood I am really passionate about manufacturing and my profession and tend to get carried away applying my abilities and resou...

Harry Babb

Most recently I have been fabricating the exhaust parts for DeNada. With the Stainless steel pipe and shower head fabricated and the "Y" pipe complete its time to move on to the transom thru hull. Take a look.......... http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r289/chip51maker/IMG_2614.jpg [/img] http://i1...

Harry Babb

Some of you guys must be using chinese calculators

Bruce......how did you know??

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Harry

Harry Babb

1.5:1.......Shaft will turn .6666 times engine RPM
2:1..........Shaft will turn .5 times engine RPM

Example 2000 Engine RPM....1.5:1 gear....shaft will turn 1333 RPM

2000 Engine RPM....2:1 gear......shaft will turn 1000 RPM

Harry

Harry Babb

What I want to know is how you guys that are more youth deficient than myself can stay on top of maintaining these boats. There is always something that needs tending and some days I just can not deal with it. Its an age thing Kevin.......you just make every effort to do it right the first time the...

Harry Babb

I'll bet a dollar to a doughnut that the tachometer does not have a good ground. The same thing happened to me on one of my gas engines. A good test would be to make up a piece of wire with alligator clips on both ends.........hook one end to the tach ground and the other to a good known ground and ...

Harry Babb

We knew that, Mike ! ! !

Harry

Harry Babb

Husco
1972 ! ! ! Ha ! !

I had already been married a month when you were born.....

72 was a good year......

Harry

Harry Babb

I have been classified in many catagories during my life.....OLE FART being one of the more polite catagories........but no birthday until December.........

In three weeks Pat???? How old.......or might ask how many miles should I ask.......

Who else is on the birthday list?????

Harry

Harry Babb

Thanks guys
The guys here at the shop just informed me, just as you did, that the surfer is attached to the kite........

Guess I should crawl out of the bildge a little more often and see the daylight/smell the roses.

Harry

Harry Babb

Unless I missed something along the way...........LET GO! ! ! ! after the first bounce..............

Harry

Harry Babb

Happy Birthday Timmy.........

The guys are right.......where have you been???????

Wish you many more birthdays

Harry

Harry Babb

Not only gas fumes but bilge odors will be circulating through the cabin.

Even worse is the possibility of Carbon Monoxide

Might consider a CO detector........even after you get the "Smell" problem corrected..........Carbon Monoxide is oderless and deadly

Harry

Harry Babb

Jo Ann tells everybody that I cannot even change a faucet washer or wind my watch with out going to the shop at least once......I like your setup Capt Pat.......your already at the shop..........saves time and gas I don't understand how the average man can even begin to exist without a Welding machi...

Harry Babb

And there is something wrong with that Scot???? Ha Ha I have a bunch of slightly used stuff........that is if Jo Ann did not sell it in her last yard sale............including a 31 foot Bertram For that matter....God gave me a part of a brain that I have only used a time or two. Just remember "He wh...

Harry Babb

IMTS......International Manufacturing Trade Show...........starts September 8th.

Any of You machine shop guys going this year??????

I will be there Sept 11th PM and return to Alabama Sept 14th AM

Harry

Harry Babb

Looking good JP........

It'll be a while yet.....but I am looking forward to taking my GrandChildren fishing when DeNada finally splashes again.

Whatcha got there???? 60/70 pounder????

Harry

Harry Babb

Congratulations Kevin......Hard work and loyality always pay off....

Way to go

Harry

Harry Babb

Ouch Dick.........that hurts......glad that the damage was minor

Harry

Harry Babb

Hey Randall

I'm afraid that this a sign of democrats retaliating........they must have been reading our Political board.........next they will be confiscating our boats and guns......

I'm gonna go to the bank and withdraw both of my dollars before they get there too.

Harry

Harry Babb

Doug
Frying oysters and shrimp sounds good to me.........what will it take to lure you out of Pensacola and over to Fish River one afternoon/evening????

How about it Kelly......you ever leave Escambia county?????

I would love to have you guys come over to the "Boat House" one evening

Harry

Harry Babb

Doug On the news they said that the restruant employed about 50 people. Both engines are now sitting in DeNada aligned to the strut and the shaft log........exactly where I want them. Next step is to fabricate and install the exhaust then remove everything and paint before the final assembly. Gettin...

Harry Babb

Doug I just seen on our local news that the Oar House burned to the ground. Although they were closed for a private party you tried to take JP and I there for supper one night. JP........that was the place with a Thatch Roof Jo Ann and I rode over there about a month ago for supper....good food but ...

Harry Babb

Timmy

You're one funny guy.............STRIPERS.......STRIPPERS.........like Daffy Duck once said "Pronoun Problems"

Do you use the same bait for Stripers that you use for Strippers???

Harry

Harry Babb

TWO MONTHS! ! !..........that's like an eternity, Bob..........especially for people (like me) with little or no patience......Ha........ What about if we all chip in for a haul out.........can we get pics tomorrow????? (trying to be funny....) Ha Ha Your speed sound incredable to me........ain't no...

Harry Babb

Happy Fathers day to all of you dads..........my children (Now grown) have brought a lot of joy to my life...........now I am enjoying grandchildren.......life just keeps getting better Last year my son and I took DeNada out on a "Fathers Day" fishing trip. We missed this year.........there will be ...

Harry Babb

Hey Pat I am looking for a sander also.......I'm looking for one that will show up in the mornings for work......... Here at the shop I walk out on the floor and yell "I need a welder" ! ! ! Rod yells back "er" or "or" then he tells me that there are 4 of them in the corner.....just help your self H...

Harry Babb

Thanks guys

I'm off and running..........

Harry

Harry Babb

Can I use the same Epoxy resin and Biaxial glass on exhaust pipes that I used on the other glass work on my boat???

I need to take the 6" fiberglass tube, cut it and form a 90 and a 45 degree elbow.

Harry

Harry Babb

I have noticed over the past few days when I read a post then click "BACK" button my computer takes much longer to react than it should. Earlier today I got tired of waiting so I simply closed B31 and reopened it then it worked okay. The same thing happens on the computers at work as well as my lapt...

Harry Babb

Sounds great Dug...........I'm still "On the Hill" so your way ahead of me.

You must be pretty good natured to put up with all of our crap and keep smiling.........

You know its all in fun.......

Thanks for what you have done for us

Harry

Harry Babb

I understand that Monica will be voting Republican from now on.....

....the Democrats left a bad taste in her mouth......

Harry

Harry Babb

Looks a good bit different than when I seen it, Scot.

Glad to see that you are finding time to devote to your Bertram.

Mikey beat me to SPLASH........looks like I'd better get it in gear or you will be in the water before me too.........

Keep it going

Harry

Harry Babb

Ric I was also aware the Oxides form on the surface and reduce further oxidation. On I-65 there are 2 bridges that were built and the steel work never painted. I understand that the steel is Corten and is designed so that the surface rust prevents further oxidation BUT I have another concern about u...

Harry Babb

Looks really good John

Time to go enjoy the old girl.......

Harry

Harry Babb

Hot Damn Mikey.........You did it and you did it very well

I know that you are proud and by all rights you should be

Congrats

Harry

Harry Babb

Thanks for the input gentlemen!!! I never considered putting a PORT in the bulkhead........good idea ! ! I will probably leave the channels below the fuel tank open for water passage. Mike, I have never been Tuna fishing in DeNada but I think I can relate to fish smell after a fishing trip. You see,...

Harry Babb

Several years ago I replaced the bulkhead just forward of the engines. At that time I purposely glassed the bulkhead solid so that water could not pass thru and get below the cabin floor. I have now replaced the bulkhead aft of the engines and am considering blocking the drains that permit bildge wa...

Harry Babb

Pat
Your one of a kind.......thanks for sharing your work with us.......and you are one hellofa CRAFTSMAN.

Harry

Harry Babb

Last night the Mobile BGFC kicked off the Memorial Day Tournament. I happened to be at the Orange Beach Marina late in the afternoon. It was obvious that $5.00 fuel has not dampened anyones spirits and desire to GO BOATING ! ! ! !(BIG BOATS..the guys with DEEP POCKETS)........... The spirits were fl...

Harry Babb

Dick
I really glad that it all turned out good for you. All I have to say is that you must have very large BALLS............I'm only 56 years old and I don't think that I would try that.

As I read your story I could feel your pain.........bad situation to be in....

Glad you are Okay

Harry

Harry Babb

Personally I love the United States of America. With all of the things that seem wrong here in the US I still am proud to be an AMERICAN..........a FREE AMERICAN..........enjoying freedom and the lifestyle that I live everyday. Many thanks to the men and women who defend us daily and the ones who ha...

Harry Babb

I agree with Mike that the distance from the strut to the prop should not exceed the diameter of the shaft.........(Maximum distance) BUT.....I am of the opinion that if the prop is to close to the strut you can interfere with the water flow thru the cutlass. NOT GOOD The bigest thing that I have se...

Harry Babb

Bruce
I'm afraid I spoke to soon................I'm gonna pass on this opportunity but thanks for the offer.

Gonna spend the money on props and shafts for now.

Harry

Harry Babb

That's a very unique workpiece there Joe! ! ! ! Good looking job.......... As far as the rub rail...........If you cannot find "Just the right size" available for purchase you can cut out of a block of wood and shape EXACTLY what you want..........paint it and cap it with a stainless strip.........I...

Harry Babb

Bob I had seen the Centek drive adapters in several other applications and thought (and still do think) that they are the "Cats Ass" Just holding them in your hand you can move the splined section and tell that they will absorb a good bit of shock. My goal is to eleminate the idle speed "Clatter and...

Harry Babb

Bruce
I am interested
300 HP 6BTA's CPL 970

Harry Babb
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I decided start another thread about the ZF Drive plate...... Kinda felt like I had hijacked Thumbs Up At any rate attached are the pics of the drive plate that I intend to use to connect my Cummins engines to the ZF gears. Harry http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r289/chip51maker/IMG_2423.jpg [/img...

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Bob I will post a pic of the drive coupling that I intend to use later tonight. I built the mounts to install a pair of 800 HP MAN's in a Hatteras. The MANS came equiped with the type of drive that I am using.....it was smooth as silk. I never imagined that the drive coupling would perform like you ...

Harry Babb

Bob The adapters that you have???? What type of drive coupling was on the engines that used the adapters that you have??? I am using (I cannot remember the correct name) a drive coupling with rather large rubber shock pads instead of the spring loaded drive plate that came on the engines. The new co...

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