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Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 9:06 pm
by DOUBLE R
Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2012 7:03 pm
by jefflaw35
pulled side windows. It was acually easy. I can see why they leak so bad. I was surprised to see no sealant on the 1 inch frame what so ever, just simple bonding tape between the window frame and the boat shell. Windows were a bit heavy at 25 lbs each! If I were to put these windows back in, wich I am NOT. I would urethane them and add sealant on the frame and inside seal.
Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2012 6:20 am
by trojanmanXS
your not putting them back ???? well then the you have about 100 stainless steel screws ? your RICH !!!! them things are like gold if you have to buy them. lol , I redid mine and installed only one, I left the other out to let in the air while I work down there .
Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2012 2:55 pm
by hmc
e bay
Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2012 6:01 pm
by jefflaw35
hmc wrote:e bay
HUH
what about E-Bay? I dont understand?
Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2012 6:13 pm
by larryeddington
Jeff I think he means might sell them on ebay
Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2012 6:16 pm
by jefflaw35
oh! YEA MAYBE, I think he found me some on ebay back when I was thinking of new ones, was thinking he might not know im closing holes in now! i was ust confuesd as usual. Gotta go, Posidon and Neptune are at my front door asking questions!!
Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2012 7:49 pm
by jefflaw35
trojanmanXS wrote:your not putting them back ???? well then the you have about 100 stainless steel screws ? your RICH !!!! them things are like gold if you have to buy them. lol , I redid mine and installed only one, I left the other out to let in the air while I work down there .
Sorry Tman!! I over looked your post. No mine are NOT going back in. Im going to close in the side holes as well. NO cabin windows at all. Just a hatch, good fan and good vent system. I have a box of stainless screws at the moment!
Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2012 6:36 pm
by jefflaw35
making the filler for the side windows, Any suggestions on how to layer the wood up to 1-1/4? Expoxy them togather, wood glue? nails with wood glue? Does it really matter how, if its just a filler and getting glassed over?
Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2012 10:53 am
by larryeddington
Jeff there is available much thicker plywood, however you would probably have to buy full sheets and that would be $$$$$$. I would laminate.
Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2012 9:31 pm
by jefflaw35
I was considering laminating. I found 1 inch sheet of hard ply but yes its pricey and still 1/4 short of what I need. Looks like $ any route I take. If I bu the ply I would need a sheet as these a long windows. 2 would fit just fine on a sheet.
Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2012 9:39 pm
by Torcan
jefflaw35 wrote:I was considering laminating. I found 1 inch sheet of hard ply but yes its pricey and still 1/4 short of what I need. Looks like $ any route I take. If I bu the ply I would need a sheet as these a long windows. 2 would fit just fine on a sheet.
Jeff
IMHO, bite the bullet and get the right thing. You have it apart, you have a plan. Why skimp at this point? Your only going to get one chance to do it, so do it right the first time. How many times have we looked back and said " I should have"?
Just my humble thoughts.
Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2012 9:44 pm
by jefflaw35
im studing laminating right now, maybe i jumped the gun on the last post. I dont know wood very well.... or laminating. larry confused me. but I did find a sheet of 1 inch wood
Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2012 9:46 pm
by Big D
Jeff, a few thin sheets laminated together are more structurally stable during temperature swings and stronger than one single thick sheet.
Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2012 9:53 pm
by larryeddington
my point
I got this....
It will last forever, no stickers to replace every few years will be nice.
