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เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 22 ธ.ค. 2015
Transom Gold Leaf Lettering: Before starting, Tools and Materials.
My 1950 Chris-Craft Sportsman needed a complete restore... including the name on the transom. So, I was able to accomplish that using gold leaf and a template method. The videos are presented in three sections, but this additional short video discusses the tools and materials needed.
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Transom Gold Leaf Lettering: Third, apply the Gold Leaf over the black. Five-Oh! reveal.
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My 1950 Chris-Craft Sportsman is in the process of a complete restore... including the new name on the transom, "Five-Oh!". Using gold leaf and a template method, I produced the videos in three sections. This, the 3rd and final, is the big reveal. Along the way, I discuss using a laser level for template alignment, spraying adhesive, applying the gold leaf foil and then, one coat of varnish ove...
Transom Gold Leaf Lettering: Second, apply the black Five-Oh "Drop-Shadow".
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My 1950 Chris-Craft Sportsman needed a complete restore... including the name on the transom, "Five-Oh". Using gold leaf and a template method, the videos are presented in three sections. This one is number 2, the application of black paint for the drop-shadow that will become the base for the gold foil and clear coat in video 3. The Drop-Shadow goes on first with the 3rd section after. That be...
Transom Gold Leaf Lettering: First, make the plan. Five-Oh! Design, layout, and mockup.
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My 1950 Chris-Craft Sportsman needed a complete restore... including the name on the transom. So, I was able to accomplish that using gold leaf and a template method. The videos are presented in three sections. This one is the overview and design of the new name "Five-Oh". Using Photoshop and Illustrator for design and then planning template stencils with the help of my local Fastsigns store, I...
Messing with Gold Leaf
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Learning how to do gold foil gilding, to create an awesome looking gold name on the Chris-Craft. When you are working on a 75-year-old boat with a 4-month-old Transom, you're going to have a lettering project to put the name on there. Paint or vinyl lettering doesn't hold a candle to gold leaf. If I could get a professional vinyl cut-out mask, in the font I need for my art, I thought I might be...
AutotuneBBA300
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Auto-tunning the controller... what is that? Well, to get the best accuracy and results, the controller needs to "learn" your heat load. Once the Controller experiences the heat up rate, and then the cool down, it will automatically set the variables in the PID settings to allow heat-up without overshoot. Looks complicated, but it is very easy!
Sportsman First Look
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The Christ-Craft Sportsman 18ft represents my biggest project to date. This Classic boat has an inboard flathead 6cyl Hercules engine and could cruise up to 35mph. Being a 1950 model, the Mahogany wood hull is in need of the ultimate overhaul, and I will attempt to honor that over the next winter months. This Video is a quick summary of my first look at it that eventually yielded the purchasing...
Classic Chris Craft Steering Gear Removal, Wheel, Throttle Linkage and Steering Gearbox
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This is one module of several that I will upload as the rehab of this 1950 Chris Craft Sportsman 18 proceeds. Before flipping the boat to work on the hull, some disassembly is required... including engine and running gear, wind screen and brightwork etcetera, but the item with the steepest learning curve turned out to be the steering system. I tried to do a detailed descriptive video of the iss...
AristoCraft Typhoon 12 Speed Run Around Ayers Island
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1956 restored AristoCraft Typhoon, going fast... two cameras. The prop pitch is not ideal and the Mark55 Mercury is wound up to the max. I picked a calm day to cruise out and around Ayers Island on Lake Conroe on a weekday to avoid traffic. Note the Head Cam is the GoPro 11 with the "horizon lock" activated. I was amazed at the smooth result.
AristoCraft Typhoon... operational finally!
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Not the first time in the water but the first fully operational video for the Typhoon 12. Restoration was a labor of love that took all of Covid season... Then, getting one of my engines which became my (low hours) '57 MK55, having replaced the white MK35a which would not idle.
Mk35a set timing w timing light
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How to time your classic Mercury engine, Mark30, Mark35a, Mark55, Mark58, with a timing light using an electric Drill
Auto-tune the BBA300 Temperature Controller
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HTS/Amptek BBA 300 temperature controller may be "tuned" for its heater application easily and automatically. This is an instructional video how to do that! The controller can observe the heat rise when on and the cooling rate when the heater is off. By adjusting the Proportional, Integral and Derivative functions, the controller can heat as rapidly as it can to temperature without overshooting.
Rejoin 03, Pilot Training Class 7407
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Reunion Pilots and Spouses, Class of 7407, Del Rio Texas, Laughlin AFB, UPT.
T38 Cross Country
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T-38 Flight from Del Rio, TX (Laughlin AFB) to Colorado Springs via Albuquerque (Kirtland AFB) Air force UPT (Undergraduate Pilot Training) Laughlin Air force Base, Del Rio Texas. Over flight of the Rocky Mountains from Farmington to Colorado Springs. Old clips via converted super 8 (Yashica) media from 1974. Originally created in the 1990s in Moviemaker and has been sitting on my computer for ...
That's bad a$$. Love it, now I'm having ideas.
You make it look easy.
Looks great!
Thank you for your service sir.
Easy on old girl ....It will bite.
Absolutely a beautiful piece of art on the water!
My father in law was the owner of aristocraft boats, Claude Turner . He Started the company after returning from the war. At one point was turning out the wood boats every 15 minutes on a production line. Seven days a week 24 hours a day. Transitioned to fiberglass in early 60's. Closed the doors in 1979 because he said with all the government regulations took the fun out of producing boats. He kept all the original patterns for the wood boats and one of his sons still builds the wood boat models in Dawsonville, Georgia. Has a museum with one model of boat that he produced
I ran a mark 55 e for years,even water skied off it ,bit slow getting up but very fun and reliable
reminded me of the old Yellow Jackets
SORRY FOLKS TRAMP WILL NEVER GO TO JAIL....he will blackmail us with the copies of the secrets
Beautiful. Love the green plexiglass windshield.
This really helped me. Thanks!
Thanks for sharing this! Just bought a used Bravo and we are looking for something to haul it. Can you share more about your mast supports?
OMFG rhat is one of the most gorgeous things that I have ever laid eyes on. Big new boats with 6 motors and 3000hp do not hold a candle to your ol girl. My hat is off to you sir. Best wishes from Brisbane Queensland Australia 🇦🇺. I have a 1968 aussie built swiftcraft 1500 with a 1978 johnson stinger 75hp, but she isn't as pretty.❤
And fuel burn was affordable, no 50 gallons per hour.
Do you have a video of replacing the slide coupling or a place to get a new slide coupling once you cut it off. I have a 57 sportsman that needs the same procedure but don't want to get after it with a grinder until I have the replacement parts. thanks
Brings back memories. I was in Class 79-03 in "C" flight (the Tweety Birds). Came back later as a T-37 IP and Class Commander. Did it, and saw it - probably hundreds of times. My class size was only 20, but when I was a Class Commander I think I had 74 or 76 students!
I too enjoyed the memories this brought back. I graduated with 73-04 at Moody AFB and spent the last eight years of my AF career flying T-38s at Williams and Randolph AFB.
I was in 75-02 at Laughlin..just a Biot behind you..What a great memory. Perfect background music..THANKS!
Good job. I was with the 86FTS in the T-38 10 years after your solo. Laughlin has changed quite a bit, the old 85th & 86th flight line buildings, the two-story 47th STURON buildings are all gone. Visited the base after 35 years in March 2023.
Cool boat. Classic. I like that tumblehome hull shape at the stern. Get's up quick, what maybe 28-30 MPH flat out with just you aboard? Thanks for showing the video.
Looks like back pain hahau
haha worlds slowest lift contender?:)
Looks like a great trailer for the Bravo! Thanks for thinking to add the special added segment of video...the tilt feature is excellent for boat launch.
Goes like a slingshot!
Beautiful boat Harry! Looks like a blast!
Very nice! I'm an avid youtuber myself...closing in on 50,000 subscribers...I love those gopros. I'm looking at a Torpedo 14 for sale up here. Beautiful playthings! Please put more Typhoon videos on! Thanks dandlinc.
nice,think they reopened the factory?
They did! Kind of a museum and factory go here... aristocraftboats.com/ You can actually purchase unfinished versions for a very reasonable price.
That’s one awesome classic runabout ..!
Runs well very nice boat, but idle on engine bit high at dock needs turn down bit.
Yes, you are exactly right. Although this engine has very low hours on it, it certainly did not want to idle enough to be able to move it into gear without stalling. Played with the idle mixture... got the timing perfect, carbs clean, fuel pump rebuilt, new plugs, and rebuilt magneto. The compression check was like new and consistent on all cylinders. I think I need to put a few hours on it before we adjusting and getting it to behave perfectly!
Awesome video. I am at the same point with my 16ft CC runabout. Very helpful suggestions. Thank you!
That's a neat vintage setup. I love the styling at the bow. The old Merc sets it off. P.S. The boathouse ain't too shabby either.
That was definitely first-person mid-century modern styling! The year after this one, Aristocraft with fins on the back. That was a little too much.
I had a 57 Yellow Jacket that had the same Motor and I restored the Mark 55 in the same color scheme if I didnt know better that was my motor . Spent three months restoring the motor I found the very last contact set and condenser NOS in the original package . I never restored a mag before spent over three weeks restoring the Mag on it. I put it all together and it would not start I I kept checking everything on it went through all new wires plugs carbs rebuilt and it would not start I talked to an old timer that raced these engines back in the 60s he said there has to be a timing mark on the pulley on the mag to line it up. I got a Magnifying glass and there was the mark it was so faint on the pulley re aligned it again on the faded mark and Bam she took off ! The boat went on the back burner and the engine got stored too many projects I knew if I didnt do somelthing with the Yellow Jacket it would end fire wood I donated it to a organization in Texas and it got restored and I sold them the restored Mark 55 I am so glad I donated it . I kept it covered but Nevada sun and weather is hard on wood even covered . They sent me a video o my engine on the back of the Yellow Jacket and it hauled ass they were really happy with it,. Never done one before made me feel really good and he got top place with my engine at the a boat show they really made me feel good
Very good
I had a Torpedo.14 with a 45 Merc on the back when I was around 17. I weighed nothing and the boat was close to nothing. Had a lot of fun with it. It would just plain JUMP out of the water when you hit it. The non-trip chin was good for sliding through corners, but the semi flat bottom would pound the daylights out of you in a chop.
Thanks for that comment. The torpedo 14 is probably better suited to my motor. I've got it overpowered, but it handles it well. I'm always surprised what 3/8 and 1/4 inch plywood can do when warped around in a geometric structure.
Verry nice!
Very cool boat- looks like tons 'o fun.
Very Nice ... Your boat is beautyfull a lot
Beautiful. th-cam.com/video/njiwfmzfies/w-d-xo.html
I remember seeing one of those about 30years ago.
Whereas mine is an original, you can still have one built for reasonable money! aristocraftboats.com/
Man that's a good looking boat. Mercury motors are always a favorite of mine. I would love to have something like that.
50s era Mercs are fun to mess with. And, the mid-century art deco look will never be equaled. Someone said that the new motors are more like appliances! The smell of 2 cycle oil is a plus too. I have a small collection of them including the original motor that came on the Aristocraft...the '56 two cylinder Mk25. Then a '52 super10 hurricane, 4 banger '54 Mk50, and mynewest motor a '59 Mk35a..
Just sold mine after 23 years, great boat ,mine also had the banjo steering wheel, only 6 that year had that. Mine was named after my daughter and the hydroplane race in Madison Ind. " Miss Madison " stiil got my Lauterbach, Mahogany Rush A5
The Rush is quite a departure! No wearing a captain's hat with a cigar! Amazing re the steering wheel. The history on mine was purchased through the Mariner's Museum, (Archival Collection) and they didn't reveal that bit of info. I had a miserable time removing the steering gear... if you haven't seen it. th-cam.com/video/W_c9YVZzPPE/w-d-xo.html
Thank for sharing, I'll keep an eye out for this boat next time I'm on lake Conroe.
What is the top speed? 40mph.....
Good guess! The old props are harder and harder to find I need a 14 or 15 pitch currently I'm running a 13 and the motor is wound all the way up. It's about 38mph. Should be able to get a little north of 45 with the right propeller setup. Thanks
Beautiful boat, so cool.
Believe it or not after all these years The descendants of the original manufacturer Atlanta Boat Works, building them from scratch. You can buy them assembled and not finished or completely finished. If you Google Aristocraft it'll come up.
Is the grill a functional air vent for a cool breeze under the dash?
@@htnowpro No... Totally 1950's midcentury deco
Nice boat!
We agree!
Thank you sir, I am going to be posting a lot of videos that detail all the rehabilitation. I took so many it's hard to wade through and put them in a logical order!
DAMMIT BOY!!! HARRY GOT THE NEED FOR SPEED!!!
Old school speed...
Congrats on the incredible boat, Harry!
C'mon up... I'll give you a ride 😉
Harry - Nice work! That is awesome!
fantastic explained thank you
I wouldn't build that storage area on top. It would cost more than the trailer, also be very time consuming to construct. And then you would have to pull the boat up, by sliding it on the carpet, instead of rollers. Rollers would be easier to pull it up on, also your going to be scraping the bottoms of the pontoons, and wearing out the carpet.