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Hope the health improves soon. My GP likes telling I'm prediabetic and forgetting I'm steroids for an auto immune condition. The wife's diabetic specialist said its impossible to take a blood sugar reading on steroids; like trying to count sparrows on a hedge. Keep moving about. Cholesterol is a problem, the frothy sherbet can add to it but things like family history etc can hide for years. At least it was caught before it got a tight grip on you. I have been on immune suppressants for almost ten years and was nearly off them till I had a relapse last year. I came off them a week back to have a hip replacement last Wednesday. That was cancelled as I picked up a tummy bug. Afraid I'd risk a cough on the operating table 😄. But I decided I wont be going back on them as they mess with the liver and blood count, made me anemic too. Not a lot of energy when anemic so you have my sympathy. Nothing worse than wanting to progress something and being puffed out. Anyway keep the spirits up, it can only get better. Mind yourself.

I've recently purchased a partially submerged (fresh water) 4108. I've ordered several parts, but not a mechanic. A well seasoned captain at the marina convinced me to try the perkins instead of replacing with a modern with electronic components (that fail in marine conditions) He offered to point and explain whenever I completed each task. Wish me luck.

Greetings from Croatia 🙂🍻👍Excellent boat, can you tell me if it is intended for rivers only or can it also go to sea? I'm interested in how you would sail in the Mediterranean here? I really like it, I have room for a family of four? 🍻🙂

Great video, very indepth. 👍

Just bought the Rage 5S table sae and I am so glad that I did, that extra £100 makes a difference. The pull out table/sled is great.

Furniture box tubing might be suitable for the end of the side screen. Its not a structrural point, so not a great strength needed. But where furniture grade box steel wins is its lighter gauge or wall thickness. It could give you that extra couple of millimeter to get wiring through with a bit more ease.They also tend to be near seamless inside. The bog standard shop steel can have quite a rib along one inner side, ripe for rubbing a wires insulation over time from vibration. Its a bit dearer than the standard but its also avalable in a chrome finish, which might match the roof uprights, but not the black frame.

I certainly wouldn’t mind longer videos 😊

Looks great !

That gunk might have peeled off as you expected it to if you had been able to take it off soon after fitting the windows. But best laid plans of mice & men. I've had it happen with a two pack sealant which was out of date. I got it free so I took the chance, but I either didnt mix it properly or it had reacted to being over heated in the car boot. It was a special fuel resistant stuff. It was a horrible job to remove, as the pong from it gave you a headache even outdoors. Masking tape left on too long is another horror. But its looking well, I just hope the solvent dosent affect the new paint. I'd run down and throw myself of the jetty if it did. Knowing my luck the tide would be out. 😄

That looks well; or 'Very tasty nice' as a country lad I used to work with would say. Suggestion for the vent you put on the bulkhead. If you get some plain net curtain material or even a kids tiddler net and put it behind the vent to stop flys and miges finding their way in. I used to be baffled at the amount of midges I;d find in my mobile home when I would arrive for the weekend. Being by a lake there was a ready suppily without my own personal collection. The wall vents were open to the outside and the buggers would set up shop. So I covered all the vents with net and mostly midge free after.

The vinyl master at work !

I'd photograph the inside of the drive when you eventually get the top off, see what shape the oil is in. As a mechanic in a past life and working in aviation pre retiring; I'd nearly go to Ladbrooks and place a bet the top didnt come off. Most lads would be ashamed to turn out a renovation and not replace the screws; and who ever is supervisor has no shame. They desereve naming and shaming. Nothing to say the drive will work. Should have provided you with a test cert. If they are specialists they should have test beds and function tested it. Espicially for £1500.

Enjoyed the video as always ❤

I always thought a Hack was a cough sweet! I usually use iso alchaol 98% for cleaning the residue of silicone off. Acetone would do as well. The sealing the tip is hit and miss, as you say it depends on the age of the tube. I've picked them up and looked at the date an they were passed their shelf life. Most places dont check. Grinding and cutting disks need to be checked. They have a do not use after date on the inner ring. You need to look for it. The resins thet hold the disc together loose their strength quickly after the date the manufacturer states, They can shatter in spectacular fashon, as happened in the workshop one day. Result; a three day cutting and grinding course. Like watching paint dry. The roof has a good depth of wood core.

Looking good. Those struts look a 3 wheetabix job for sure. Possibly if you just put a small cross cut for the heater loom, just big enough to let the connector through ; it might help hide most of the hole the wire goes through. In effect closing itself

Looking forward to the endresult !

It looks very smart and excellent work on your part. I'm guessing the Spradling Hitch vinyl doesn't have an option of a foam backing already applied to the vinyl ? It occurred to me it would save a lot of time not having to cut and glue the foam separately.

Looks great. A lot of hard work gone in to it and a nice blend ot colour contrast. Not sure if I'd prefere the old spoked wheel over the newer one. With a fresh lick of varnish it might work well. They're not cheap those old wheels, As an option; pop a clock face into it and onto the wall in the man cave.

Wow, must be much better than original !!

Looks very good !

Well done. Aluminium can just disappear infront of your eyes when you heat it. Gloop, gone. I often used to help our workshop welder preheating aluminium to Tig weld. I'd advance ahead of him with a gas torch and he could move faster with the weld. Less chance of over heating. I hope the Mrs dosent look for royalties for appearing on camera.

Looks fantastic, well done 👍

Great job !

I think i'd refurb the box and have it as the primary step to the seat. If there were passing boats causing yours to bob about; the height and smaller surface area of the bulkhead foot rest might give rise to somebody slipping tryng to reach the seat. Its a nice piece of kit and looks well. Perfect height for the feet while under way. And the box could be used for storage tooo.

Yes the active solvent in glue seems to exit stage left as soon as you open the can and with it the bond strength for the next job 3 months later. I worked , some might say I was employed 😄in the aviation industry. Myself and another lad were trainee Elf and Safty people and looked after our own personal health by wearing our masks and PPE etc. In 2015 I was diagnoised with an Immune disease called Myasthenia Gravis. The origional company had closed at that point but I met my old buddy in the neurological clinic for our annual MOT. He said he believed it was the chemical in the air , despite us being careful gave us the condition. THe evidence stacked by the fact that its a very rare condition, at the time we got it only about 750 people had been diagnoised here in Ireland and 1200 or so in the UK. There were about 700 in the maintaince are who might have been in contact with chemicals. We had some 3,000 carconogens on site at that time. And for two people out of 700 to get it was a high percentage. The consultant was quite interested to find two people who worked together having the condition. No cure, and no idea still what triggers it but tablets keep things sweet. Basically the immune system attacks the body. I was nearly in remission last year, looking forward to 4 tablets a day to keep things sweet and then I had a darn relapse. Poor consultant nearly had to be given therapy 😄. But no matter what precautions you take something will get you if it takes a fancy to you. If I feel a headchcoming on its funes, but always a dust mask.

Hi grandad my at my real dad's on a different pad

Love you

Time consuming, but it will look well when finished. Just a thought, looking back at the table saw episode. You could build the saw into your work bench at some stage. If you were to cut a section from the edge at some suitable point, the dimensions of the saw top and construct a frame of 2X3" timber with locking castors.Remove the saw from the legs and screw onto the frame. Make it the same height as your bench top and you would have lots of out feed for sheet material. Drop the blade into the body and remove the riving knife, (the lad behind the blade) when you arn't using the saw and you still have the whole flat surface of the bench. There are a lot of videos on You Tube on how to construct the frame.

it needs to be bled properly, they are very tricky to bleed

does it run?

I would use that plastic push stick as a template and make wooden ones. That plastic is brittle and could cause more injuries then good if it ever catches the blade. Nice video. 👍🏻

Its very similar to the Titan saw I bought from screwfix two years ago. Yours has a table extension on the right side. I'm jealous. 😄I have to make one to allow me to cut four foot sheets of ply for an up coming wardrobe project I've been given by her indoors. The support legs are a good idea, i'll take them onboard. I have some shiny melamine to use. For timber the more teeth the better the cut. I will be ordering from a Saxton 100 tooth triple chip blade for mine. The triple chip reduces the tearout on the underside of sheet material in particular. Handy, possibly for what you are doing where both sides of a cut might be seen.

Hi grandad love you so much what if wenI next come round I will make a video with you?

It worked out pretty well, despite the time it took. You cant rush something like that and risk a blob on your boots. A work mate of mine was pretty good at bending acrylic and polycarbonate for his little side projects. A metal worker by trade, he was probably better with wood. He used to get a couple of heat guns from the tool store and visit the sheet metal shop when they went to lunch so as not to disturb them. (working in aircraft maintance) He would lay his poly of acrylic on the metal bender and give it heat with somebody helping on the second heat gun. When he thought it hot enough into the bender with the back stop adjusted and before anything cooled, up with the bottom plate on the bender to what ever angle he'd chosen. I must say he was good as he rarely had any crazing or cracking. Years of experience I suppose. He used nozzles on the guns to localise the heat to speed things up, a fan shaped one was popular as gets the heat in a line he said. The domestic heat gun is tame I suppose compared to what we had available. The were adjustable up to 500 degrees C.

Hi grandad love you lots more than you love me

HI grandad

How is the paint now a year on? I’m Painting my boat with one up and top lack plus.. sold to be on the word that it’s the “ducks nuts” I think your channel is the only one that’s essentially covered it that iv found. And iv been searching extremely hard for more information around the products. I figure with the one up after each coat hit it with a 400 grit sand paper and paint again till you have it nice and level. Kind of wishing now I just went with the “know” instead of taking the risk of using it then having to paint it again in the future. Cheers

Coming along nicely.

That seems thankfully to have gone to plan and looks well. I dont know if you have much more acrylic to cut or drill but here is a tip given to me by a sheet metal worker for drilling acrylic. Basically he took the drill with the bit in it and drilled the floor of the workshop with it. By doing that he said it takes the very sharp edges off the bit and helps avoid splitting the sheet as the bit breaks through. Backing the sheet with timber doesn't always guarantee a clean break through; but it reduces the risk big time he said. Also as you probably know a slower speed helps. The sheet metal guys used acrylic a lot in making templates of rivet positions on aircraft skins. Much cheaper than cocking up a sheet of 7071 or 2024 grade aircraft aluminium. A rub with a smooth grade wet and dry paper 400 or 600 with water will mist up any visible edges and gives a nice finish.

Thats a nice job and looks really well. I remember the 'Black Ash' trend back in the late 80's early 90's. I worked with a guy who had done out his whole lounge in it , right down to a black couch. We used to take the mick out of him, saying that if there were ever a power failure he'd fall over everything in the room.

Nice restoration, we just had our Perkins 4.108 runaway due to the high pressure fuel pump. Here's our video about it: th-cam.com/video/5VwjzjYv0nM/w-d-xo.html

Damaged back. You have my sympathy. Frustrating not being allowed / able to do the normal things and especially when you want to be cracking on with those jobs! I trapped a nerve in the back about ten years ago, closest pain I can compare it to is a lumbar puncture. Look after it. I'm trying to cast my mind back over forty years to my apprentice days. The old land rovers used Perkins in them. Definitely the 4.326. I remember it vividly being in LWB one I worked on. The 4.107 & 4.108 were very close , the 108 having different cylinder liners. I think the pumps were self priming, but bleeding the lines was necessary. and a tad messy. Might be something as simple as a dodgy fuel shut off solenoid. Hope you find it soon. Annoying after all the work done.

Coming together nicely. Just curious, will you be putting any form of vent in top and bottom for the fridge? Probably wont cool as efficiently otherwise. Whatever about the food, you need to keep the Captains lolly water cool for the evening.

I found that the Oneup is thick and dries out orange peely it doesnt flatten off at all, I guess we are supposed to flatten that off with wet and dry so its a lot of work, not sure what the idea is being so thick I wouldn't use it again personally, for what it costs I expected better results...

Looking good! and your videos have improved. I went back and watched from the start. ☺

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Nice going. Hoping for more content. Nice to see the camerawork and editing progressing bit by bit. It was hard to find your chanel when searching for ”boat restorations” for some reason. Maybe theres some youtube trick on the algoritms you need to look up.

So that was paint stripping... do you want to try sanding next (to compare)? I can lend you a Seamaster 24 😂 Well done Keith, the production of these videos is getting better and better! I like the effects you added in this time (eg fast mo).