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Eric Patterson said:
Jeff

I had something similar happen. I sold a Jeep Cherokee to a man who bought it for his son who attended LSU. A year or so later I got a letter from LSU telling me I had unpaid tickets. I called the university and told them I didn't own the vehicle and hadn't been on the campus in 20 years. I tracked the man down that bought the Jeep and he told me his son only had it six months before totaling it. I informed him his son never registered the vehicle and racked up tickets in my name. Knowing the kid would never correct this issue I let it ride. A few months later LSU sent me another letter demanding I pay the tickets. I ignored it. What's the worst they could do? Not let me register or graduate?:ROFLMAO:
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I can tell you what can happen. They issue a warrant for your arrest. Then at some point in the future you get pulled over for something innocent and the officer notices an arrest warrant. You are then hauled away.

Happened to my best buddy. He was sent many notes about needing to pay for the ticket. He told them it wasn't him. He asked what would happen to him if he didn't pay (the ticket was issued 200 miles from his house. The person he was talking to said a warrant would be issued. Buddy asked if he could just pay the fine if he ever got pulled over and was told yes.

Buddy always kept a wad of cash on him should it ever happen. Then, one day while driving home from church with his wife and young kids in the car, he was pulled over. Cop came up, ran his info and saw the warrant. Buddy didn't have the money on him so he was cuffed and hauled to jail. Wife had to come bail him out. He then had to go to court.

Not saying thiswould happen but it did happen here in the State where absolutely nothing is allowed.

Mark
 
jode hillman said:
Father's Day update

Pic one.

I Moved the skiff outside and went to town with the belt sander and grinder. Took it down to fresh wood.


Pic two
I Cleaned off the dust, then I Gave it precoat of non-blushing epoxy.

This helps prepare the surface for proper bonding of the thickened epoxy fill coats.

Then filled all imperfections and 1000 nail holes with the epoxy putty mix. She's getting there!
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I sanded the skiff again tonight. I applied the second coat of filler in all of the holes and imperfections. One more sanding and it should be ready for glass.
 
Mark W said:
I can tell you what can happen. They issue a warrant for your arrest. Then at some point in the future you get pulled over for something innocent and the officer notices an arrest warrant. You are then hauled away.

Happened to my best buddy. He was sent many notes about needing to pay for the ticket. He told them it wasn't him. He asked what would happen to him if he didn't pay (the ticket was issued 200 miles from his house. The person he was talking to said a warrant would be issued. Buddy asked if he could just pay the fine if he ever got pulled over and was told yes.

Buddy always kept a wad of cash on him should it ever happen. Then, one day while driving home from church with his wife and young kids in the car, he was pulled over. Cop came up, ran his info and saw the warrant. Buddy didn't have the money on him so he was cuffed and hauled to jail. Wife had to come bail him out. He then had to go to court.

Not saying thiswould happen but it did happen here in the State where absolutely nothing is allowed.

Mark
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And this is why I am not driving in NJ. Apparently the NJ statute of limitations for all but the most serious felonies is 5 years, and a few years for most misdemeanors. Unpaid parking tickets, however, live on forever--whether or not you committed the offense. In other news, I now confess that I borrowed "Bert Dow, Deep Water Man," by Robert McCluskey--the finest book for nautically minded children ever written--from the Lee, NH, Public Library in 1974, and my grandmother never returned it. It was in her house when she died 15 years later, and still sits on my bookshelf in her memory. And someday I will own a wooden boat with a make-and-break one-lunger moto that goes "Clackety-BANG!, clackey-BANG!", paint her pink, green, and tan, splash her with yellow and black, and name her the Tidely Idley. This one still needs the yellow and black splashes, but is othewise a fair copy. https://maineboats.com/print/issue-179/bringing-tidely-idley-life
 
jode hillman said:
A big thanks to Sharp eyed Bobby Keeney for the lead on my latest resto candidate.

An early Alvin Beal ( Canton NJ) rail skiff. All mahogany and white cedar. She needs some TLC but should be a nice worker in the rice.

All mahogany and white cedar construction. She was found by the seller behind a barn only 2 miles from where she was originally built in Beals shop. I'm planning on having her in shape for Septembers Tuckerton show.
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Friday night, Rail skiff rehab update. With both kids at home from college they were able to assist me getting the fiberglass and epoxy resin on the outside of the skiff.

I did a layer of 4 inch wide 6 ounce tape on the chine seams and then covered the entire bottom with another layer of 6 ounce glass.

My current Rail skiff has worn through the single layer of 6 ounce glass on the forward leading edges. The abrasiveness of the rice.
( In about eight years worth of pushing.)

I thought I would remedy that with this step.

You only have about a half hour of working time before the resin goes from a liquid to a gel, so the more hands of the better.

It's not perfect, but it's pretty darn good.

This step does not show the three more times I had to fill and sand the hull to get it as fair as possible.

We are starting to come down the homestretch!
 

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Good morning, Jode~

Great work - and thanks for all the technical info.

Question: How will you prep for paint? I typically scrape the worst "extra" resin from the hull, then sand with 80 or 100-grit (orbital sander + some hand work) After a wash with acetone, I apply 2 or 3 coats of duckboat paint - rolled onto a bottom like your vessel. Your thoughts?

My the hull on my current project is a factory hull with gelcoat - and the gelcoat is is very good shape - not much weathering. So, I am thinking of trying Parkers Duckboat Primer before the topcoats. Any experience with primers made for 'glass hulls?

All the best,

SJS
 
jode hillman said:
Friday night, Rail skiff rehab update. With both kids at home from college they were able to assist me getting the fiberglass and epoxy resin on the outside of the skiff.

I did a layer of 4 inch wide 6 ounce tape on the chine seams and then covered the entire bottom with another layer of 6 ounce glass.

My current Rail skiff has worn through the single layer of 6 ounce glass on the forward leading edges. The abrasiveness of the rice.
( In about eight years worth of pushing.)

I thought I would remedy that with this step.

You only have about a half hour of working time before the resin goes from a liquid to a gel, so the more hands of the better.

It's not perfect, but it's pretty darn good.

This step does not show the three more times I had to fill and sand the hull to get it as fair as possible.

We are starting to come down the homestretch!
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Boat is looking great. That bottom view has me thinking about a side by side comparison of a traditional pirogue and a rail skiff. I assume the pirogue is a bit narrower and doesn't have deck(s) to stand on, but I see a lot of similarities. Although I have never actually seen a pirogue, just photos and sketches.
 
Steve Sanford said:
Good morning, Jode~

Great work - and thanks for all the technical info.

Question: How will you prep for paint? I typically scrape the worst "extra" resin from the hull, then sand with 80 or 100-grit (orbital sander + some hand work) After a wash with acetone, I apply 2 or 3 coats of duckboat paint - rolled onto a bottom like your vessel. Your thoughts?

My the hull on my current project is a factory hull with gelcoat - and the gelcoat is is very good shape - not much weathering. So, I am thinking of trying Parkers Duckboat Primer before the topcoats. Any experience with primers made for 'glass hulls?

All the best,

SJS
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Steve, that's exactly the way that I prep my fresh glass work.

I have used primer on some projects before. But I found with the Parkers being a flatter high solid paint, much like primer there wasn't added benefit that I have seen.

I have a little experience with solid glass hulls. The few I have worked on in the past I have treated the same way as my wooden/glass boats.
 
Jeff Reardon said:
Boat is looking great. That bottom view has me thinking about a side by side comparison of a traditional pirogue and a rail skiff. I assume the pirogue is a bit narrower and doesn't have deck(s) to stand on, but I see a lot of similarities. Although I have never actually seen a pirogue, just photos and sketches.
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Jeff, I think you're pretty much spot on. The rail skiffs are just slightly wider, and with some sort of decking.

I also think generally pirogues that I have seen have a bit more curvature to the bottom. Although Rail skiff vary in this area, depending on the builder.

As they say, form follows function, and getting a pointy boat through thick vegetation seems to be the function in both areas.
 
jode hillman said:
Steve, that's exactly the way that I prep my fresh glass work.

I have used primer on some projects before. But I found with the Parkers being a flatter high solid paint, much like primer there wasn't added benefit that I have seen.

I have a little experience with solid glass hulls. The few I have worked on in the past I have treated the same way as my wooden/glass boats.
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Thanks, Jode~

SJS
 
jode hillman said:
A big thanks to Sharp eyed Bobby Keeney for the lead on my latest resto candidate.

An early Alvin Beal ( Canton NJ) rail skiff. All mahogany and white cedar. She needs some TLC but should be a nice worker in the rice.

All mahogany and white cedar construction. She was found by the seller behind a barn only 2 miles from where she was originally built in Beals shop. I'm planning on having her in shape for Septembers Tuckerton show.
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Weekend update.
The Second coat of epoxy was applied Saturday evening. Sunday evening saw a thorough sanding, acetone wipe down, then the first coat of Parker's hunters green rolled out.
 

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Steve Sanford said:
Good morning, Jode~

Fine finish on that hull!

And - looks like we have the same drill press: Walker-Turner?

All the best,

SJS
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Thanks Steve, yes you're right. An old Walker Turner. It was my great grandfather's.

He added a nice mercury switch on the floor so you just step on the pedal to stop and start it.
 
jode hillman said:
Thanks Steve, yes you're right. An old Walker Turner. It was my great grandfather's.

He added a nice mercury switch on the floor so you just step on the pedal to stop and start it.
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Not to hijack a great thread but I have a bench mount 15" Walker Turner drill press purchased from Cook Tool in Sicklerville a long time ago. It has the slow speed intermediate pulleys.
 
Richard Lathrop said:
Not to hijack a great thread but I have a bench mount 15" Walker Turner drill press purchased from Cook Tool in Sicklerville a long time ago. It has the slow speed intermediate pulleys.
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I love them, they are solid tools. Mine has a double stacked pulley arrangement. Which has three different size diameter on each side, So you can control the speed. My great grandfather was mainly a metal worker and used it in that regard.
 
Looks like a photo that should be in a magazine, with the fireplace and decoys hanging it gives a sense of a good workspace to ease the mind through the therapeutic craftsmanship.

Great work Jode as always.
 
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