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Spent some time this morning "Tweaking" the keel landings. (Thats wooden boat talk for the spots where the keel rests on the frames.)
I didn't feel that it sitting in there as well as it should.
Sits much better now. Not perfect but within acceptable tolerances.
I bought that air board when I started working in body shops back when I was 18. I'm 122 in dog years now.:eek:
That air board and my buffing wheel are all that's left of my OG body shop tools as the last place I worked at was broken into and everybody's tool boxes were stolen.
The air board was in the trunk of a car I was working on and I had the buffing wheel with me as I used to rub out cars on m own time for the bucks.:)
Still hotter then August here.[ddd
Torchie
 

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Getting ready to start shaping the new lower transom bow.
For some one that restores wooden boats for a living"Ain't no big thang." But for a retired Chef/Musician/Car customiser/Wooden boat restorer wannabe" its going to be a lot of thinking. A lot of checking and measuring and hopefully. Only cutting once....:eek: [ddd
Torchie
 

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Started to carve on the new lower transom bow now that the heat has broken.
I had to go "Old School" hammer and chisel once I found out that the last person to borrow my router sent it back broken with out saying anything about it. :eek:
I had to cut a recess into both side of the new bow. One for the keel to lay into and the other for the rudder shaft brace to fit up into.
Torchie
 

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Started to carve on the new lower transom bow now that the heat has broken.
I had to go "Old School" hammer and chisel once I found out that the last person to borrow my router sent it back broken with out saying anything about it. :eek:
I had to cut a recess into both side of the new bow. One for the keel to lay into and the other for the rudder shaft brace to fit up into.
Torchie
And you strike me as the kind of guy that will accept the idea that a loaned tool may get broken, and not bring it up with the borrower. I learned that from my favorite ancestor. My alleged paternal grandfather, who's philosophy was, "Don't loan anything you can't afford to give away."
 
And you strike me as the kind of guy that will accept the idea that a loaned tool may get broken, and not bring it up with the borrower. I learned that from my favorite ancestor. My alleged paternal grandfather, who's philosophy was, "Don't loan anything you can't afford to give away."

Skip. It's not the broken part. It's that fact that the borrower was my brother.LOL
As my wife said. "Now you know why he gave it back."[ddd
Torchie
 
A couple "borrowing" stories:
I borrowed a micrometer set and an angle drill from the same friend so often he suggested I keep them and he would borrow them when he needed them.

My young friend borrows my truck so often the I did the reverse. Now I borrow it from him, along with his young muscles. In exchange he does all the maintenance on it
 
More whittling on the new transom bow today. This was all on the inside of the curve to get better fit.
It's getting closer.
Torchie
 

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And more whittling.....
Pic 6 :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:
Torchie
 

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Blessedly the plumber arrived this morning to cut into the floor and move the tub drain. So to stay out of his way I patterned and cut out a couple of transom bow brces on the wooden boat.
The one pics shows how much I will have to cut down on the transom bow as the top of the brace needs to be levl with the bottom of the bow.
Torchie
 

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The plan was to get back to work on the boat today but I now have an unplanned visit to the Drs. But I will post these pics.
This is copies of the OG factory paperwork for this boat. Many of the old Chris Craft documents were save and are now stored at the Mariners Museum in Virginia.
The one sheet is the factory build sheet that shows how the boat was equipped and who bought it. Back then you could order direct from the factory as well as ordering boats without engines or other standard CC stuff.
Check out the price list. This baot was equipped with the smallest "K" engine available and was priced at $2560.00
The average price of a new car in 1950 was $1550.00 so these were indeed a "luxury" item.
Torchie
 

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