Don't you think I shelved this project.. I just have been to busy to post any pic's. LOL
I'll be bring this up to date very soon
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08-12-2011 05:42 PM
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12-06-2011 02:41 PM
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12-06-2011 03:56 PM
Nice ! Does the front of the house face the canal?
Parabellum FJ²B
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12-06-2011 04:54 PM
The back is on the canal, and I mean RIGHT ON THE CANAL.. You can step from the deck to your boat with out touching the grass.. lol
This was the back of the house.. the home was originally a duplex that I turned into one large open space home.
This back room was the "storage are" / entrance way for the upstairs unit. I cut a hall way in, header-ed up the roof
line, put a door wall in and ripped the walls down on half the room to make it a covered porch.
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12-06-2011 04:56 PM
Once this project closes I'll start back up on the cat..
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12-07-2011 01:22 PMThis summer can we all come crash at the Canal house??????
Maybe a stop for a Poker Run and you could cook for everyone??????Getting bad advice is unfortunate, taking bad advice is a Serious matter!!
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12-07-2011 03:49 PM
That house and yard is far to small, I bought another water front home last month that we have already closed on and moved into.. this one would be perfect for a poker run stop.. lol, Large yard (350x120) deep canal, 4 covered boat wells, with sea wall for dockage and 1 covered well has a spiral stair case to the top with a large octagon deck looking out over the water. .... and a "bar", cant forget the enclosed bar building on the property.. lol
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12-08-2011 08:58 AMI'd ask for the address and pick a date for about 40 of us to show up.
But you'd probably give us the address of someone else.......Getting bad advice is unfortunate, taking bad advice is a Serious matter!!
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01-23-2012 12:06 PM
I'm back... !!!
I was able to lift the complete canopy set up off by myself, flip it than set it up on a couple saw horses.. I'm really surprised as to how light the whole thing is.
Granted I will still be adding some body work, glass and windows at a later date that should as 50/65lbs.
But before I pulled and flipped the part I cut and "gunked" in the rear roll brace that site right behind our seats. This part was cut in to lay / push against the inside lip on the hatch to help provide extra support in-case the boat is flipped or hit up top. Also by doing this before I pulled the lid it helped stiffen up the canopy so flex was kept to a minimum
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01-23-2012 12:10 PM
Next the canopy supports were cut and "gunked" in. I used more gunk than normal but I wanted a nice genital radius for the cloth to attach to.
Once the front part was gunked in I applied a finish radius to the rear roll bar than the inside of the lid, when that was finished we took 1 1/2 round oak and cut this to fit on the sides.
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01-23-2012 12:32 PM
Uhm Rick.....Gentle radius
Beautiful work.Parabellum FJ²B
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01-25-2012 01:27 PM
Last Nights Work..
Quick look at how the front supports were made..
I Used round stock OAK for its strength. I Than cut 1/4 inch off the bottom of the round stock so it would lay nice and flat on the canopy.
Once the parts were in place I than took a small 90 sander and ground it to fit as perfect as I could to help eliminate any possible air voids.
Once finished we put down a nice bead of GUNK. Than the support was set into place. I was careful not to press to hard as I did not want all the gunk to squeeze out.
Once I was happy with the placement we gunked between the canopy and support than I took a plastic bondo knife that I cut to a curve and just pulled it down the line making a nice radius that the fiberglass cloth should have no problem sticking to with a very little chance of air voids.