Patrick Tipton
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Is that your kitchen John?😂. I wish my shop was that clean! Nice!
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I am in need and will be interested.
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John - looks great! Thanks for taking the time to document and post all of the wonderful pictures. Patrick
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I made a good amount of progress over the last week. I finished all of the seams (well, nearly) and started fitting hat channels. I ordered the wrong size steel to make captive nuts so I need to see if I can source this locally before I can install the inner hat channels. I also need to do a little floor flattening around the rear hat channels/seat area to ensure that they fit well. I have a spot welder, but worry a little about structural integrity with old steel - in my experience spot welds work great on new steel and less so if there is any pitting or corrosion. I am playing with punching a 1/4 inch hole and then TIGing it closed. Works great but doesn't look exactly right. I need to do more work before I install any hat channels. I will let the photos tell the story.
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Indeed John - thank you! I had a crazy last week between videos and other obligations but did manage to log another fifteen hours or so... I am starting to fit hat channels - which of course sends me back to mucking around with getting everything flat😂. It is a journey. Regards, Patrick
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I finished the surprise dirt hole in the rear of the lower hull and welded in the last patch on the rear. I have a little more grinding to do on this last patch because it got late and I got tired so it was time to stop. I will get it finished today and then move on to the final fettling to get this side ready for hat channels. For what its worth, I really dislike "weldable" primer. I want to protect theses surfaces, but man does it make for some ugly welding.
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Advice needed to install OEM Bogey wheel seals
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Many thanks @James Di Giovanni and @M29C3284 for the assistance. I am still confused why there was something spot welded around that hole.....I will do more investigation on my hull and report if I find anything.... Regards, Patrick
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I have been in the shop every day since the last post. I have nearly finished the welding and related cleanup on the new right side floor. I have also spent a lot of time working on the right side to get everything flat and ready to install the floor gussets and hat channels. I think I will be able to start installing hat channels in the next few days. I have a spot welder and want to do some testing with the TIG and spot welder to ensure that the finished welds are both strong and look factory. I also repaired one side of the coaming where someone had bent it down to make access easier. It is nearly straight and ready for welding. Finally, I made a new front hat channel for bow right side. It came out pretty nicely - need to adjust a couple of the dimensions because it is just a little taller than it should be but it fits. I need to put the "jogs" (relief bends) in the ends to allow the hat channel to sit flush against the floor. I have a tool that works beautifully but does not make a deep enough jog....trying to figure out whether I can modify it to suit my purposes. .
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Got it - so how does the partition fit in there?
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Welcome aboard Larry - great to have you on the site. As for posting pictures, you should be able to "choose files" at the bottom of the posting window. Once the file is uploaded, you should see the picture. There is a + sign in a black circle on the picture. If you put your cursor in the message where you want to insert the picture and then click on the plus sign, the picture should be inserted where you want it. If your daughter has any trouble, give a call. Regards, Patrick
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Thanks James - is there supposed to be a captive nut in there then?
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Nicely done John. I am looking forward to working on my running gear later this year. Patrick
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Thank you very much. That is Interesting.....I am really confused by the 6 spot welds!
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I worked for a few minutes on Sunday. My plan was to clean up details. I started wire wheeling the last little section of the rear of the hull and received a little surprise. I must have pulled out a cup of oily dirt. Not a difficult fix and fortunately the inner gusset is going to be fine. I also worked on repairing a small section of an inner hat channel that was rotted where one of the floor hat channels met the edge. I need to figure out if anything goes into the oval hole and then can finish this part up.
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Gents: I am working on the T24 and decided to replace the rear hat channel on the right side floor. On the "edge" hat channel that runs from the front to the back of the hull on the edge of the "sponson", there are numerous captive nuts. There is an elongated or oval hole directly in front of the rear hat channel. There is evidence of spot welds but nothing in the hole. It is immediately in front of the patch that I am making. Does a captive nut or something go in that hole?
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Made and fitted the patch and welded it in today. This hull has come a long way in the last week. IMG_5571.HEIC
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Advice needed to install OEM Bogey wheel seals
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Day 9 Got the inner gusset mostly repaired. I need to do a little hammer & dolly work, grind the weld on the inside and fix a few details, but I should be able to get this buttoned up and make the outer patch today. I went back to my TIG machine to do most of these welds. Pretty happy with how they came out.
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Day 8 I went ahead and started working on the last bay. The first step was to remove the bogie etc. I don't think these parts had ever been off - nice original white paint! It is a little messy, but there is a lot of good metal. I mostly cleaned up today - I am planning to replace the lower half of the inner gusset and then patch the outside corner. I have a little more cleanup to do but I think I will get good results doing a patch rather than replacing the entire gusset. There are 6 captive nuts involved and two strengthening tabs that would have to be replaced to replace the gusset. I will make a final decision today after I finish cleaning it up. I also started shrinking the floor and getting it straight. I mostly used the torch - there is more to do before any patching. This is one of those things that seems a little obsessive but getting the floor flat now will make this patch (and the left side patch in my future) much easier.
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7 days in a row in the shop.- may be a personal record for me. I spent 2 hours and got the second lower hull patch welded and mostly cleaned up. I used MIG because I can't get my TIG to work with my "weldable" primer - too much popping and splattering. There are a couple of spots to close up and finish. I think I am going to tackle the bad "bay" toward the rear of the hull with the bad 45 degree gusset next.
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Great idea and execution! Did you press the crimps or use a hammer?
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Spent another couple of hours working on the lower hull. I fixed the next "bay" forward of the last patch. Other than a few pinholes and the corner edge of the hull itself, the gusset and surrounding area are solid and cleaned up well. Small Damage.mov I cut the rusty metal out along the edges where the internal gusset was spot welded to the hull. I then cleaned the area with a wire wheel and 3m pads on the angle grinder. There was a lot of blasting media and dirt in the corners so I used a bunch of tools to scrape everything out, blew out the area and then put a coat of "rusty metal" primer on everything. I fitted a new patch. I ran out of energy to start welding. That is today's project.
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Interesting. I have been considering other methods of adding corrosion protection. Did you use a closed cell foam?
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Thanks John - appreciate it. With this quarantine, I am working on it daily and getting a little head of steam going here.
