Ill think about that south ace would be safer to no slipping on the carpet
another job is removing the cabin side carpet and the roof carpet as well will have white cabin sides with possibly a very lightly stained timber roof
plus new opening port lights and finish every thing off in there and I'm done inside should be xmas by then

Your boat would be looking something like this now HG02? I just found this pic i never posted it before, lucky you cant see all the empty beer bottles! Haha

your spot on south ace crap every where and a lot of half done jobs at least my two sinks and stove will be here this week so I can make more mess

then while im finishing off all this Ill save some mega bucks and then buy these port lights
<not this size but the same ones

the above with teak trims and fly screens and tinted glass
There will be lots of fiberglass dust when this gets done

These are what you really want.
This is the way to go for ports last a life time .
www.robinhoodmarinecenter.com/ports-bronze/ports-bronze/

South Ace
Were I work we sell rolls of adhesive back aluminum foil comes in a 50 yard roll 12 inches wide I am buy a roll next pay I am going to apply that to the sound proofing I get . Id say Ill pull the motor out dammit

Stove arrived sat it on the original walker stove /sink cabinet seem to just fit so Ill start building the the framing and top Im hoping to make the stove and sink recess so I can fit tops over then when not in use to make more room



spent the next couple of hours disassembling the stove and cleaning it






Spongeblob was right the fiddle rail just needed a bit of elbow grease I have the rest soaking in vinegar Ill start on the rest of the fiddle rail tomorrow . One of the side panels has a little bit of damage probably trans port Ill use the a press at work to straighten it tomorrow then reassemble with out the burners so I can make the cabinet and work on them at home
I'm happy

spongeblob said..

Happy for you HG, how bad is the damage ?

All good the Gimbals pivot on one side must of got bumped in transit and it moved the stove side plate a little. Ill use the press at work its not much just a little . it wont mark it . Ill sandwich the side plate with some thing at work and the press will straighten it All good spongeBlob
How's the new job going Sponge blob?

That stove top plate is stainless isn't it? I doubt any sort of enamel (baked or other) will stick to it.

It looks good to me.

I never used the burner plates on my stove when I had it. They are really only there to moderate the heat when cooking with thin bottomed pots/pans or aluminium ones so they don't melt or buckle.

When you get that stove right with good burners etc you will swear by it.

My tank was attached to the stove and when full would put a tilt on the stove. Mount the tank separately if you can and fit a schraeder valve (as on your car wheels) and then you can pressurize it with a bicycle pump. The pump that comes with the stove is not terribly efficient.

Did a few things tonight after work








Blasted the tank and fittings and the aluminum gimbal mounts

HG02 said..

Did a few things tonight after work.
Blasted the tank and fittings and the aluminum gimbal mounts

You blasted the tank!?!? Oh dear, that will make it hard to polish up again.

Before refitting it you better check the soldered joints and give the tank a pressure test.

I am not sure what pressure they would normally run at but I would imagine 20 to 30 psi would be about it.

With kero stoves you should only fill the tank 1/2 to 2/3. More than that and you will be pumping the tank pressure up every 5 mins until it comes down to that level.

Are Kero the same as Metho stove ????

Lexmark said..

Are Kero the same as Metho stove ????

Lexmark said..

Above may have been interesting, but has been disabled by owner !!!!

Its still on You Tube Lexmarks just the owner prefers you tube only

Heading out to Scawfell Island for the weekend maybe Brampton too.

Did a rough fitting for the Isolator panel and cut battery cables to length ready to crimp the ends maybe tomorrow if I can source some crimp terminals . Also fitted the opposite side panel ready for MPPT charger and later the yacht navigation switch panel.