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WOW, WOW, WOW.....that's all I can say. Fantastic job on the ER. She looks wonderful. I know from personal experience how time consuming and rewarding that project was. Makes ME want to pull out my rust bucket Mark 5 I've had buried in my garage for the past couple years and get on it. Maybe this wi...

JPG40504 wrote:How's 'Pinkie"?:D

Pinkie's still sleeping under the boat. Maybe I can convince shipwright to move in and get my boat done while I work on pinkie.

JPG40504 wrote:Hi
MickieD!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Whatchu say you young whipper snapper you? Tings good? Tings good here.

So what the difference between a woman and a terrorist?????.......You can negotiate with a terrorist!!!

And on a more serious woodworking note.....firing up the Greenie this weekend. Might just make something.

Gee Heathicus.....I used to be a woodworker...... :-(

NICE find!!!! She looks great. I can tell already that she's found a good long term home. Congrats. Enjoy the forum. Great group here.

Mickyd did do a beautiful job on his restoration. The problem with polished alum is it's hard to keep it looking that way. I wonder if Mike would ever want to do that process over again:D Dave Maintenance isn't a problem Dave. They still look PPPPEEERRRRFFFEEECCCTTTTT. Tom K turned me onto NEVR-DUL...

Barry, I'm less inclined to suggest stripping your new paint if you feel ........ If you chose to go this route, I would suggest testing an area like the inside of one of the legs and see how it works. Maybe sand off an area and lay on a coat of Hammered Verde Green and by morning you should have a...

Thanks for the info on the paint. I made the mistake of using paint that I matched at a paint store and painted my whole shopsmith with a brush. Then I got on this sight and saw how it should have been done from Mike. My question is do I have to strip all the paint back off and start over or can I ...

That is the paint he used! I believe he primed it also! Where you at Mike?????? You OK???? Oops....didn't read the message close enough. I primed EVERYTHING except the aluminum parts indicated in this post . So far they are holding up fine BUT....I don't have enough abusive miles on them to make a ...