Using a Shop Smith Mark V on a Chris Craft Roamer refit

[roamer46]

Thanks, roopurt5!

But man...this is the most miserable summer I can remember. The heat's bad but the humidity makes it much, much worse. And we don't seem to be having the daily thunderstorms that knock some of the humidity out of the air in other years. But we got a brief break from the heat wave and got busy doing the fiberglass work in the v-berth head. I never, ever want to do that again, but the hard part's done.

1969 Chris Craft Roamer 46 Refit: Fiberglassing the “Throne Room”

Cheers,
Q

[roamer46]

Crikey it's hot! We've got three days of 100° heat and humidity coming this weekend, so we're going out to play on our non-project boat, a 1968 Chris Craft Commander 42. But when there was a lull between heat waves recently, we got the fairing work done in the V-berth head. It's turning out pretty nice.

1969 Chris Craft Roamer 46 Refit: Fairing the “Throne Room.”

Cheers,
Q

[roamer46]

Had an excellent day out on our 1968 Chris Craft Commander over the weekend...didn't even think about the Roamer. But the v-berth head (AKA the Throne Room) walls are faired, sanded, filleted, and primed. Boo-ya.

1969 Chris Craft Roamer 46 Refit: “Throne Room” Fillets & Primer

Cheers,
Q

[roamer46]

This has been the most miserably hot and humid summer ever. Even when there's a breeze that helps cut down on the misery outside, inside the tent it's awful. So I've only made a couple trips to the boatyard for the last few weeks instead of the usual 2~3x week. I did manage to pick up a new-to-me Craftsman contractor's table saw for a scorchin' CL deal of $40. It was very lightly used and even came with an owner's manual. For all of the molding work I've got to do, the convenience of a dedicated table saw with a 30" fence, a big table, relatively lots of power, and a blade that moves up and down instead of the table made it worth it. Then I made in-feed and out-feed extensions for the new saw and for my Shopsmith. I need long in- and out-feed extensions so I can make long moldings, but since this all goes in the tent in the limited space around the boat, it took some time to figure out an approach that works. It's not elegant, but it's good enough for what I need to do. Now if only the heat and humidity would cut me some slack, I'd be in good shape.

1969 Chris Craft Roamer 46 Refit: Expanding the Woodworking Shop

Cheers,
Q

[roamer46]

It's finally cooling off a bit, so I got the moldings made for the V-berth head. It sure goes a lot faster making moldings with a semi-dedicated shaper and a separate table saw.

1969 Chris Craft Roamer 46 Refit: Making V-berth Head Moldings

Cheers,
Q

[roamer46]

I got the mahogany moldings sanded, then sent them to the paint shop for finishing with ICA clearcoat. They turned out great! But when I went to install them, I found a couple of spots where the fiberglass didn't stay put until the epoxy cured. Fixing those spots throws another week or two into the process of getting the V-berth head painted, but at this point it's not stressing me out. Every bit of progress gets me closer to being done.

1969 Chris Craft Roamer 46 Refit: Sanding and Finishing the V-berth Head Moldings

Cheers,
Q

[roamer46]

It looks like the long, hot summer is finally over, so I can finally get back into the rhythm with weekend trips to the tent. While it was scorching hot through the last month, I made a couple of trips to chrome shops in the area and finally decided to drop off my precious hardware with Hanlon Plating in Richmond, VA. The results are pretty good! Eye protection may be helpful while viewing the pix in the linked article.

1969 Chris Craft Roamer 46 Refit: More Chrome!

Cheers,
Q

[skou]

Q, (bro, what is your real name?) in 85 or so,
I helped "de-commission" a real plating shop.

The guys helping me, pilfered a BUNCH of
stuff, but I asked the owner, and scored 20
pounds of lead, and about 75 feet of 2-0
(two aught) welding wire. Used the lead
to make a mallet, and used the wire for
quite a few things. Battery cables for my
(at the time) 240-Z. (Engine cranked over
twice as fast!) And, a set of jumper cables,
long enough to jump a car, behind my 15
passenger Dodge van.

Now, I'm sorry to see that old Chrome shop
gone.

steve

[ERLover]

Q, (bro, what is your real name?) in 85 or so,
I helped "de-commission" a real plating shop.

The guys helping me, pilfered a BUNCH of
stuff, but I asked the owner, and scored 20
pounds of lead, and about 75 feet of 2-0
(two aught) welding wire. Used the lead
to make a mallet, and used the wire for
quite a few things. Battery cables for my
(at the time) 240-Z. (Engine cranked over
twice as fast!) And, a set of jumper cables,
long enough to jump a car, behind my 15
passenger Dodge van.

Now, I'm sorry to see that old Chrome shop





Nice to see you show up a bit, lots of ER activity.
HS buddy dad had a plating company, did gold for the Arch Diaosity here for all there Chalices and Bronze for the Priest/alter boys rods.
I just Googled them he must have sold it and retired , in the late 60s a Harley ride I rode with, a what abee, Perfect Denis, a mommas boy, had a show car, a 59 or 60 Chevy, the Perfect Angel,Pearl White Gold Plated wheels and bumpers ect plated by my HS buddys place, I will and try and Google it.
No, it was pearl white with all gold exterior, his garage had 1/2" plate steel walls and a multi overhead door system
gone.

steve

[roamer46]

Hey Steve, my name's Quentin but my friends call me Q.

Believe it or not, I've got a 240z. I've had it since 1985. I owned a body shop back then. When I sold it to my partner, part of the sale was that I'd chop the top and the shop would finish the bodywork and paint it. I've still got the car. It's sitting on a rotisserie I made in my garage with a rebuilt 3.1 liter old school hotrod engine, 12:1 compression, big valves, big cam, triple Mikunis... If it wasn't for this big boat project, I'd have had that thing back on the road a long time ago!

Cheers,
Q