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E_SolSi · 08-11-2009, 12:08 AM

look into the "i", "iA", and "iSA" series generators from honda... they are very efficient and really are VERY quiet

Honda Power Equipment - Honda Portable Recreational Generators

my friend has the EU3000iSA for running his camper... i have set up my tent less than 10 feet away from it and could barely notice it running at night

they are a bit spendy... but IMHO very worth it

BodyDroppedNikes · 08-14-2009, 02:02 PM

you all should polish the pontoons up and make em all nice and shiney. gotta have the lake bling.

this can be y'alls theme song:

phyregod · 08-14-2009, 02:07 PM

No no no....

reckedracing · 08-14-2009, 02:49 PM

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Originally Posted by nofxSOHCcrx

ATM, were painting the railing, then were going to pop rivet the siding on.

not sure if pop rivets are a good idea
boats tend to flex and bend, you want something you can retighten every so often

nofxSOHCcrx · 08-14-2009, 02:51 PM

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Originally Posted by BodyDroppedNikes

you all should polish the pontoons up and make em all nice and shiney. gotta have the lake bling.

this can be y'alls theme song:

HAHA, owner of the boat actually wants to name the boat "On a Mother Fuckin Boat" LOL. Inspired from that song.

nofxSOHCcrx · 08-14-2009, 02:53 PM

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Originally Posted by reckedracing

not sure if pop rivets are a good idea
boats tend to flex and bend, you want something you can retighten every so often

When the boat was manufactured, it actually came with pop rivets. Some of the things we're doing are just copying the way the boat was before, just adding our own flare to it.

BodyDroppedNikes · 08-14-2009, 03:32 PM

well if the boat is already named and you wanna change it, its considered bad luck to change it.

phyregod · 08-14-2009, 03:42 PM

My boats, for the last 5 or 6 years, have been named "Contingency".

Contingency (Bass boat) Was sold.
Contingency II (One man olympic class racer) was totalled in a storm (while I was sailing it)
Contingency III (catamaran) was sold before it ever hit the water

I have a boat in the back yard that I thought about naming Contingency IV, but its an old Ski boat.. Unnamed as of yet, it won't get a name until its been restored to service. And its pushing 20 years old.. kind of late in the game to get a name I think.

BodyDroppedNikes · 08-14-2009, 03:53 PM

if it dont have a name, you could call it MYOT (pronounced "my yacht")...

reckedracing · 08-14-2009, 05:04 PM

insurance is your friend for boats
i priced out some top line coverage from geico and it was under 200 bucks
def want liability if you hit someone else's 40K boat
and also want medical for your passengers in case they get hurt

also had included oil/fuel spill cleanup and wreckage removal (where required by law) included

phyregod · 08-14-2009, 05:26 PM

$200 a month? 6 months? Year?

BodyDroppedNikes · 08-14-2009, 06:40 PM

and dont forget the price of winterizing the boat as well when storing it for winter...

phyregod · 08-14-2009, 06:42 PM

Like $30 if you do it yourself...

nofxSOHCcrx · 08-17-2009, 12:27 AM

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Originally Posted by BodyDroppedNikes

and dont forget the price of winterizing the boat as well when storing it for winter...

I live in Vegas...complete desert. There practically is no winter. It just gets a little cooler.

nofxSOHCcrx · 08-17-2009, 12:33 AM

Got some more pics. Got one of the glued down carpet and half of the newly painted rails. Their a darker grayish bluish with some metal flake. Couldn't get a really good pic of em. Been taking pictures with my brothers phone. Actually pretty good for a phone though. Here are the pics.

I guess you can see some of the metal flake in the sunny part of the rails.

Some of the other rails getting ready to be painted and clear coated...was too windy to do it today though.

phyregod · 08-18-2009, 07:55 PM

Fire your welder and get a new one.. Nothing like a sexy "stack of coins" weld on some aluminum..

You need to use 100% argon shielding gas.. Clean before the weld with a stainless steel brush. That will clean up most of that porosity. Those bubbles are contaminants entering through atmospheric gas or contaminated aluminum.

nofxSOHCcrx · 08-19-2009, 02:33 AM

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Originally Posted by phyregod

Fire your welder and get a new one.. Nothing like a sexy "stack of coins" weld on some aluminum..

You need to use 100% argon shielding gas.. Clean before the weld with a stainless steel brush. That will clean up most of that porosity. Those bubbles are contaminants entering through atmospheric gas or contaminated aluminum.

Yeah. A lot of the welds aren't even going to be seen because of the siding and the furniture. I know some of the not so pretty welds will be seen on the top of the rail and such, but not too much of a big problem. Plus, some of the welding was being done on thick aluminum, welding it to thinner aluminum, so that made it a little difficult. Plus, dialing in a new welder took some time...we didn't practice on are rails, but on some scrap pieces. Then we were having trouble with the wind. We also had trouble with the wire getting welded inside the tip. There was just non stop problems with them. We tried to make them look semi decent, but there's going to be so much other crap on the boat, not too many people are going to be paying attention to the craftsmanship. It's going to be a party only boat...who wants to look at welds when you can look at some hotties. I do wish they were a nice stack of dimes though...I just don't think our 2 welders had that much experience with welding aluminum. The guy that was going to do them, seemed to never have enough time to get to our rails...

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