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Old Checkmate Molds

Hey guy's , just somewhat getting ahead of this thread and maybe somewhat behind but ...............the truth of the matter is the hull can be bonded to the deck which is a very simple process that is ....... almost stupid because it is so easy to do .....or should i say a no brainer .
 
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OFFSHORE GINGER said:
Hey guy's , just somewhat getting ahead of this thread and maybe somewhat behind but ...............the truth of the matter is the hull can be bonded to the deck which is a very simple process that is ....... almost stupid because it is so easy to do .....or should i say a no brainer .
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Yep, the decks can very easily be bonded to the hulls. It was getting confused with west coast style "capping" which eliminates the rub rail area making it smooth on the outside. These molds just aren't set up for that. They are shoe box style. It can still be done, but more work than its worth.
 
One of only a couple things I thought were very cheaply done on my 185 Pulse was. Rivets! :pissed: And every one was pulling thru or oblonging (word?) out.

When I installed the cap I thru bolted every 3' and screwed every 4" into a wood backing plate as well as using the 5200. Boat is rock solid across some pretty good 1-2' chop with not a creek or groan!

Hopefully the factory is doing a bit more then jus rivets thru the shoebox fit still...
 
SunTime said:
One of only a couple things I thought were very cheaply done on my 185 Pulse was. Rivets! :pissed: And every one was pulling thru or oblonging (word?) out.

When I installed the cap I thru bolted every 3' and screwed every 4" into a wood backing plate as well as using the 5200. Boat is rock solid across some pretty good 1-2' chop with not a creek or groan!

Hopefully the factory is doing a bit more then jus rivets thru the shoebox fit still...
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That was the factory, and this time it will be me, and I won't decide exactly how I'll do it for another month or so.
 
The ground needs to dry up a bit more, still too soupy out there to relocate my stuff to the new shop. Not to mention the day I'm gonna have in knocking down prickly bushes.
 
Coop that's awesome you saved the molds. I read the hole thread I hope everything is working out for you and bisness has picked up. For some reason I can't see the pictures in here. Wish I lived closer I would love to give you a hand and learn more about building bots. Seams like it would be really cool to build a boat from nothing. Even cooler then restoring one yes there's something sed about putting a hart bead back in an old checkmate. But building a bran new checkmate a 2013 what ever model you have the molds for that's just fing bad a$$. Wish you luck. You don't happen to have any small mate molds.
 
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