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My neighbor had to choose today...

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delliottg
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Initially Posted - 09/05/2012 : 16:39:57

I got my tiller ready to be varnished today, hung it up from an xmas light nail outside my garage and got the first coat on. My neighbor had dropped a couple of loads of dirt in his side yard, but I didn't think much of it. Then he took his Bobcat and started running loads of dirt down the street to another neighbor's house kicking up dust all over the place. Plus it's a windy day. Then, his mom & sister are out sweeping up the dust (which is good), which is just kicking up more dust.

I guess I'm going to have a non-skid finish on my tiller.

David
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hewebb
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Response Posted - 09/06/2012 : 05:18:02

Guess your hand will not slip. Sorry to here that. I know from experience that that is frustrating.

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Response Posted - 09/06/2012 : 06:34:44

The operative word is "first". You know what to do...

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Joe Diver
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Response Posted - 09/06/2012 : 07:22:59

Why did you hang it outside?

Varnish will pit with the smallest amount of dust.....The first hour or so is the most vulnerable. When I did my interior pieces, I actually waited a full day after sanding, to let the wood rest and grain develop, also to let the air settle so there was no particulate at all in the garage. If it had been windy outside, I would have done the pieces in the house.

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redviking
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Response Posted - 09/06/2012 : 10:20:38

I bought a new tiller for cheap as I recall. When I factored in the time and price of varnish, it was a wash.

Sten

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John Russell
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Response Posted - 09/06/2012 : 10:28:36

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by redviking
 I bought a new tiller for cheap as I recall. When I factored in the time and price of varnish, it was a wash.

Sten
<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">I'm with you, Sten. But, if you visit [url="http://uniquetreen.com/"]David's website[/url], you'll get a good idea why he chose to make his own.

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delliottg
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Response Posted - 09/06/2012 : 11:01:00

Thanks for the plug John! Actually I chose to make my own because I'm cheap and I had the waterproof plywood it's laminated from laying around my shop and I'd just broken my original tiller. It was designed to be a cheap replacement tiller till I laminated a "real" one, but I've grown to like it so much that when I do make a "real" tiller, it'll be very similar to this one.

Scott asked a good question, why did I hang it outside? Well to be honest, I'm really just looking for a UV protectant on top of the epoxy coating, which I neglected to do when I first made it (cheap, temporary replacement, remember?). So, not surprisingly, the sun has started to degrade the epoxy, which I've repaired and now I'm just looking for a serviceable coating. If I were working on a piece of furniture or something along those lines, I'd have done the same, vacuum everything, then let the dust settle for a day.

What's really irking me now, is I just sent Rita off to lunch with a friend of hers, and the VW has about 1/8" of dust all over it (just washed it), and the Mercedes (a little further from the street) has about 1/16" all over it (also just washed), the truck, well, tough to tell, been a while since it's been washed.

Getting ready to go do a light sanding & get another coat of spar varnish on.

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Prospector
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Response Posted - 09/06/2012 : 12:52:51

Yanno Dave, If you were to turn some plugs to match the holes for SR Mariner gauges, I know a guy who might be interested in a couple. He might even could send you teh wood to turn them from...

And wasn't it you I bought my spare tiller from??? I could be wrong, its been a while.

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delliottg
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Response Posted - 09/06/2012 : 13:18:00

Do you have a species you really want them turned from? I have lots of wood available, but if you want something special... I'd need accurate dimensions for the diameter(s) and a napkin sketch of what you want.

I actually bought a spare tiller from someone on here a while back, don't remember who, great deal though. That's the one I've been using all season while dawdling with my "good" tiller. Got another coat on the "good" one after a thorough sanding. I'll try to get a third on this evening. I really want to get this one back on the boat because it has much-much better vertical holding ability. If I drop it, it just stays there, if I drop the emergency tiller, it drops to the bottom of it's travel, which gets interesting when I'm trying to go from tiller to OB tiller & back while docking. I really need to come up with a soft/hard link for my rudder & OB, I really miss having that when I had my 2 stroke.

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islander
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Response Posted - 09/06/2012 : 14:35:15

Reminds me of a friend who was set to paint his hull. He waited until around 5-6 PM for the wind to die down so as not to have any dust blow into the paint. He was going to roller it on and I will admit that when he was just finishing up it didn't look bad. Then the Nat's came...Thousands... Last I saw he was trying to pick them out of the paint one by one with tweezers.

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Response Posted - 09/06/2012 : 16:27:20

Sounds like your current tiller is "fatter" than the rudder head. I have the opposite issue right now. If I tighten up the bolts on my tiller, I can't raise it. OTOH, it never drops when I let go of it.

Harumph. hard to please, ain't we?

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Joe Diver
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Response Posted - 09/06/2012 : 22:41:22

Ahh....I didn't realize this was just a cheap temp one....thought it was one of the nice, pretty layered ones with the gentle curve and nice shape.....

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