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Showing posts with label Hints_Tips. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hints_Tips. Show all posts
Friday, November 14, 2014

Quick and Effective, Water Hose Repair

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I've been cruising for a while now, and sometimes you can not get proper boat bits in the more remote parts of the world. Recently...
Saturday, July 5, 2014

Portable Fuel Transfer Pump and Filter

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Pump and Filter in Plastic Box Have you ever siphoned fuel and got a mouth full of diesel? Have you  ever transferred fuel to your boat...
Friday, May 16, 2014

Hole Saw Enlarger

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Here's a handy tool. A Hole Saw Enlarger. Expands holes in tight retrofit situations. Applications are many and varied but are not l...
Sunday, October 20, 2013

A Comfortable Boat Shoe

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Neither a sock or a shoe, these look like they might make a comfortable boat shoe that boasts of being skid resistant. Also looks like I c...
Sunday, September 29, 2013

Improved Bungee's

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Like duct tape, bungee cords have been making life easier for ages, but the time seemed right to improve on the original design.The  compa...
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Monday, August 12, 2013

Desalinator in a Bottle

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News Item. Here's something that may save lives. While not yet  released for purchase, Puri is developing this amazing product that m...
Tuesday, August 6, 2013

WD40 as sticky residue remover.

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Our companion way stairs are wooden with a polyurethane coating and some non skid tape on to prevent the "sliding foot". Last t...
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Thursday, April 25, 2013

Small Clothes Drying.

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Some years ago, we were in the Pacific islands and my wife bought at a market, a round plastic hanger with multiple clothes pegs hangin...
Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Square cut to Radiator Hose

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Sometimes we need to cut radiator type hose with a nice square end. Some of you know how hard that can be with the hose unsupported ...
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Thursday, October 11, 2012

Home Handyman Aluminium Repair

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Have you ever had an aluminum repair or 'thing" you wanted to make, but thought you had to use a TIG welder, which you don't ha...
Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Dry Case for your iThing

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Keeping your iPad or even your iThing water proof as we use these items more and more, in the boating environment, has become a challange o...
Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Low Cost Jigs

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Over at Dock Six Chronicles , Brian has an excellent article on a jig he made to do some scarfing. He puts together an excellent explanatio...
Sunday, April 22, 2012

Teak Grate Cutting Jig

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Mark Corke has a teak grate project in hand and shows us how to get perfectly spaced rebates on his teak project. Mark explains first of al...
Monday, April 9, 2012

Tale of Two Tapes

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The two masking tapes shown vary quite a lot in both price and quality. The upper most tape was from a local chandler for $6 which I had to...
Friday, April 6, 2012

One Stop Shop

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Here's a web site that seems to sell almost anything. They claim over 490,000 products. Great stuff for your boat project and that hard ...
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Tuesday, March 13, 2012

A Lesson in Troubleshooting

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I'm writing this up after almost a year after the incident. I never wrote it up originally because I was some what embarrassed about it...
Monday, March 12, 2012

Clean cuts on Plywood

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Mark Corke has shown us a wonderful tip for cutting ply. Go on over to his web site to get the full blurb. Mark says.....  The picture sh...
Thursday, February 9, 2012

Gasket Making

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In many situations you may need or want to make your own gaskets for your boat's engine or other equipment. It may be difficult to find...
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Sunday, February 5, 2012

Starboard as an Alternative to Wood

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Over at Capt'n Pauley's Boat Yard , he's written about the advantages of using starboard. here's what he had to say..... A...
Thursday, February 2, 2012

Hose Clamp Safety Clip

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You know the pain! If you work on boats, cars, trucks or anywhere else hose clamps are in use, professional or do-it-yourselfer, at one ti...