I’ve invested a bit of money into natural bristle brushes, particularly while doing my Boston Whaler Restoration. They have been instrumental in topside painting and in particular varnishing the interioir mahogany. Cleaning and storing these natural bristle brushes for future projects is important to me. A Quick Overview of Natural Bristle Brushes Natural bristle brushes […]
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I bought this Whaler without an interior so had to buy one. Luckily, there’s a great craftsman in Haverhill MA who fabricates them out of real African Mahogany. Bob Latorelle put together a Super Sport interior for me at a fantastic price. The wood came unfinished so applying spar varnish was the first order of
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As with many of my projects, I have to create a separate project to build a tool for it. In this case, I needed to make a Lithium Ion battery pack. Rather than solder, I decided to make a spot welder to put the battery pack together. Lithium Ion batteries are heat sensitive. They can
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Now that the weather is warming up here in North Carolina, I can finally start working on the hull and the boat transom. The transom fiberglass repair will consist chiefly of patching in all of the holes with a permanent fix. The only holes I won’t fix are the ones for mounting the engine. This
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Recently, I was on line ordering files to sharpen my chainsaw when I ran across this kit. The A679-02 Dremel chainsaw sharpener kit piqued my interest so I decided to buy one and give it a shot. Read on to see how to put it together and what the results were after I assembled the
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The Novel Covid-19, SARS-CoV-2 virus, more commonly known as the corona virus has left many of us scratching our heads as to why people are suddenly hoarding. A lifetime supply of toilet paper is apparently being stashed away by people. The hoarding has spread into the food sector as well. Luckily, there’s a solid supply
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Making an overhead camera mount is easy! I quite often do closeup detail work when making videos for the YouTube channel or pictures for this site. In the past, I’ve used tabletop tripods. Doing overhead shots with these is challenging at best! I’ve had the tripod tip over in the middle of a shot. More
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If you love old boats and outboards, you’ll eventually have to replace a fuel pump. OEM replacements can be expensive. The outboard fuel pump I’m rebuilding here has an OEM cost of about $75! Before buying a replacement, you should consider an outboard fuel pump rebuild. Outboard Fuel Pump Rebuild Kits You can buy an
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In addition to this extremediy.org, I also run a YouTube channel (ExtremeDIY). Many of my projects are intensive in terms of time. I use a Cannon camcorder and quite often I find that the camera runs out of power. Usually, way before I am done with whatever task I happen to be doing. I came
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If you do boat restorations, you’ll eventually have to get the boat off a trailer and onto boat stands. Moreover, you’ll probably have to flip it over as well. I’m restoring this Boston Whaler 13 and have finished the interior. I have to get this boat off the trailer and onto boat stands. That way,
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