Referal Needed

[Tom Latta]

List Members: We have begun the restoration of newly acquired TC 1712 after its forty two year hibernation. The tub is off the chassis, the sheet metal skin is off the wooden body structure and the body timbers should be arriving from Craig Seabrook next week. Prior to completely dismantling the wooden body structure and losing important reference points I need to have someone to repair the rust at the screw holes of the cowl. We live in Rockport, Maine which is along the mid coast about an hour and one half from Portland, ME and three hours from Boston. Ultimately, I will also need some help with the wings so this is just the beginning. I know some excellent places to have wooden boats built or repaired, but do not know any competent panel beaters relatively close to home. Thanks, Tom Latta TC 1712, TD 1992 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Diecuts@aol.com]

Hi Tom, A small mig welder would easily do many of the bodywork metal tasks. With the new instant dark masks, welding is now very easy. I almost sent out my panels for rework, but instead spent $300 on a mig wire welder (110 current) and, after around 30 minutes practice on some scrap sheet metal, finished the repairs myself in a few hours. This included filling holes, cutting out rusted areas and welding in new panels, attaching brackets, etc. The time spent dragging panels around, waiting for someone else to do it, quality concerns, etc. not to mention money saved made it an easy choice for the welder. Check it out. Cheers, Lee Jacobsen, Dearborn, MI TA2969 tickford (Salmons #4889) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Chip Hellie]

Tom, Listen to Lee here. It's easy, and very rewarding too. Buy a cheap $15.00 angle grinder to grind off the welds and bo-bo's. You also can cut out the rust with these buy putting a thin cutting wheel on. Just don't cheat and angle them for grinding welds down. They get thin and might explode. Wear eye protection. It's fun! Chip --- diecuts@aol.com wrote:

> > Hi Tom, > > A small mig welder would easily do many of the > bodywork metal tasks. With > the new instant dark masks, welding is now very > easy. I almost sent out my > panels for rework, but instead spent $300 on a mig > wire welder (110 current) > and, after around 30 minutes practice on some scrap > sheet metal, finished the > repairs myself in a few hours. This included > filling holes, cutting out rusted > areas and welding in new panels, attaching > brackets, etc. The time spent > dragging panels around, waiting for someone else to > do it, quality concerns, > etc. not to mention money saved made it an easy > choice for the welder. Check > it out. > > Cheers, Lee Jacobsen, Dearborn, MI TA2969 > tickford (Salmons #4889) > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been > removed] > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > mg-tabc-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > > > > > >

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