A little under the weather today; sore throat, head ache etc. Life on the couch ain't so bad.
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A little under the weather today; sore throat, head ache etc. Life on the couch ain't so bad.
Johno, life on the couch sucks and you know it as well as do, what's the problem?
Have finished your ROTORY--------there's no more I can do, if you don't like the adhesive decals, just peel 'em off, it's solid polished walnut underneath.
Can I send it to ROTORY John, Georgia, USA, you think that would find you?
send me your address via P/M or [email protected]. It's all ready for shipping.
Looked at the four ROTORIES and the V8 and felt like a traitor, but having said that, I learned so much about carving gear cases out of a solid billet, I reckon I could now do a bloody good facsimile of ANY gear case, OMC, MERCURY, racing or club foot -----even offshore.
So I looked at Watermarks sprint Molli and decided it would have a fair " concept" of a 1000 BP.
Started doing the power head in softwood----moved down to that agricultural centre section, carved it and shaped it, spokeshave, tenon saw, chisel and sanding block, I was chuffed to buggary with the shape so I gave it six coats of black and made a gear case to weep over, half way through the steering wing when Jilly came to the shop door with a very large CC7. End of story!
If it all comes together the way I think it will, I'll show you piccies tomorrow Me gone, MYGGWY.J.
Had to Google that one, Jackie.. ha, ha.. wasn't sure if you were happy or sad ;0) .. "Pleased" is the definition.... thereby deserving of that CC7.Quote:
Originally Posted by jackiewilson
That's the trouble with "Colonials", they only speak basic English-----dialect is much more descriptive Mark ? But you'll get used to it------chuffed to buggary translates to VERY HAPPY INDEED !
If you would like the piece before November---------postage should be around $50----down to you!
Will need an address or would M.R.CANADA. find you?
if I get far enough into it, will post some piccies to see if your still up for it, J.
Been a Brahma of a day up to now, did the car boot at Ford. Spent an absolute fortune ! Found a Festool circular saw kit , a mountain of tools and a superb glasS golf trophy, raided the pedal and crank( bank to colonials). Been there ten times of late and found nothing that lit my candle, but today ------we ate bear!
I was hot in the shop today, big strides with the walnut wing, finished the BP but am not sure it's what watermark wants. Me myself think the 17' Molli has turned out better than the sprint, so I think the best combination is the BP and the 17' for Watermark.
Have a couple of phoggies for you to peruse, see what you think, give me three hours.
Jackie: Check you private message on this site. My e-mail doesn't recognize your e-mail.
John
As my sainted mother used to say" there's always one"- not many places in the world I don't get Emails from, EVEN CANADA. Try again. Mine cannot possibly be wrong, all lower case!Quote:
Originally Posted by Rotary John
Got your PM and have answered it!
How you feeling today------tell you what Johno, pour yourself a large malt and hot lemon juice, it's ok to open my bottle!
Should have done the BP in hardwood, softwood marks every time I drop it, which is frequently nowadays----definitely looks better on the 17' Molli. Will make another top in oak, I don't have any two inch mahogany or walnut left.
Will show you what the long boat looks like with it stitched to its rear Mark, tell me which one you want!
Jackie: No can do. I gave up booze right after OFF the last time I was there. It's beer only now a days.Still feeling under the weather, but getting better. I copied your e-mail address directly from your post and pasted it to my e-mail. It said it didn't recognize it. So I guess the PM worked fine.Quote:
Originally Posted by jackiewilson
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Just to to show I was not sat on my rectum all day----managed to get half a dozen coats of sealer filler on the walnut wing------beginning to de-clutter the shop a little, a pair of twisters with pipes should suffice on this one.
Going to get some Beauty sleep early tonight, more ramblings tomorrow, MYGGWY.J.
If if you send me your email address Johno by PM, I'll send you an email, then you will have my correct email---------at least I THINK that's how it works!Quote:
Originally Posted by Rotary John
By the cringe it's feckin freezing cold here today, so what happens the boiler goes on strike, no hot water, no central heating, means no shower, no shower means you can probably smell my whereabouts in the USA AND CANADA.
not a happy situation, we've had two teams, plumbing and heating "engineers"----even the dustbin mans an engineer these days.
Am not a happy bunny , rigor mortis sets in too easily when there's no heating, my draughty old workshop seems like St. Trop compared to my house.
Spittin feathers at the minute, let you know if the village pond freezes over!
Been a funny old day-----I got a bad dose of "SWITZERITUS"---- did a matching pair of BP/s in mahogany, was determined to turn up six pipes that looked halfway decent' had an old shower head with 12 arms made out of chromed brass. Dismantled it carefully and stuck one of the arms in the lathe , bored the megaphone end first---reversed it, then turned the taper. Did that six times plus the two I screwed up -drilled the power head and fitted the six megaphones.
They were meant for the walnut wing, but the black was saying "me, me, me" so I gave em a try on IT , they have to be black motors, polished mahogany does not look right. Maybe they'll look ok on the w/w. But still have a way to go before that happens! That was really all I got done today before it was knocking off time.
Leave for Gatwick at 3:30am so I'm OUTA here, MYGGWY .j.
In the end , there was no room for me in the Lexus so I got to stay in bed.
Two of Jills kids and baby Betty, complete with pram, push chair and potty was about all the lexus could handle, Jilly crept back into bed around 6:00am.
Its the start of the Bank holiday weekend here in the UK,
Last night was horse racing at Fontwell, today is "Glorious Goodwood" ---chaos and carnage everywhere, good time to stay home and savour what we have here.
Have a fair few motors to construct, gear cases to carve, Gary sent me a bunch of those beautiful props I told you about.
Saw a horrendous picture of MISS GEICO on fire, that is a winters work of Gary and Craig so I must ring them and find out the right story, give me six hours!
You forgot to update on the most important fact....Did you get the feckin boiler up and running ???
Hey Jackie, Florida weather is nice. You never did comment about my thoughtful request for a Moli like I drove in the 1971 Paris race with a OMC V-4
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Originally Posted by Bob V
3rd lot of engineers here right now, keeps shaking his head and muttering "oh dear me".
No signal from the Wi-Fi sender unit to the remote control, trying to baffle me with bullsh-t, I just told him they never got rid of the after birth but the devils advocate sorted it the night before the afternoon. I think he got the message . Going to by pass the remote------it's either all or nothing, on or off, yippee-----my sort of language.
So much for I can sort any problem you may have from my iPhone .
Hey, Bob ----you still want a wing or three, I got 'em breeding in the shop, up to eight you can choose from, white, black, acacia, walnut with the usual choices in propulsion. ROTORY, Vee sixes, straight sixes , with or without pipes, twisters and JONRUDE Vee eights--------take your pick ------I'm going down with " SWITZERWINGITUS"-----it's a man thing ! Similar to the maenapause but much more serious.
Put the Mahogony sixes with pipes on the 700 wing-----looks the "biz". Post a pick later.
Send me a piccie john and I'll do it next week, fight you over the price in Tavares, could do you one with a badly painted Vee Eight I got sat on the shelf at a discount! It's got a great gear case and steering bar!Quote:
Originally Posted by John Schubert
What's ur e-mail address? Yes BTW I can do the painting, thats no problem for me. Mine is [email protected]
Did you receive my e-mail with pictureQuote:
Originally Posted by jackiewilson
Can get the shape of boat and motor and General idea, but black and feckin White photo John?Quote:
Originally Posted by John Schubert
Youre having a laugh!!!
That's what it was I believe it was the photo from Powerboat magazine. BTW did they have color in 1971
They had colour in 1939------remember Gone with the wind and Snow White----DUH!!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by John Schubert
The picture of Miss GEICO was taken in Sarasota several years back, it was the Turbine, i hadn't seen it before.
Will post the picky of --700 tonight, the iPad is fresh outa battery.
No I don't, but I remember Snow White, our TV which we didn't get until late 40's a gift from the General Mgr of the famous hotel, the Plaza Hotel, he sponsored my father's "D" stock runabout, it was black & white. You guys across the pond had better stuff I guess.
Jackie, any comment on my #2273 post?....Phill.
You want a comment Phill? Ok here goes, You do talk pisspotical sometimes, how could you not go to the Bristol reunion. Married Don Ross's eldest daughter, watched probably every race that was ever held there.Quote:
Originally Posted by ron54
I would feel guilty about going, I was always dead set against any race being held in the docks, I told both DON AND CHARLIE, I would never race there, it was Scottie who talked me into it.
Just buy the bloody ticket and enjoy the day.
No, I haven't bought a ticket yet and I can tell you Seebold will not be there, he has other commitments.
That's the 700 wing, the stackers suit it, just might put a set of pipes on the black one, station name, El Diablo in white, somebody may take a fancy to it and offer a pittance!
Who's the dingleberry then, that is not the 700!
Its the all wood mahogany and acacia and a lousy picture. as a photographer I would make a fine roadsweeper,
sent another but it's just as bad, I wouldn't even buy one from the foggies.
Honest to murgatroyd, they really are better than the piccies.
You still want me to make you a Rude/Molinari John?
Forget "Concepts" for a while, Anybody know what this is----------found it in the bottom of a drawer marked. "UNF nuts and bolts" last saw it over forty years ago.
Your ON class winning medal for the 6 hrs of France?
Dave
Nope!Quote:
Originally Posted by CNC_Guy
Must be Sunday.
you stole it as it has no names on it?
Nope, I was robbed!
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This is is how it starts Jonathan, you ask if I can do a Molinari V4 rude ? I sort through the timber pile and start fiddling, you send a vague black and white phoggie, I wish there was a bit more detail on the motor, even fotos of a stinger are rare as rockin horse ca-ca, so if you got one , I could get a bit of an idea as to which direction I'm heading.
Its all oak and mahogany and I leave you to paint it John.
What a day, ate bear all day, cooking with Argon ! Never put a foot wrong, got well and truly stuck into John Sherlocks Moli/V4 combo, it flowed like the Amazon, end of the day I could have done with another couple of hours just to put the icing on the cake. Got a few piccies to show you, even got a half tidy Stinger to show you as well as the 17' Moli. Take a peek later!
Isn't that the prize they give to the first boat finishing a lap behind the winner? I think if you finish 2 laps back you get a smaller version of the same thing and 3 laps back you receive one that doesn't have the Eiffel Tower on the flip side!Quote:
Originally Posted by jackiewilson
Or, if they can't count and have to make a guess!,,,Quote:
Originally Posted by willabee
Lets not go down this miserable road again William, it's history.
That's fine with me, please be reminded that I am never the one that brings back "the Neverending Story" :nonod: