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I got mine, but haven't ridden it yet. I am in fear of the same thing with the topsheet. I may go the marine varnish route, but I really like the finish on it right now, so I got some butcher block conditioner and am in the process of putting a couple layers on it. it will not protect it from chipping, but it should help with potential standing water problems below the bindings. With the raw base, I fear of some rot over time if water stands in an area for a while.
|I got mine, but haven't ridden it yet. I am in fear of the same thing with the topsheet. I may go the marine varnish route, but I really like the finish on it right now, so I got some butcher block conditioner and am in the process of putting a couple layers on it. it will not protect it from chipping, but it should help with potential standing water problems below the bindings. With the raw base, I fear of some rot over time if water stands in an area for a while.
|Nice review! Can't say I'm surprised about the topsheet though. I checked out the board pre-season at REI, and even on brand new boards on the shelf, a couple of them already had bubbles formed underneath the topsheet. Is it chipping from the edges? Not sure there's much you can do other than repair it as it occurs with some epoxy to keep it from spreading.
OK -so second impressions of the flagship. Board still rides awesome as per the write up. Unfortunately, whilst the base is bombproof, the topsheet definitely ain't.
Sois there anyone out there with advice on how to protect the top sheet on the Flagship - Mine is chipping away already after only 5 days - I had a suggestion of using marine varnish, anyone tried this? I love the ride and the eco-friendly sentiment, but the top sheet just doesnt hold up well i am afraid.
Nice read! That would have been my choice if I didn't find such an irresitible deal on my Arbor A-Frame...
Great board man.
Jones Flagship - First Impressions
I was up in Whistler yesterday and brought out the Flagship 161 for the first time.
About me: 511 - 185lbs - 30yrs old - advanced rider, usually get 35 days or so on the snow each year, been riding since 2004 (started late) - like to charge down runs, search for steep powder, tree lines, chutes bowls basically whatever interesting terrain I can find. Dont ride park at all.
Conditions/runs I rode: Mixed - Hard packed groomers, some sketchy windblown steeps, chunky chopped up powder, and some gnarly tight tree-lines with powder covering some nasty rocks an branches. Basically the whole gamut other than deep deep powder runs.
I like to go fast down runs my first impressions of the Flagship: holy sh!t, this board is fast!. At High speeds my Rome Agent would usually get unstable and squirrely before I would get close to speed levels that scared me When I pointed the Flagship I started getting some serious speed in no time and the board would be totally stable and locked on - its the first board I have ridden where I have backed off because of the speed rather than the lack of control AWESOME!
I half expected the longer sidecut to make the board a bit hard to maneuver in trees and carving around at slower speeds which was one reason I went for the 161 instead of the 164. I still think the 161 was the right choice for me, however the 164 would not have been a problem in this respect. The board was really easy to whip around in the trees and initiated carves really easily, which I guess was down to the Camrock profile. Once you start to bomb you really appreciate the longer sidecut the board wants to ride straight down the mountain and was really responsive edge to edge when doing so. All in all the longer side cut combined with the early rise profile seems to be a great combination.
For me, the Mellow Magnetraction is the perfect version of this technology that I have ridden so far. In honesty I have not been a big fan of Magnetraction I have ridden in general - I have found it a bit too catchy, but certainly appreciated its grip on icy terrain. On the Flagship I didnt notice the MellowMag at all for the vast majority of the day (you can barely even see it visually). The one time we ventured down some steep windblown icy/hard packed slopes, I noticed that I still had great edge hold, and had enough confidence to ride pretty much uninhibited down the face. When our group got to the bottom my buddies all commented on how much they were sliding out and losing control on the ice, which hadnt happened to me at all So I gotta put that down to the MellowMag despite the fact that I hadnt really noticed it in the same way that I had when riding regular Magnetraction.
Whenever I did hit powder the board floated really nicely and was really quick to steer most of the time I was plowing though a lot of chop and the nose really dealt with everything in its way keeping the board really stable, I never felt bucked around despite going over some some pretty chunky terrain.
The last thing I noticed was how tough the base is. I went over some nasty rocks and roots that were hidden under some dusting of powder, and some of them I hit pretty hard (much to my dismay!). I was surprised and happy to find that when i looked at my base at the end of day there was only one superficial scratch on the whole thing
All in all I am really happy with this board, and it is definitely gonna help me take my riding to another level It would be really interesting to compare this to some of the Rossi boards that have a similar profile but with more camber between the feet (the Flagship is very nearly flat). I am just gonna have to remember to speed check now and again, now that I dont have my usual signals like crazy chatter and lose of edge control
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Justin's Nut Butter, Chocolate Almond Butter, 16 oz (454 g) (Discontinued Item)
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Problem solved! New coil, rev limiter no problem to hit at 7000rpm.
But on the dyno the gearbox started making strange sounds, and acting strange. Jumped in 1 gear some times, and in N the wheels was going slow forward.
So today I tok the engine with gearbox out, so just to drain the oil tomorrow so I can open it to se whats the problem with it.
NIce Rallye... bad ass project too!
Opened the gearbox today, I HATE that job, just splittet it. Found plastic shavings inside it.... Where that is coming from I dont know.
Chewed up Speedo gear? At my job we get lots of cars that still spins the wheels in neutral when its on the lift.
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There is not a speedo gear in 02M, is just a hall sensor or something like that.
But cant figure out where it comes from, have looked in the transfer case to, was so much shavings inside the oil ducts for the transfer case.
But many bearings inside the transfer case, and gearbox is FU¤#&D, so new is on its way. So this gearbox is just laying around so I can take spare parts from.
Car is up running again. But not the 4motion system, the prop shaft doesent move..... God damn im tired of the car now!!
And still the exhaust vvt solenoid, can the solenoid be broken? Or maybe some mechanical problem?
take a look at your diff picture Tor..did you remember to put the bushing from the old diff over on the new one? that bushing pull the transfercase..
maybe a stupid question but i have to ask
God damn im stupid!!!! We learn something new everyday! But this sucks big time!
Your right Michael, so the engine and everything must out, one more time!
Hmm, or could I just loosen the transfercase and mount i over?
Looks likes its good enough to take of the transfercase, hope its enough room to get the transfercase out on the mk2.
Nothing happens, tried PWM test on the aux out, the idle is a little bit different but in the runtime value menu, position is 0. If I do it the inlet solenoid, idle change a lot, and position 52.
You said in a previous post that the exhaust solenoid makes more noise than the inlet, maybe there's no, or not enough oil feed to the solenoid, maybe somewhere in the oil gallery it is clogged?
Damit, how could I miss this thread
looks awsome, good luck with your issues, hope u figure it out.
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Yeah, maybe it something with the oil gallery. Start thinking it something mechnical.
Thanks Pisko! Yeah me to, the car run great with the new OEM coils. So just take the transfercase of and mount the bushing/ring.
Long time since last update now.
Did mount the bushing/ring on the transfercase, and mountet the 4motion controller.
But the 4motion is a little bit strange, 1/2 gear, just fwd, but i 3/4/5/6, it 4wd.
But when its jacked up on all four wheels it 4wd in 1/2 gear to.
So how is these haldex pump? It`s new oil, and filter on the diff.
And have somebody fitted floor standing pedal box in MK2, without moving the seats?
i thought the way 4 motion worked was as soon as the front wheels lose traction then it transfers power to the back wheels.....
Somebody will quickly correct me if im wrong
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Not with a 4 motion controller
I do not know much about the 4motion system or the controller. But is it possible that it is sensing to much power and going into a "fail safe" to protect it self?
Slow and loud is my style.
No it can hold much more power then I have now.
Think maybe this is the problem. http://forums.vwvortex.com/showthrea...-it-s-the-pump.


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I live in waterfowl heaven-in the middle of the Coteau plateau.The waterfowl factory of N America.A 'factory'in trouble because of CRP/habitat loss.
If you're into waterfowl,really into it,there's nothing like watching the spectacle of the spring migration.So this morning,with most of the snows north of me,I sleep in a bit but eventually get going and decide to pour a jug of coffee and take a ride to gaze at the mass migration.Even before leaving my driveway the scene starts unfolding.Every puddle,every ice free slough edge,etc full of all kinds of waterfowl-almost in the yard.I head east and an 80 of my CRP running along the road has a number of mallard pairs buzzing it looking for,anxious to start,nesting.
However,all to often in this one hour ride I'm going past plowed up CRP,fields were no nesting will take place anymore.Then I start noticing other things,the remaining CRP not only has mallards circling,gliding,and buzzing it,it has hawks doing the same.Natural,nothing new,except as you drive you notice lots of hawks over CRP and then it slowly dawns on you,of course,there are more hawks,not totally but certainly 'more'in the sense they also are concentrated.Undeniably to the detriment of nesting waterfowl.
I could go on and on about my ride and what I saw but perhaps we should discuss this part of the problem of habitat loss-predation.We all know and have read about the benefit of large grasslands(CRP)dispersing predators.We may have followed with interest the tension between certain Orgs re 'predation'reduction as a goal and solution,but now,I believe,its time to really look at this issue again.
My view is we have options here.Options we should explore and pursue.My view is we need predator reduction programs more than ever.Perhaps we can't solve the CRP loss(see my other thread though on that)but by God we can implement predation reduction programs on the remaining CRP AND on State and Federal lands if we have the WILL to do so.How about engaging private trappers?Good for them,waterfowl,and the economy overall.
Please think about this and consider contacting your friends,reps,whoever in the various Orgs and governments.Time is ticking away.Lets not keep fiddling.
Creative minds can hopefully 'see'other solutions as well.I want future generations to be able to pour a cup and get out and enjoy this spring miracle.


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Butterflies have gone extinct in the Alps. Giant squid are migrating north to commercial fishing grounds off California. Flying foxes are dying in Australia. As humans debate global warming at the Bali Conference, its impact on animals and plants has enormous consequences for their survival. Stephen Williams of James Cook University in Australia, noted "I don't think there is any doubt we will see a lot of (extinctions)….Most of the species here in the west tropic would be reduced to..15% of their current habitat." It is estimated if temperatures rise by 4.5 degrees Fahrenheit, about 30% of the earth's species could disappear. The hardest hit according to those attending the Bali conference would be plants and animals in colder climates or at higher elevations as well as those with limited ranges or little tolerance for temperature change. There is scant doubt in the end, virtually all species will be impacted in one way or another.
Australia is currently experiencing a severe drought that has devastated crops and animals all over the nation. It is estimated continued rise in temperature would wipe out about half of species in the nation. Meanwhile, Mediterranean jellyfish are turning up in Scotland and butterflies are moving to new areas of the world. In a sense, we humans are playing God with life on planet Earth. The question is whether or not we are a beneficial or destructive God.


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2012: Actor Charles Durning, best known for his roles in movies such as "The Sting," "Dog Day Afternoon," "Tootsie," "To Be or Not to Be" and "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas," dies at the age of 89 in New York City. Durning earned Academy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actor for his roles in "To Be or Not to Be" and "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas." [ + - ]
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2008: Nobel Prize-winning English playwright, screenwriter, director and actor Harold Pinter dies of liver cancer at age 78 in London, England. His best-known plays include "The Birthday Party," "The Homecoming" and "Betrayal," each of which he adapted into movies. He also adapted others' works for the screen, including "The Servant," "The Go-Between," "The French Lieutenant's Woman," "The Trial" and "Sleuth." [ + - ]
2002: Laci Peterson is reported missing from her Modesto, California, home, by her husband, Scott, who was later convicted of murdering her and their unborn son and sentenced to death. [ + - ]
1997: Japanese actor Toshiro Mifune, best known for his 16-film collaboration with filmmaker Akira Kurosawa, from 1948 to 1965 in works such as "Rashomon" (pictured), "Seven Samurai," "Throne of Blood" and "Yojimbo," dies of multiple organ failure at the age of 77 in Tokyo, Japan. [ + - ]
1994: Air France Flight 8969 is hijacked on the ground by the Armed Islamic Group in Algiers, Algeria. Over the course of the next few days, three passengers were killed before the aircraft was forced to fly to Marseille, France, on December 26. French forces stormed the plane later that day, shooting and killing all four terrorists and successfully rescuing the 166 passengers and crew left on the flight. A former militant group leader later admitted that the hijackers had planned to detonate the aircraft over the Eiffel Tower if it had taken off again from Marseille. [ + - ]
1990: Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman (seen here in 1995) get married in Telluride, Colorado. The marriage would last for just over a decade, with the couple's spokeswoman announcing their separation in February 2001. [ + - ]
1984: British actor Peter Lawford, a member of the "Rat Pack" best known for movies such as "The White Cliffs of Dover," "The Picture of Dorian Gray" and "Ocean's 11," dies of cardiac arrest at the age of 61 in Los Angeles. Lawford had also suffered from kidney and liver failure after years of substance abuse, which also contributed to his death. [ + - ]
1974: Television host and radio personality Ryan Seacrest, best known as the host of "American Idol" and for his nationally syndicated radio show, is born in Dunwoody, Georgia. [ + - ]
1973: The District of Columbia Home Rule Act is passed, allowing residents of Washington, D.C., to elect their own local government. [ + - ]
1973: Author Stephenie Meyer, the creator of the "Twilight" series of books, is born in Hartford, Connecticut. [ + - ]
1971: Singer Ricky Martin, who first became famous as a member of the boy band Menudo and as a solo artist since 1991, including his hit song "Livin' la Vida Loca," is born in San Juan, Puerto Rico. [ + - ]
1968: The crew of Apollo 8 enters into orbit around the moon, becoming the first humans to do so. They performed 10 lunar orbits and broadcasted live TV pictures as part of a famous Christmas Eve broadcast, one of the most watched programs in history. [ + - ]
1955: The " NORAD Tracks Santa " tradition begins after a Sears department store mistakenly prints the phone number for Colorado Springs' Continental Air Defense Command (CONAD) Center in an advertisement telling children they could call Santa. Col. Harry Shoup, who was on duty at CONAD that night, told his staff to give all children who called in a "current location" for Santa Claus. The tradition started that night would continue when the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) replaced CONAD in 1958 and continues to be a Christmas Eve tradition today. [ + - ]
1945: Rock musician Lemmy Kilmister, best known as the lead singer and bassist for the band Motörhead, is born Ian Fraser Kilmister in Burslem, Stoke on Trent, England. He died on Dec. 28, 2015, four days after his 70th birthday, from prostate cancer, congestive heart failure, and cardiac arrhythmia. [ + - ]
1943: During World War II, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt names Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower the Supreme Allied Commander. [ + - ]
1927: Author Mary Higgins Clark, the writer of more than 40 best-selling suspense novels, including her debut in the genre, 1975's "Where Are The Children," is born in The Bronx, New York. [ + - ]
1922: Actress Ava Gardner, best known for her roles in movies such as "The Killers," "Mogambo" (for which she received an Oscar nomination), "The Snows of Kilimanjaro," "The Barefoot Contessa" and "The Night of the Iguana," is born in Smithfield, North Carolina. She died of pneumonia at age 67 on Jan. 25, 1990. [ + - ]
1914: During World War I, the unofficial "Christmas truce" begins along the Western Front in Europe. British and German soldiers, who had already begun to exchange seasonal greetings and songs between their trenches in the weeks leading up to Christmas, independently ventured into "no man's land," where they mingled, exchanging food and souvenirs. As well as joint burial ceremonies, several meetings ended in carol-singing. [ + - ]
1914: Scottish-American naturalist John Muir, an early advocate of preservation of wilderness in the United States and the founder of the Sierra Club, dies of pneumonia at the age of 76 in Los Angeles. Muir's activism helped to preserve the Yosemite Valley, Sequoia National Park and other wilderness areas. [ + - ]
1906: Reginald A. Fessenden becomes the first person to broadcast a music program over radio. Using a high-frequency alternator-transmitter (pictured here) in Brant Rock, Massachusetts, he played a record, performed "O Holy Night" on the violin and finished by reading a passage from the Bible. [ + - ]
1905: Businessman, filmmaker and inventor Howard Hughes is born in Humble, Texas. Hughes would gain prominence in Hollywood from the late 1920s, making films like "The Racket," "Hell's Angels," "Scarface" and "The Outlaw." He would also become one of the most influential aviators in history and one of the wealthiest people in the world. He would also become remembered for his eccentric behavior and reclusive lifestyle in later life. He died of kidney failure at age 70 on April 5, 1976. [ + - ]
1886: Film director Michael Curtiz, best known for winning an Oscar for directing 1942's "Casablanca," is born in Budapest, Hungary. Curtiz also directed many other classic movies, including "The Adventures of Robin Hood," "Captain Blood," "Angels with Dirty Faces," "Yankee Doodle Dandy," "Mildred Pierce" and "White Christmas." He died of cancer at age 75 on April 10, 1962. [ + - ]
1871: Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Aida" has its world premiere at the Khedivial Opera House in Cairo, Egypt, to celebrate the opening of the Suez Canal. Pictured is a set design for Act 2, Scene 2 of the opera's Cairo premiere. [ + - ]
1865: Several veterans of the Confederate Army form a private social club in Pulaski, Tennessee, called the Ku Klux Klan. The name was formed by combining the Greek word "kyklos," meaning circle, with clan. Similar groups soon arose across the South and adopted the same name. Members adopted white costumes consisting of robes, masks and conical hats, designed to be outlandish and terrifying, and to hide their identities. This first wave of the group died out by the early 1870s with a second version starting in 1915. [ + - ]
1851: A fire devastates the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., destroying about 35,000 volumes, about two?thirds of the library's 55,000 book collection, including two?thirds of the personal library Thomas Jefferson had donated. [ + - ]
1818: The first performance of "Silent Night" takes place in the church of St. Nikolaus in Oberndorf, Austria. The words were written two years earlier by young priest Father Joseph Mohr, who brought the lyrics to schoolmaster and organist Franz Xaver Gruber and asked him to compose a melody and guitar accompaniment. Both performed the carol during the Christmas Eve mass. Pictured is a autographed copy of the carol signed by Gruber. [ + - ]
1814: The War of 1812 between the U.S. and Britain ends with the signing of the Treaty of Ghent in Belgium. [ + - ]
1524: Vasco da Gama, the Portuguese explorer who in 1498 became the first European to reach India by sea, dies of malaria in Cochin, India. [ + - ]


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Quote from: Brian D. Bray on December 28, 2006, 11:10:28 PM Bees building comb usually do not swarm. But a hive which have allready an intention to swarm, it does not build foundations. So Maarec says that do not add room with foundations into hive which is in danger to swarm.
Bees building comb usually do not swarm.
Cindi,I see your learning curve in action. You are now connecting the dots.
I do not use exluder even if queen goes to lay eggs to super. When hone flow is strong bees store honey in brood area. I lift those frames up and give empty combs to brood area or foundations. When honey flow ceases, I arrange honey combs and brood combs in order. * Capped boxes to extraction* Filled honey combs up, * brood down and * emty combs in the middle.* mixed honey and brood combs to hive periferia that queen is not willing to lay eggs any more.
I want try and use at least 3 deeps per hive this year. I want to learn how the method works.
http://www.bushfarms.com/beesulbn.htmThis is the basics.
* I would then take three frames of brood from the bottom chamber and place it into the middle of the second chamber. * I would place three drawn frames into the bottom chamber.
maybe i'm making this to complicated. here is what i get from this conversation.with 2 deeps overwintered; early in spring i should pull a couple of frames from the brood box, replace them with empty frames, feed, add 3rd box shortly after, build up hive, add honey supers?? did i get it?


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I'm playing around with the idea of doing something different filtration wise with my 10 gallon. ATM, I have two Marineland Penguin 100's....and its just a bit annoying to constantly be replacing that blue mesh on a bi-weekly (if not more often) basis. I was almost thinking about just adding another Penguin 100 (I have the space for it and otherwise the filters run fine) or replace one of the Penguins with a larger type filter.
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The blue mesh cartridges is a waste of money anyways. Rip it off the plastic, rinse out the carbon crap. Put the plastic cage back in, and use it as a retaining gate per say. Just stuff pillow stuffing in the void. Huge bag costs like $5- prob last you a year literally. You can increase your biological if needed by putting some cermaic rings or matrix below the stuffing, even sponge pieces.
Canisters are always a better choice over HOB's but i always struggle to accept paying for one on such small tanks, but if i were to get one for a 10 gallon a Eheim 2213 or 2215 would be move then enough i would think. I think the smallest Fluval would be too much, and cost more then those eheims. Personally not a fan of any of the other brands.
hrmmm, I might just use filter floss instead of that blue mesh cartage. I should have some laying around at home.
I might for now just play around with increasing filter floss and adding some extra biological components to the filter. Then if I still need more I'll probably just get another HOB and do the same thing with that as well.
I'll wait for having a 10 gallon elsewhere before doing a canister.
HOB modding can lead to endless ideas of doing things, and save a ton of money in the long run. Here's a recent thread for a 350, but all the same idea no matter what HOB is being used.
I supplied a bunch of pictures of some of my current, and older setups.
An AC30 placed on the side of the tank (flowing across) will give you over filtration and very good flow.
actually....maybe I'd customize my existing filters, add another one (eventually add another one) and.....maybe I could plant my HOB's....look at the 10 in my sig and tell me if a planted HOB or two would be a bad idea.
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Gaudin did indeed take the mound a few hours later on the back field at Phoenix Municipal Stadium, throwing to Chris Denorfia, Brooks Conrad and Todd Linden with non-roster catcher Justin Knoedler behind the plate, but he felt so good that the session morphed into a simulated game.
After throwing three 15-pitch "innings," Gaudin even put in some extra work with a few more pitches. Geren raved about the outing, pitching coach Curt Young essentially echoed Geren's enthusiasm before declaring Gaudin to be "right on schedule" for his projected regular season debut on April 12, and Gaudin himself seemed equally pleased.
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Interesting reading. I'm building my own new rudder this winter. The post at the bearing is 4" solid SS and is machined tapered to 2-1/2 inch at the lower bearing. (skeg mount). The blade is 36 x 72 and 6 inches thick at the lead edge. The shaft has three welded on SS ribs to transmit load tothe skin. Thie old glass was water blistered and the foam core was wet. All together the shaft is about 9 feet long. It took a fork truck to put it in my truck. (400 # plus) Its stripped down in my basement now. I love the smell of resin curing.
My plan will be to build up glass over the ribs and fair the lines over the ribs. Next I will cast HD foam all around and then sand it fair, leaving the glass on the ribs exposed. It will then hang shaft horizontal from the basement ceiling while I form Graphite skin around it.
I found that the designers had arranged a lifting eye on the mizzen boom directly over the emergency rudder access cover on the deck. The mizzen vang drops neatly through and lits me winch it back into position.
I'd love to move the center of effort aft a bit but the skeg mount eliminates this option.
|I fully agree with you... and it doesn't take much to just say, "Yeah, we got your message, and I'm sorry but we've been swamped/out of town/in the hospital/whatever, but this is the first chance I've gotten to get back to you..." which goes a long way to making things much better.
Yeah, that's about the way I figure. In this day and age, telephones can always be forwarded. Answering machines (even at the telco exchange) can always give a message. Someone can always pick up a phone and say "I'm flying to Ganjou for a funeral, we've closing the shop for ten days."
Or, I'd be equally content to hear someone say "Yeah, we were at sea, went racing and had some gear failures, couldn't get back to you till we made land."
Of course, considering what it costs to ship a rudder, and what it costs to keep a boat on the hard because you can't sail WITHOUT THE RUDDER...I'd expect more than flowers in the morning after I'd been sent a wrong rudder.
But that's just me, I'm a hard customer.
|Life is too short to deal with companies with bad customer service... if they don't want my business...I will happily take it elsewhere.
Be careful with newrudders.com, which is Foss Foam. They're one of the few 'rudder shops' at all and my friend used them after getting great reccomendations. But first they shipped (ka-ching) a rudder built to the wrong dimensions, then they lost weeks reshipping it (didn't pick up on time, didn't ship on time) and there were some weeks when no one answered the phone at all. No excuse ever given.
This wasn't an all-custom rudder, he only wanted a "notch" on it changed to match his hull profile. What shipped simply had been changed to the wrong dimensions, not the ones they were given.
If they have a stock replacement on hand for your stock rudder and all they need to do is ship it...and answer their phone...it might work out OK.
The new rudder has been OK so far, but would my friend use them again? Preferably not, they simply dropped the ball too many times. The product seemed OK, the service sadly unfocussed.
|Building a new rudder sounds like an interesting and instructive project..if you don't have the time and/or inclination go to www.newrudders.com and search their database for available rudders...I purchased one from them and was very pleased.
|One thing to be aware of—Composite Rudder Posts can fail catastrophically without any real warning... it's happened on some production and custom boats in the last couple of years, so... YMMV.
Hi, it is now 2006. My stainless steel rudder post has some corrosion due to electrolysis due to DPO. It is missing about a knuckle to thumb tip of material. It was puddle welded prior to some blue water cruising and seemed to be ok. But I always worry about what is going on cause it still leaks and results in standing water.
So, I am considering having the post replaced. It is on a 46 foot sailboat, and skeg hung. Any ideas? Cut it out and replace? Replace with carbon fiber and a tube? What could be done to make it lighter?
On the list for 2006 winter.
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Thanks for sharing the detailed info on the rudder rebuild. Very interesting!
2 questions;
1) as it looks like you had just 1 chance to get the rudder post lined up just right (with foam that dense I cant imagine how you could re-do the work once the first pouring of the foam hardened) how did you hold the post and shell in place to eliminate any movement, and how did you make measurements to ensure they were lined up perfectly?
2) how did you keep the walls of the shell from losing their shape as the foam expanded - were the walls of the shell so thick that when the foam expanded it only expanded upward toward the opening without pushing hard enough to deform the foil shape?
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We all have our ideas this was my idea and it worked very good. I found the shape I wanted a long tapered foil took the old stainless shaft cleaned it up and had it trued for twenty bucks at a machine shop. The next step was the local salvage yard and I found a piece of 3/16th plate four feet long and ten inches wide. The welding shop cut a slot in plate and welded it using the piece they cut out to make gussets and I had a stainless core to end all cores. I could have sailed the boat with what I had. then I took plywood and cut templates in the foil halfs shape and built a mould with two X 4 and the two parts were lined with formica and it was glued to the foil tenplates. Next it was coated with seperator and using triaxle cloth three layers were layed on, one coat of mat was the last layer On each half. Now the shaft was set into place and high dinsity foam two part stuff poured in and after it cured the top of the mold was glassed in and the mold seperated and removed and what we had was a smooth as a babys butt rudder which only required an hour to fair with glass tape and a a little more resin and another hour to primer and another to bottom paint. All this for $500. Beats $3000 any day.
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Does anyone have a copy of the decals on the boushh backpack tanks? I am rebuilding the ones I have and need to make my new ones more accurate. Any help would be appreciated.
Does anyone have a copy of the decals on the boushh backpack tanks? I am rebuilding the ones I have and need to make my new ones more accurate. Any help would be appreciated.
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Jeanne, no need to delete. I just moved it to the correct spot. I'll take care of you.
Thanks a bunch Bill!!
Not sure if this helps or if they are accurate but the only place ive seen these decals are on the gentle giant bust ive got!
If you want i can try and take a pic and upload it, not sure how well it would come out though?
I have some great shots for you from the Exhibit in Spai(i think) but the link is on my lap top, But as soon as I get on there later I'll post them for you.
I am currently working on one for myself too and Ref. is few and far between for Boushh.
I've looked believe me.
I'll send you the link later.
Thanks for the pictures. I am currently trying to get more accurate sizing on the tanks also. The original set I have are nice but far from "spot on". The boushh will always be my favorite and I just keep wanting to make it better. My new chest piece is almost ready...
Hi Jeanna i would realy like to know what the tanks are I.e small gas bottles or compressor tanks please could you help , i have the decals and paint , i hope your tanks came out ok love to see them.
My tanks are still a work in progress. I finally decided what size to make them. They will be designed out of pvc. I am planning on making a mold so I can make them lighter.
My new chest piece that a friend is making for me is almost done. I have posted a picture over on the boushh builders yahoo forums. Check it out.
cheers Jeanne , will take a look cant wait to see the finished tanks and armour x May need some tips .
Hi I'm Kelly and I'm from the land of Oz and starting my Boushh costume also and would love to see those Pic's of the back pack. Christi and Steve


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|Perhaps if I were building one of those bright little T buckets something like these knobs would certainly be interesting. But my future daily driver is a diesel powered '53 'Binder semi-rat so these knobs would be lost on me and the crowd I tend to hang with.
|Just a thought, could he somehow insert the proper diameter/threaded nutsert into the knob when he creates it?
I understand the price point is going to be a hard thing to swallow for most people but then again look at what people pay for High end Rods and Customs. I have seen some videos of this guy making marbles and it looks like they take about 45-90 minutes to make. Now with shop time of around $90 an hour around here its really not out of line. My understanding is the glass (pyrex) in the very vibrant colors is very hard to come by and very expensive. I'm thinking people in the low-rider crowd might be receptive, huge glitter flake and wild colors ect.
I think I'll talk with him and buy 2-3. If he could make the holes that would be great. But the other problem I see is making a universal knob. Maybe going with inserts for different thread patterns but in the end it may be too much trouble.
PS. My main business is screen printing. Over the years I have tried to incorporate my hobbies into things we sell, lithium ion batteries for high end flashlights, carburetor parts, LED lighting, For a while, rebuilding superchargers and Electric fans. This is basically why we have stayed in business. Being able to change your business plan, move around and change things up. Being a home based business gives us more flexibility in some ways.
PPS, thanks for the info Autogear, seems like a valid point about people not wanting to share info when they get something special. I know with our sales we send a slip basically saying, thanks for your order please share with your friends, and add our web address.
|I personally like joystick style shift knob with a slight bend forward on the bar. The easiest cheapest way to make them is to take the bar in a vice and carefully bend it then use the internal base from the old shift knob fastening it onto an ebrake handle then remount and good to go...but this is make and model specific with using the old shift knob base. I havent had a column shifter in a long time so I dont know what direction I want to go with for the truck. I do know its staying on the column for a while yet, I do want to shorten the bar and bring it forward so this will define the shift knob/handle I go with for it and which ever route is last on the list. Theres alot on the plate so its one of those yay I got that huge project done got 50 spare bucks and some time ill do the shifter I wanna do bonus finishing details. Unrelated but removing the ebrake pedal and mounting up a handle based ebrake is another little bonus details.
Shift knobs can add a nice touch to the interior. There is a target market for this sort off thing. One of the best knobs I found to be the 90-00 Camaro 5/6 speed 2" round leather ball. Not made anymore but very comfortable season round. The chrome ball shifters can get hot in the summer. 2" seems to be a good fit in the adult hand.
Some other greats were a MLB baseball, a stress reliever gel squishy boob with a nipple, and a small disco ball.
Stoners like glass art. Weed is getting pretty accepted nowadays. It is a mixed bag of a topic. The market for swirly glass might increase with this social flux.
|I don't think the OP has been in the business of selling these shift knobs for 7 years.
Damn Killer...simmer down. He's asking if there is any market for a particular product, he has NOT posted the name of the artist, an Etsy account or even a contact number. Simmer down. Let me explain how this works; The company I work for has been in business since 1945. We design industrial gearboxes and transfer cases. You better believe Im going to ask a potential customer base before we tool up a product, if there is any INTEREST. Its not selling a product (which, at this point hasn't even been created apparently). The OP (in my opinion) has handled himself appropriately and kept any identifying marks out of his posts.
Norm Grabowski (R.I.P) did custom knobs; and there are other cats eye/marble/ glass shift knobs out there, but it looks more like a glass rod is laid up using stripes of alternating color, molded and cut. Shift Dawg and American Shifter both sell resin shift knobs and some of them are REALLY pricy (blah blah, dont work for them, not affiliated in any way, yadda yadda etc etc)
Personally; I think theyre cool, and in my neck of the woods we have the Corning Museum of Glass; which is one of the most boring sounding but coolest museums youve ever seen: How pyrex is made, how fiberoptics work, glass blowing demos, and glass fusing demos, along with art glass from the Byzantine Empire.
Id say you're better off talking to guys in the show car circuit, the 'gold chainer' set, street rod enthusiasts etc. A short run of 3-5 will test your market effectively, BUT you've gotta pick customers willing to tell people WHERE they got it. A lot of my customers are competition oriented and WON'T share where they get stuff; this makes it hard to market effectively. Selling your knob to a guy who wants a custom 1 off piece and wont share the artist to protect his coveted "I have it and you can't" feeling won't do you any good.
Dont forget the Brody/Suicide/Necker knob market; and the Jockey-shifted custom motorcycle guys. Perhaps another option is to talk to a shifter company.
Also remember (from a gearbox standpoint); a really heavy 'handball' on a long arm means if you hit a proper pothole, it may have enough mass and leverage to bump your trans out of gear
American Shifter also makes a display piece for a desk using their stuff...take a look at that
|way to much money..
|their you go in business for 7 years. so you are not selling!
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Forget the shift knobs- get in on that!!!! But seriously, there are people who will spend a hundred or more on a knob (burl wood, carbon fiber, titanium, etc.), but whether the hand made glass knobs are among them, who can say w/o trial marketing them? I wouldn't invest anything close to $2000. If you want to see if there's a market, make up two or three and see if they sell on eBay, and if they do, for what price.
I think lighting them from inside would look real good...
Its not a hollow glass ball, they are sold as art glass marbles, they are made of Pyrex.
We have been in business out of our house for about 7 years now. You can take a % of the house off on the business based on the square footage used. We have a very good tax person.
Basically these would be for show cars. I have not seen any $29.95 shift knobs that look like these. IMO its like comparing a Earl Scheib paint job to an artist. Opinions are welcomed. I'm looking at this from a business point of view. Keep in mind there are people in the world that pay $200 for screen printed designer tee-shirts
A glass BLOWER???
These are hollow?
How are you going to drill and insert and etc into a HOLLOW glass ball? Glass blowing is literally taking a ball of molten glass and BLOWING air in to make the rounded shape you want
Than - in terms of the business aspects.....
For a business model to succeed, you need to ensure that you are running a 40% minimum profit This does NOT mean that if you pay $100 for one, you sell it at $140.00. It means that - of every dollar income, 40% is profit AFTER ALL COSTS!
So, if you pay $100 each, and there are 15% e-bay fees, and the cost of shipping of the product to your door prior to sale, and then there is the cost of the boxes and wrapping for re-shipping, etc - so lets say you can sell at $200. That means that the total of all the above costs cannot be over $120.00. But at a $200 sale price, your flea-bay cost will be $30, so you are already at $130 BEFORE adding in the shipping to you, the boxing, etc. So this is now going to have to be selling at $250 each to make it work
What will be your costs per 100 units (how many will be broken in the drilling and insertion of threads phase?)
Assume that you will be competing against some overseas supplier who will be selling things that could be of equal quality (or maybe they are just junk) but they LOOK the same on the web, and are selling at $29.95.
Assume you can find a way to make it work
What are the tax implications?
Can you declare that 10% of your house is now "the business" and write off 10% of the total house expenses against the biz?
Will you be incorporated as an LLC (or better yet, an LLP) or will you carry PERSONAL liability should anything go wrong
A bit to chew on - from one who has been there, done that, got the t-shirt and it was 2 sizes too small!
Lol thats good but would suck at the same time.
For the shifters the auto would definitely have to be themed in a way and the shifter being one of the finishing touch details. But I agree I wouldnt pay that much for a shifter of any kind. It would have to have other uses within the auto....at least 3.
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