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fulltimin

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Posted: 10/18/17 07:43pm

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So, here is another pic. The one saving grace to this is, almost everything was in plastic containers, so nothing valuable was lost. Nothing like a water tight container, (sort of). At least up to a few inches in depth.

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Posted: 10/18/17 07:45pm

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Now where is my radio controlled boat?

Well, it is what it is. Just another day in the life of a rebuild. Fortunately, there are no more storage compartments to fill with water.

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Posted: 10/19/17 07:35pm

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Tonight, I am going to get sidetracked, just a bit, and then get back to the rv before I finish.

I have a small project for our son, that is going to require spraying lacquer on some 8" x 8" squares of 3/4" plywood. So, instead of spraying one side, and moving it, then spraying, then moving, etc., I decided that is too much work.

So, I looked up lazy susan parts at our local Lowes store.

For a mere $6.97 plus tax, I came home with a nice little model, that will support 500lbs. My wife offered to allow me to stand on it, and she would spin me until I fell off.... Lol.

Here's what I bought.

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Posted: 10/19/17 07:41pm

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So, I had some plywood laying around, and a piece of particle board covered with melamine, so I figured that is plenty good enough.

I put the lazy susan on a piece of plywood and screwed it fast with 4 screws, (yellow arrow).

Then I drilled a hole, green arrow, so that I could install screws from the opposite side of the plywood into the melamine.

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I made sure that the hole I drilled, green circle, was large enough to get my screw and bit driver through.

I then lined up the hole with the yellow circle over top of the green circle, flipped that over, set it on top of the melamine, and put 4 screws into the melamine.

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Like so....

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So, I ended up with this.....

Now, I can put the small pieces of plywood on top of the melamine, spray, spin, spray, spin, etc. Then again, if I am feeling a little on the wild side, I can keep it spinning, and spray it while it's spinning.

Simple, huh?

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Posted: 10/19/17 07:47pm

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Ok, back to the rv.

Spent more money on 'er. First thing I bought was aluminum rivets. Solid rivets, with a large head, and not very long.

Use of these will become evident within a couple of days.

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Posted: 10/19/17 07:55pm

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2nd thing I bought was a roll of tape.

This is not just any tape. This is special tape. Lol..

This is actually called "Shrink Wrap Tape", (Polyethylene Film). We used this in the towing industry, for cars that were wrecked, and maybe the door would not close fully, or a window was broken. This stuff covered those up, and held them very firmly.

This stuff makes duct tape look like a toy you would give to a 2 year old. It is really sticky, but comes off cleanly.

It is water proof, for a while. It is not a permanent repair tape, like Eternabond, but that is not what it was designed for. Works well.

This is a 4" wide roll 180' long and was a little over $20 on Amazon. It does come in other widths and lengths, but having used it in other applications, I figured I can use some of this in the upcoming weeks.

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Posted: 10/19/17 07:58pm

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Now we can add another $42.82 to our build, for a grand running total of $835,15.

Adds up, doesn't it?

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Posted: 10/19/17 08:02pm

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So, I got out my 16 gallon shop vac today, which thank goodness is either wet or dry, and emptied it out, and removed the dry filter.

I proceeded to suck water out of the storage compartment (pond, that is). Filled up the shop vac once, emptied it out, and removed more water, which filled the shop vac a little over 1/2 full again.

So, I figured I pulled out about 25 gallons of water in there.

I got my fan out, sat it in front of the empty, but wet storage compartment, and let 'er circulate air for a couple of hours.

Dried it out pretty well.

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