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Re: I Was Productive Until I wasn't

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Bob La Londe <none@none.com99> writes:

> On 6/11/2026 2:52 PM, Bob La Londe wrote:
>> On 6/11/2026 1:26 PM, Bob La Londe wrote:
>>>
>>>> Those carbs can just sit in the top of that tool cart for months
>>>> until the next time I feel like having a really frustrating day. 
>>>> I did figure out that the way they were setup they weren't quite
>>>> going full throttle at full forward throw on the throttle lever. 
>>>> Probably a mistake I made last time I worked on them.
>>>
>>>
>>> Now about those carbs...  and those broken fittings.  Still not done.
>> I found fittings that, "should" work.  Good.  One less thing to deal
>> with.
>> 
>
> And it may not have been necessary to break those fittings.  The fuel
> line has a liner, and the liner bunch up creating partial obstructions
> at each point the fuel hose was splice for things like a squeeze ball,
> fuel filter, quick coupler, etc.  Frack!
>
> I do have some automotive alcohol resistant fuel line on hand, but
> I'll have to wait for those replacement fittings to arrive now or go
> ahead and make some.
>
> Since I have them off already I'll go ahead and take those three carbs
> apart just to be safe.
>
> It's turned into a whole-nuther thing.  I figured since its down I'd
> move some weight "permanently" forward.  Flat bottoms are notorious
> for porpoising and slapping at speed.  Often you can get more speed
> out of them before they trim to high and porpoise by moving weight
> forward. The heaviest items in the boat usually are me and my
> passenger, so moving the console and bench forward is what I decided
> to do.  I could put trim tabs or flotation boxes on the back instead,
> but I would prefer to keep the boat no longer than it is if I can help
> it.  There are some backwaters I can barely make it into around some
> very tight turns. Moving everything forward really only requires a
> longer steering cable anyway.  I already had longer shift cables and
> wire is just wire, of which there was already an excess.
>
> I do think I may make a new console rather than use the old one, so
> there may even be some actual metalworking involved.  Not just
> unbolting some stuff to move it.

I recognise the frustrations.
I'm learning to be a householder, and finding all the "little things"
you have to do.
All that welding insights, Euler-Bernoulli beam and Finite Element
Analysis modelling and applying it, all other goodly-level "theory meets
practice - all because I was lodging as an itinerant all those
decades...

I wish I could get to some "galloping ground" where I am doing a lot of
a thing I am good at and getting rewarded for it.

The flat-bottomed Ali boat / punt ...

Got a welding machine which, tested at the factory, did good Ali-MIG.
On single-phase, was matched, maybe bettered, only by a very good German
3-phase welding machine, I reckon.

On a planing boat with a lot in, I've jumped up and landed on the bow,
and got the boat on the plane.  As if rotating it so a quick transient
gets it from bow-up beyond its displacement hull-speed to broken-free
and planing??

Flat-bottomed boat...
That thought came to me looking to offset costs while I am refining my
Ali-MIG skills...  Looking at the cost of second-hand fibreglass boats,
I could cover abundant material use - and train to a purpose.

Best wishes to you and everyone on here.

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I Was Productive Until I wasn't Bob La Londe <none@none.com99> - 2026-06-10 11:44 -0700
  Re: I Was Productive Until I wasn't Bob La Londe <none@none.com99> - 2026-06-11 13:26 -0700
    Re: I Was Productive Until I wasn't Bob La Londe <none@none.com99> - 2026-06-11 14:52 -0700
      Re: I Was Productive Until I wasn't Bob La Londe <none@none.com99> - 2026-06-12 16:27 -0700
        Re: I Was Productive Until I wasn't Snag <Snag_one@msn.com> - 2026-06-12 20:30 -0500
          Re: I Was Productive Until I wasn't "Jim Wilkins" <muratlanne@gmail.com> - 2026-06-13 09:05 -0400
          Re: I Was Productive Until I wasn't "Jim Wilkins" <muratlanne@gmail.com> - 2026-06-15 11:01 -0400
            Re: I Was Productive Until I wasn't Snag <Snag_one@msn.com> - 2026-06-15 15:21 -0500
              Re: I Was Productive Until I wasn't "Jim Wilkins" <muratlanne@gmail.com> - 2026-06-15 19:02 -0400
                Re: I Was Productive Until I wasn't "Jim Wilkins" <muratlanne@gmail.com> - 2026-06-15 22:45 -0400
                Re: I Was Productive Until I wasn't Bob La Londe <user16941@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-06-16 14:33 +0000
                Re: I Was Productive Until I wasn't "Jim Wilkins" <muratlanne@gmail.com> - 2026-06-16 16:57 -0400
                Re: I Was Productive Until I wasn't Snag <Snag_one@msn.com> - 2026-06-16 16:29 -0500
                Re: I Was Productive Until I wasn't "Jim Wilkins" <muratlanne@gmail.com> - 2026-06-16 20:25 -0400
                Re: I Was Productive Until I wasn't Snag <Snag_one@msn.com> - 2026-06-16 20:06 -0500
                Re: I Was Productive Until I wasn't "Jim Wilkins" <muratlanne@gmail.com> - 2026-06-16 22:52 -0400
                Re: I Was Productive Until I wasn't "Jim Wilkins" <muratlanne@gmail.com> - 2026-06-16 22:12 -0400
        Re: I Was Productive Until I wasn't Richard Smith <null@void.com> - 2026-06-23 07:44 +0100

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