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Thanks guys!

Just curious of what people of this forum think of the Raider boats? Partially this one, viewtopic.php?f=9&t=4807 I haven't seen any comments on it and thought it looked alright?

Not much to report been painting and putting it back to together hopefully I will get some clear days to finish painting. Thanks again Kevin.

So I filled the boat with water and looked for leaks before sending it in for it's final welding, and it appears there are two pin hole leaks from welds they did. I am debating on dimpling them out from the outside before I bring it back to give them a spot to weld to. My Nylon Insulators for my 70+...

Thanks again Kevin, I will try and use a multi tool with carbide blade to create a groove for the transom. I believe the crack was caused by me last year, I went to move the boat and wasn't paying attention and had the motor down and it hit the concrete. I was not very happy with myself, I never saw...

Thanks Kevin, I just listened to them this morning I figured what's a little more smoke up my BACK SIDE. Plus I still need some things welded. The transom weld was actually already welded ,by them, and I ground it down and could see the crack which became more pronounced when I brought it back to th...

Ok another question I have a slight crack on the inside of my transom. I am going to have them weld it up should I grind a groove in the crack for them to weld? Also should I not grind down the weld flush after they weld it? They told me not to grind it down because it would just cause it to crack a...

The problem is through my Verizon cell phone service. There is no router that I can change settings on I did however go through google dns on my jailbroken iphone ans it still does not work. If I am using wifi so accessing the site through another source other than cell (3g or LTE) I can access this...

Yeah I thought it was a bad idea I just figured I would ask. Never seen a scotch brite bristle brush those look nice.
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So I was going to cup brush the hull for all the really little white spots but I can't seem to find a .014" SS wire cup brush around here. Actually no SS cup brushes. It looks like Sears has a couple cup brushes in brass would these be bad to use on the aluminum?

Thanks, I donated to the site. When you sand and or grind the welds do you make them flush with the surrounding material? That's what I have started on the outside anyways.

Thanks a lot Kevin, as you suggested I will grind to get them lower then sand them down. I am glad you think they are tig because that was making me irritated since that is what I requested. I could have done the mig myself, not well but I can. Of course the hole through the keel wasn't welded but I...

Well like all fun things this is what I got back for $500 from the welders and the hole in the bottom is still there. Looks like Mig http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/vv196/giddy169/F6CF0431-F535-4524-A27F-2A1E7E4C5026-3535-000000F7B1D02092.jpg http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/vv196/giddy169/250A...

So I was thinking about the fuel tank and there are three cross members welded across the top. There is flexible plastic between between the tank and crossmember. I thought if I used 5200 on the flexible plastic to the crossmember then to the fuel tank it should hold it in well? The crossmembers are...

I have a couple of Verizon smart phones and neither one can access this website. I have tried multiple browsers and the only thing I can think of is Verizon's IP address is blocked. Does anyone have any ideas?

I agree completely, I am glad I am dealing with it now. When I came in I told my wife I had good news and that I had a hole threw the hull. She just looked at me and said how is that good news. I replied I could have been out at sea when I found it. Its funny how the outside doesn't really show much...

Well to add insult to injury I figured I better crawl under the boat and check a couple of corrosion spots. Two were at the very back of the boat and not bad but I figured I should have them welded anyway. Then I went to the one about two feet from the back dead center in there was a spot of corrosi...

No I totally understand, I had decided to do the printing more for my reference before going to the shop and suggest how I would like it welded up per other boat welders input. However I do understand it could be taken the wrong way I definitely wont be demanding anything. I just don't want it welde...

Thanks guys, at one point there was something grounded near the transom there is an old rivet and ground wire there. I will spend tomorrow with a dremel and burr bit going through the pits and bring it back to the welders. I am going to print out your post Kevin and suggest they weld it per your ins...

Thanks Kevin, the machine that they had hooked up when I got there was a tig but he was adding a lot to it he said because of the corrosion? I was never good at tig so I don't know what to look for. As for turning it upside down that is not going to be a possibility specially since it is a hardtop, ...

I did sand blast most of the pits and bilge but some I just couldn't see well enough to get into them when the sand was flying. Most of the bottoms are clean but some had a sharp edge that I just missed when blasting. I will try to get into them with a carbide bur, they are tig welding them but leav...

Thanks I will spray some of that terminal spray on the ground lead end. They started welding the pits today but were having a tuff time getting them cleaner so I said I would pick up the boat and acid wash it and try and clean them up a little more with a SS brush and bring it back to them Tuesday, ...

Thanks I will take a look at possibly creating a cradle, hopefully it is feasible. Currently it sat on 6 or 8 plastic 6"x1/4" spacers on the bottom of the hull with 4 pieces of angle in the corners with a little gap between the runners which were filled with foam, maybe I could mount some ...

Thanks I think I will order some stuff from http://www.alliance-express.com/insulator-washers after I measure and count what I need. I wish I didn't have to but I think I am going to have to put some foam back in so the gas tank can't move side to side. I was thinking about having a couple of ears w...

Thanks Kevin, I had thought about lining the holes for my kicker with nylon bushing but never thought of the deck screws. I will go to the local fastener shop and see what they have, I assume the nylon bushing are just pressed in or do you glue them in with something like 5200? I really hope the wel...