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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2018 22:36:24 GMT
It does beg the question:- Why did a self proclaimed genius tick the naff fake rivet box? Even us thickos can see what a waste of money and sign of crapness they are. Still, for good or bad it does give one an insight into the workings of the mind of the owner of a fake rivet festooned boat. If you must know, it was because Jeff wanted them. £800 extra. I only agreed after Steve assured me that they wouldn’t be a rust trap, and he was right about that. So you could take it up with Jeff. Oh sorry, you can’t because he has more sense than to visit here. But I do like the look, and our friends have a very similar boat but without the rivets - just looks a bit plain to me. I find a lot of other people’s boats really ugly but I avoid telling them because that is just rude and nasty. Christ! I'd be a bit touchy about the whole rivet thing if I'd been tucked up to the tune of £800 for them. £800? Really? £800? Wow! That's got to have been the most profitable bit of the whole boat!
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Post by Mr Stabby on Feb 18, 2018 22:40:04 GMT
If you must know, it was because Jeff wanted them. £800 extra. I only agreed after Steve assured me that they wouldn’t be a rust trap, and he was right about that. So you could take it up with Jeff. Oh sorry, you can’t because he has more sense than to visit here. But I do like the look, and our friends have a very similar boat but without the rivets - just looks a bit plain to me. I find a lot of other people’s boats really ugly but I avoid telling them because that is just rude and nasty. Christ! I'd be a bit touchy about the whole rivet thing if I'd been tucked up to the tune of £800 for them. Absolutely. I could make a complete and total twat of myself for nothing.
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Post by Telemachus on Feb 18, 2018 22:42:06 GMT
I’ve seen your boat a few times, it always struck me as being featureless and dull. A clonecraft. Reminiscent of one of those housing estates where there are rows and rows of identical potatoes. Oops, I mean houses. You do know that Desiree is a Peter Nicholls boat? No idea. It is so lacking in distinguishing feature it could be a Colecraft for all I know.
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Post by Telemachus on Feb 18, 2018 22:46:36 GMT
If you must know, it was because Jeff wanted them. £800 extra. I only agreed after Steve assured me that they wouldn’t be a rust trap, and he was right about that. So you could take it up with Jeff. Oh sorry, you can’t because he has more sense than to visit here. But I do like the look, and our friends have a very similar boat but without the rivets - just looks a bit plain to me. I find a lot of other people’s boats really ugly but I avoid telling them because that is just rude and nasty. Christ! I'd be a bit touchy about the whole rivet thing if I'd been tucked up to the tune of £800 for them. £800? Really? £800? Wow! That's got to have been the most profitable bit of the whole boat! Not really. Each one has to be welded on, (in a perfectly straight line) ground to a domed or flat shape (depending on location) then the outer edge filled with something (not quite sure what, but it hasn’t shown any sign of deterioration yet), and finished off perfectly round. Look closely and the workmanship is really good. I haven’t counted them, but there are a lot and of course the £800 is probably 90% labour and 10% materials (and some profit, of course).
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Post by Telemachus on Feb 18, 2018 22:47:08 GMT
Christ! I'd be a bit touchy about the whole rivet thing if I'd been tucked up to the tune of £800 for them. Absolutely. I could make a complete and total twat of myself for nothing. As you so often demonstrate.
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Post by Telemachus on Feb 18, 2018 22:48:23 GMT
At least my boat is made of steel, not a bit of dead tree. I could lend you some circular saw blades, there’s lots of firewood to be had. Dead tree? You didn't attend materials science then? GRP - a high tech composite in its day 🚢🍻🔨👍 I had it in mind you had a wooden boat, but no matter. A boat made of melted sand is so much worse. Anyway, at least the resin burns well.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2018 22:49:46 GMT
Christ! I'd be a bit touchy about the whole rivet thing if I'd been tucked up to the tune of £800 for them. £800? Really? £800? Wow! That's got to have been the most profitable bit of the whole boat! Not really. Each one has to be welded on, (in a perfectly straight line) ground to a domed or flat shape (depending on location) then the outer edge filled with something (not quite sure what, but it hasn’t shown any sign of deterioration yet), and finished off perfectly round. Look closely and the workmanship is really good. I haven’t counted them, but there are a lot and of course the £800 is probably 90% labour and 10% materials (and some profit, of course). Nick, I can assure you as someone who welds metal together there is not £800 in rivet gluing.
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Post by Mr Stabby on Feb 18, 2018 22:52:02 GMT
Christ! I'd be a bit touchy about the whole rivet thing if I'd been tucked up to the tune of £800 for them. £800? Really? £800? Wow! That's got to have been the most profitable bit of the whole boat! Not really. Each one has to be welded on, (in a perfectly straight line) ground to a domed or flat shape (depending on location) then the outer edge filled with something (not quite sure what, but it hasn’t shown any sign of deterioration yet), and finished off perfectly round. Look closely and the workmanship is really good. I haven’t counted them, but there are a lot and of course the £800 is probably 90% labour and 10% materials (and some profit, of course). But for what? Anyone with even the most basic engineering knowledge knows what rivets are, what they do, and when they are and are not needed. The rivets on your boat are as obviously an affectation as rivets stuck all over a Vauxhall Vectra.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2018 22:52:43 GMT
Dead tree? You didn't attend materials science then? GRP - a high tech composite in its day 🚢🍻🔨👍 I had it in mind you had a wooden boat, but no matter. A boat made of melted sand is so much worse. Anyway, at least the resin burns well. No rust issues after all this time. You have an unhealthy obsession with boats burning. Are you a frustrated arsonist?
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Post by Telemachus on Feb 18, 2018 23:14:12 GMT
Not really. Each one has to be welded on, (in a perfectly straight line) ground to a domed or flat shape (depending on location) then the outer edge filled with something (not quite sure what, but it hasn’t shown any sign of deterioration yet), and finished off perfectly round. Look closely and the workmanship is really good. I haven’t counted them, but there are a lot and of course the £800 is probably 90% labour and 10% materials (and some profit, of course). But for what? Anyone with even the most basic engineering knowledge knows what rivets are, what they do, and when they are and are not needed. The rivets on your boat are as obviously an affectation as rivets stuck all over a Vauxhall Vectra. I appreciate that you have a plain and monochrome boat and thus can see no reason for decoration. No doubt the inside is plain and lacking any decoration too. Perhaps it reminds you of a lorry cab and thus makes you feel comfortable? But some people like decorative things, art, poetry etc and lots of other things that to a philistine must seem pointless - it is just the way some people are. We have different tastes. By which I mean, some of us have taste.
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Post by Telemachus on Feb 18, 2018 23:15:23 GMT
I had it in mind you had a wooden boat, but no matter. A boat made of melted sand is so much worse. Anyway, at least the resin burns well. No rust issues after all this time. You have an unhealthy obsession with boats burning. Are you a frustrated arsonist? No rust, but glass has memory and at some point in the future it will revert to sand.
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Post by Telemachus on Feb 18, 2018 23:16:26 GMT
Not really. Each one has to be welded on, (in a perfectly straight line) ground to a domed or flat shape (depending on location) then the outer edge filled with something (not quite sure what, but it hasn’t shown any sign of deterioration yet), and finished off perfectly round. Look closely and the workmanship is really good. I haven’t counted them, but there are a lot and of course the £800 is probably 90% labour and 10% materials (and some profit, of course). Nick, I can assure you as someone who welds metal together there is not £800 in rivet gluing. It depends on how shoddily you do it. Actually now I come to think of it we did get a plank effect rear bulkhead for that too. Not that that would be difficult or time consuming.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2018 23:22:37 GMT
Hudson's rust from the inside out. A bit like lancia's.
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Post by Telemachus on Feb 18, 2018 23:24:02 GMT
Hudson's rust from the inside out. A bit like lancia's.
Careful, Mr Stabby will be along any minute now to tick you off about your apostrophes. Oh maybe not, I forgot he was your fuck-buddy.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2018 23:27:17 GMT
Nick, I can assure you as someone who welds metal together there is not £800 in rivet gluing. It depends on how shoddily you do it. Actually now I come to think of it we did get a plank effect rear bulkhead for that too. Not that that would be difficult or time consuming. You'd want sending up the road if you couldn't glue a washer on well and quickly. Without blowing ones trumpet, I don't do shoddy. Work won't put up with it and neither will I. My ex boss asked me on the quiet to do a job below the minimum spec to increase productivity, I passed him my screen and torch and said he'd better do it himself because I was fucked if I was putting my name to it. It was on a conveyor system designed to take a 20 ton load, spread at 1 ton per meter. I won and it was done correctly. The filler/sealant you don't know what was used will be an epoxy putty or PU sealant BTW.
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