Winter Projects?

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  1. Sota

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    I don't icefish (cut back on drinking) or have any outdoor activities in the winter so I like to pick up a project. This winter I am going to be working on a project I call silk purse. It is a 1958 Alumacraft Deep C runabout. Anybody else have any winter restorations or projects to pass the winter?
     
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    Ha, unfortunately yes...I have an old D6C dozer that needs both final drives rebuilt and a new head gasket and fuel injector pump overhaul. Then it needs a new factory cab and then painted and decals applied.
     
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    Lucky, you have a dozer.
     
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    Isn't it amazing on older equipment how much simpler it was to work on.
     
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    similar. I have a bare 14' StarCraft boat. I want to build a casting deck over the front bench with a battery compartment to move some weight forward (offset my fat rump in the back). build flat floors between the benches and add storage compartments.

    It popped a rivet this fall that I have a temp repair so in the next week or so, I want to put water in it to see if there are any other leaky rivets to fix before covering all over inside.
     
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    Man cave starts once hunting season is over. Framing going up right after late archery around Christmas time.
     
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    I have a few furniture projects I want to tackle.
     
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    You live in central Minnesota and you don't ice fish...

    Project #1: Start ice fishing ;)
     
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    I really used to spend a lot of time ice fishing, it was one of the hobbies that went to the wayside because I was busy going to basketball games all winter.

    The project is as much about the shop as it is having the project to work on. A good sized shop with a wood stove is all you need, other than having the shop far enough away from the house so interruptions are limited.:)
     
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    Project #2: Build a fish house!
     
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    Project #3 get on the list requesting a liver donor.:)
     
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    What motor should I put on the boat the red 1959 or the black 1965?
     
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    Ha! The only restoration project I've got that's been ongoing for years is our house...LOL! That honey-do keeps A growing!
     
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    Took the words right out of my mouth!!
     
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    Been trying to think of something to do in the shop during winter months. Keep pretty busy with fishing, coyote hunting and shed hunting but need something to do at home.
     
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    There is a video out there of me ice fishing on youtube. Search fishin clown
    The secret to hardwater fishing? You got to lay down some chum.

    I would put the link in but trying to avoid a ban.
     
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    Interesting... exactly the mental image I have had of you all along lol
     
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    You have any idea how hard it is to draw and shoot a bow with boxing gloves on?:)
     
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    Here is a picture of silk purse
     
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    I helped my neighbor with a similar restore last year. His older motor had less umph than the newer one...for authenticity I'd go with the 59 though.
     
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