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Nomadmusky

Posted 9/28/2017 7:07 AM (#879504 - in reply to #875924)
Subject: Re: Tuffy Bass'n Marauder refurb project

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I'm trying this again: I wasn't able to post photos, and then got extremely busy with business travel but hope I can now.

Since I started this process a lot of things have changed and here are some of them: 1: I went from doing spar varnish on the boards to using the full blown West System which is completely water proof, I went from a quick late summer fix to a "wow, this takes a lot of time, I'll do it full blown in the winter", hopefully the photos can get attached.

I would recommend a chair in your shop, you will need a lot of time to just think things through if this is your first time. In my case my "shop" is simply my garage and that isn't one with a lot of tools, just the simple tools that one has for house hold items. I have found my dremmel tool, a good ruler/yard stick, pencils, paper for sketching out notes or designs, a good dust/fiberglass mask, safety glasses with a good fog preventer are some of the bare essentials.

My work life got very busy and now that Octorber and November are here, I've shifted to hunting and fall Musky mode, but come January I have a wiring buddy lined up, a carpet buddy lined up, along with a fishing buddy who is very helpful and encouraging, and even a trailer guy lined up, (he redid one of my fishing buddies Ranger Trailer and it looked and functions awesome)

I figured if I'm going to do this I might as well do it right. I have a couple of little changes that I plan to make from the original design, but not many: mainly a little glove box between the seats for wallets and phones, add some cup holders, but I'm going to leave the rod box length alone, I'm not adding additional up front battery space, and I'm not going to change anything to the back deck.

One thing I do want to do is to update my console. I like the current design, but I counted holes from previous locators etc. and once I got over 25, I realized at least a fresh covering of fiberglass and gel would be a benefit.

So hopefully some of the photos attach this time.

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