2008 Triton Rehab

[WTodd]

Coming along nicely


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[zippyduck]

I was worried that the seadek might take away from the wrap, but it looks great. 

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I was worried that the seadek might take away from the wrap, but it looks great. 

I wasn't thrilled with it when it came out of the box. But on the boat, I agree,  the contrast looks great.




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So there were several complications that showed up yesterday.

First was some of the Seadek pieces were either measured or cut wrong.  There were also some missing. Lance from Castaway's was awesome. He took full responsibility even though it wasn't his mistake, got on the phone, then pulled out his laser and remeasured the cockpit.  They should have the new pieces installed by Friday.

Secondly, the gaps around the compartment lids normally covered in carpet look HUGE.   It's a cool look and they should actually stay clean but we're going to have cover them with the wrap. FS&G are printing some 2" wide strips of white Kryptek so we can install ourselves.




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[apiazza]

Some learning is to be expected with very customer and unique job like this. Good to hear you have a good team working through it that is prepared to do some problem solving. It is looking awesome.

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The last two were our fault.

We put all the lid shock mounts and screws plus other small pieces we did not want to loose in a plastic storage container. 

Then we lost the container....

That's why the 4 front locker pads aren't on the boat.

Fortunately Dave found it last night at his house. He had taken some parts home to paint and forgot he had it.

The last one is totally on me.

The original Lowrance in dash unit WAS going back in. I use it for high speed sonar because it has a thru hull puck and I can get bottom readings up to 45 mph with it. But to put it back in would destroy the new dash. They had too large of a unit in to begin with.

So I've decided to move my Helix 5 from the bow to the dash. Motorola makes an adaptor to go from Lowrance  transducer to Humminbird fish finders so I ordered one.

I'm going to add a Helix 7 MDI to the bow and network it with my ram mounted Helix 10 SI at the helm.


This configuration will give me;

2D Chirp sonar in the dash at speed from the H5

SI and DI at helm at idle speed with the H10

And Mega Down Imaging from the H7 thru the built in MDI transducer in my Ulterra TM.

My goal this year is to be less of a bank beater and learn to find and catch the much less pressured off shore fish. This setup should help that.


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[BarryFL]

Looking forward to seeing it in person in two weeks!

~Barry~

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Looking forward to seeing it in person in two weeks!

~Barry~

Maybe. I might be in your back seat.

Yesterday, as we were putting the lids on, we noticed that all of the Seadek is too small.  When the lids were aligned and tightened down, it was obvious.

Something happened in the process of measuring or cutting that produced pieces that are between 1/4" to 1/2" too narrow all the way around.  I've done some limited CnC work and it's easy to get your offsets wrong is your not paying attention.

I sent a sternly worded email to my Project Manager to either re measure and recut the entire boat, or send me a check for my deposit and I'll have someone else do it.




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We will see how they respond.

My guys know that if they build something of this poor quality then I'll make them take it out and rebuild it before the client ever sees it. That's how I trained them. If I have to train the Castaway guys too, so be it.

The rest of the build is going great except that Dave and I are both meticulous SOBs and it's taking a little longer than planned. Honestly, that should have been expected.

The new water proof switches and female TM plug for the bow hood got here late yesterday.

We're waiting on a USB charging panel that I decided to add for the helm control station and it will be complete.

We're waiting on an in dash kit for the H5 and that will be done.

Today I'm going to try my hand at wrapping some trim pieces while Dave finishes the lid install.



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[zippyduck]

Those are giant mistakes on a CNC. That is what I specialize in and we hold tolerances of .0001 +/- .0002 .
These new machines are incredibly accurate.

You made the right move with the E-mail. I hope they fix it without a hassle.

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Those are giant mistakes on a CNC. That is what I specialize in and we hold tolerances of .0001 +/- .0002 .
These new machines are incredibly accurate.

You made the right move with the E-mail. I hope they fix it without a hassle.

That's what we thought when we stood back and looked at it.  How could they be this far off?  We should have checked everything on Friday when we found the cockpit pieces were too small.  I know they measure and then input a border offset.  I'm thinking it is something as simple as the 19 year old running either the CAD or CNC just punched in the wrong offset.  It almost looks like everything got shrunk by 10%.  Just weird.

I think they will do the right thing.  I went with them based on experience and reputation even though they were 20% higher in cost than the other company.

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Battery compartment vent.




If you don't have pieces leftover, you didn't put it back together right...

[BarryFL]

Lee, my backseat is taken by Fishballer but walt's is open.

~Barry~

[Capt. BassinLou]

Mine is too!!

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Mine is too!!

Sold!


If you don't have pieces leftover, you didn't put it back together right...

[Capt. BassinLou]

Sold!


If you don't have pieces leftover, you didn't put it back together right...

Sa....weet!!

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I wrapped a few more trim pieces in the black then we spent the afternoon trying to get lids to light up strait.

Apparently it's not such an important thing in the factory. You can't tell with the same color carpeting covering everything.


If you don't have pieces leftover, you didn't put it back together right...

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Had a several productive conversations with Castaway today.  They agree that the fit looked horrible.  They checked the remeasure of the cockpit versus the original measure and found a problem in the CAD file.

Lance is coming back out tomorrow to start from scratch.

While I went back to work today to pay the bills, Dave finished up the lid alignment and install.

He also installed a few trim parts that I wrapped this weekend.




If you don't have pieces leftover, you didn't put it back together right...

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When we were trying to get the shifter back together yesterday with the side plate we made, the kill switch broke.  The new one should be here Wednesday and hopefully we will have the dash, helm controls and shifter back in by Thursday night.


If you don't have pieces leftover, you didn't put it back together right...

[FlatsNBay]

The trip parts look great.

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Lance from Castaway came out yesterday and measured the entire boat again. He said the kid that measured the first time put in a 3/8" offset and that's why the pieces were too small.

When I asked how long to get everything redone, he said that I'm in the "high priority" list and they should get finished next week.

I have to say even though there were major issues, Castaway's customer service has been great.

The new kill switch got here a day early so we now have all the parts to put her back together unless we break something else. .


If you don't have pieces leftover, you didn't put it back together right...

[BarryFL]

Does that mean Monday next week or Friday next week. Huge difference.  Hope you make it to the M&G with boat in tow.

~Barry~

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Does that mean Monday next week or Friday next week. Huge difference.  Hope you make it to the M&G with boat in tow.

~Barry~

I haven't gotten an actual date from them yet. The only thing the Seadek is holding up at this point is the TM remount and front Helix mount. Worst case is I'll be fishing with the cartel king...


If you don't have pieces leftover, you didn't put it back together right...