Searider deluxe. New screen

[Gazzago]

As per the title my recently acquired SR4 had a broken screen. Very common.





Amongst many other little mods and improvements I’ve been making I decided a new screen would be nice before our Scottish trip from Largs at the end of this week.

I bought a nice 4mm piece of Plexiglass of the appropriate size.

Used the old screen as a template and cut it with my jigsaw. I also made the new screen a couple of inches higher. Hoping for a little more weather protection.



I sanded the edges and then gave them a smooth off with wet and dry before lightly flaming them with a blow torch. This gives a nice glossy edge to the screen.

Here is the finished screen. Not perfect but ok for my first go working with this material. Should do me for a while too.

[Highland Haggis]

That's a really nice job for first attempt Gaz look forward to seeing it

[Seaflyer02]

Nice job, if you go on eBay you can get some 4mm edging if you want to make the edge a little more visible

[Gazzago]

Originally Posted by Seaflyer02

Nice job, if you go on eBay you can get some 4mm edging if you want to make the edge a little more visible

Thanks

Found some edging on Ebay but I'm undecided if it'll look better with or without it. Easy to put in on and see I suppose

[Tim M]

That looks really smart. Have you got some photos of the rest of the boat? Going to be refurbishing one of these in a few weeks - looking for inspiration!

[Gazzago]

Originally Posted by Tim M

That looks really smart. Have you got some photos of the rest of the boat? Going to be refurbishing one of these in a few weeks - looking for inspiration!

Have a look on my YouTube page. There’s a video of it there. We’re off to Scotland tomorrow so should hopefully have more videos after that trip.

I may do a post with progress later as I’ve taken a few pictures as I’ve done stuff.

Good luck with your restoration. [emoji1303]