next progress report -
but no pix till this evening -
the third plywood plate is now installed, another 1/2", bringing the installed transom thickness out to 1-5/8".
I spent about 4 hours yesterday, in between the showers, grinding the inside surface of the transom outer skin smooth, getting rid of all the original lumpy, grooved, and highly fractured putty layer that had been between the outer skin and the original plywood transom core.
The gas tank had come free, and had slid backwards about 2", stopping against the thru hull transducer mounting bolt, which come up thru ( !!!) the keel stringer, so I'm also plotting how to reinforce the keel stringer and fill the 5/8" thru bolt hole left from the old transducer, now removed.
Like working with the West System epoxy - running the 105 epoxy with 206 slow hardner, and 403 filler for paste batches; plenty of working time.
Anyone who does this, plan on plenty of measure twice, cut once, and trial fit, again and again. It seems to take hours of prep work, and getting all the little details ready, before starting the 30 minute rush of mixing epoxy and installing a part, and getting it clamped in place, but the quality of the result is directly dependant on the prep work.
It's getting there.... slowly.
Bill
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