I must like punishing myself

[billythekid]

alright I finally got the heat running in the garage and got back to work

got the bulk of my supplies in last month and was ready to build

had the bottom soda blasted at the biegining of the month by atlantic soda blasting

best $700 I ever spent, I had 8 layers of old paint on the bottom and they had it off and cleaned up in 2 hours. I also had him blast the old bilge paint out which was well worth it.
I didn't get any action shots as I was there before and then they were gone.
here are some pics of it in the shop and on a set of dolleys I bought of craigslist.

[billythekid]

as soon as I get the boat set in the garage the first order of business was getting the transom installed, again the transom is a composite called corelite. its very strong and cuts easier than Penske or coose board. and the glass makes a very strong bond to it.

got 2 2x4s and 8 long bolts with washers and marked them out and drilled some holes to sandwich the transom to corelite. I layed up 2 wet layer of mat on the transom and layed it in there and boltes and clamped everything together.

also a pic of my drum of polyester.

[billythekid]

After the transom set up 2 days later I beat the bolts and tooks the clamps of and mixed up a bunch of dynaglass and fillet and smeared it all the way around the transom in the void the I layed up 1 layer of mat and 1 layer of 1708 to seal it up good, I also layed up an extra layer of 1708 in the corners to beef it up. the transom is rock soild now.

I took a piece of 2" foam and pinned it inside the one stringer that was cut open and layed 2 layers of mat over it

[billythekid]

well I got my 1/2" balsa in and decided that was the next thing I wanted to attack.

I decided to leave the balsa 2.5" down from the top of the hull, I made a mark all the way around the hull and started to dry fit the balsa. Marking the top and side and numbered them . I dry fitted to 3ft short of the bow. Balsa cuts easy with either a razor blade or small jig saw

I decided the set the balsa in Divilette putty which is used to bond coring material to fiberglass.
Divilett putty is an absolute mess to deal with its like light soupy coolwhip. It get kicked with mekp just like poly resin.

I use a 1/4 tile trawl to apply it. just like a tile guy.

After I trawl out the area for the panel I lightly wet out the back of the balsa that is to set against the divilette putty. Not many action shots here as my hands were covered in this crap.

[billythekid]

after I would wet the balsa out and set it against the hull and push and smack it then I would set it with multimaster tool. I taped it up because I would have putty all over my hands and didn't want to shit up my tool Divilette putty comes in 5 gallon pails and I ripped some 1/4 ply to use as mixing sticks to mix up the slop.

I got it all done in about 5 hours between fitting it and bedding it, which I didn't think was to bad.

[billythekid]

While I was waiting for the putty to dry I decided to start working on the stringer foam. I ripped the 2" foam 2.5" wide and started fitting it to the stringers to rebuild the raise them

got the back section mostly done.

you can also see where I started to cut the balsa on a 45 degree angle to taper it to the hull. I used the multimaster to cut it and it ripped right through it. I would have ran it through the table saw before hand but the hull had angle to it and they would not have been straight cuts to make.

you can see where I shorted the balsa in the corner by the transom . I am going to lay 2 layer of roving in there to stiffen it up and also I didn't want the thru hulls for the bilge pumps penetrating the balsa. the only penetration will be where the gas vent is and I am going to cut the balsa out and fill it with filler to keep the balsa dry.

[Blue_Heron]

Nice work. That balsa is really going to stiffen up the hull sides. And leaving it off where the through hulls are going is good forethought. What kind of foam are you using to build up the stringers?
Dave

[billythekid]

Dave the foam is a 2" builders foam I got from NAC It is compatible with poly and vinylester resin.

[parrott]

Lookn good. Blasting is def the way to go.
Just curious y the balsa core on hull sides. My MA I did I just faired in the rough glass. And w the floor being glassed to the hull sides it made the hull sides much stiffer.
Foam that works w poly and ve.... I will be lookn into that for future builds

[Blue_Heron]

Originally Posted by billythekid

Dave the foam is a 2" builders foam I got from NAC It is compatible with poly and vinylester resin.

Thanks for the reply. Is it a polyiso foam? Who is NAC?