Yet Another Transom Job in the Works - ?ions

oldbluesplayer · #1 02-23-2006, 11:34 AM

FishJack - you might be all done digging out the trench by now, but, from doing mine, a) it's the worst part of the job, and b) I had pretty good success, using a grinder like you showed, getting down to the bottom in one spot, and then, using a wide bladed wood chisel, knocking slices off, working my way out from the grinder digout, kind of like taking slices off the end of a stick of butter - even still, that part alone was about three nights of arm busting chisel work.

I'm sure you already know this, but before glassing anything back in, -surface prep, surface prep, surface prep-sanding and acetone wipes - critical to good adhesion.

keep the pix coming !!!

Bill

GradySailfish · #2 02-23-2006, 01:03 PM

Nice progress your making. Did you give any thought to recoring the transom from the inside, or maybe closing the transom in and adding a bracket?

Your doing a good job, if your worried about drilling a hole in your hull for the transducer, you may want to look towards a shoot through hull transducer.

What Epoxy are you using?

Fishjack · #3 02-23-2006, 03:55 PM

Another question - What to do about the HIN?? It (as of now) is going to end up in the bevel area for the fiberglass lay-up on the outside of the transom..

Warthog - I will check the pumps and plan on using a scale as well.. Thanks.

oldbluesplayer - That is what I am using my homemade adze for. Cut loose with a wood chisel then pull the chunk out with the adze. This process became possible (as you mentioned) after I finally got to the bottom of the transom and could get some tools in there to work with..
Thanks for the prep reminder - It seems like it would be easy to get in a hurry and skimp on the prep steps..

Gradysailfish - I guess my transom is now an inside/outside job now that I have access to the inside.

My choice for epoxy was RAKA - www.raka.com
Using 1708 Biax cloth.

warthog5 · #4 02-23-2006, 05:02 PM

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Warthog - I will check the pumps and plan on using a scale as well.. Thanks.

Check the Raka instruction's.

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Raka
mix ratios are by volume and not by weight.

I use measured cup's of diffrent size's.