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[GodsReel]

what kind of bracket ? what type of 150's . good luck and looks tight so far.

[martin]

Originally Posted by GodsReel

what kind of bracket ? what type of 150's . good luck and looks tight so far.

The bracket is from a company in south fl I believe,,twin aluminum. I bought off Badabing's Damaged Seacraft... and the engines are 98 twin 150 Mercury salt water edition... My friend gave them to me for rigging is boat with a new 225 opti.. basically got the whole package for about 1000..not including labor But Hey it my Buddy...

[martin]

I also used that measurement cause my 7" angle head can reach in most places and edges... You can turn your pad upside down and back sand the inside glass.. Just becareful cause you might cut your finger bad or off.. If the pad catches the edge hard... I woul not recommend on a high speed angle grinder like a 4"... My 7" is a pneumatic one

[martin]

Well after writing a long detailed version of the transom. I tried to post to no avail.. so here is the short version. Layed two sheets of glass up on the inside skin,. then cut all the glass out for laminating the two sheets of plywood. for the transom. the 1.5 inch foam deal fell apart so i have to use wood. And now that I have saved over 350 dollars by doing so. My wife is much nicer to me....

[martin]

Pulled part off the table. Cleaned up edges and rughed up the laminate. and roughed up the inner skin

[77SceptreOB]

is that "vacuum bagging"? If so, what is the benefit? Just curious...

[martin]

Really though it is just another way of laminating... I just like doing it that way

[martin]

As far as cost go. It is more waste as in consumables but, I do try to use just dyi stuff. Nothing fancy just parts from hd and well I had a few vacuum pumps laying around... Now the benifit of nagging is if done correctly one solid part. With no voided or air pockets ..not to mention the vacuum pulls the resin into the grain of the wood...now if icould do Resin tranfer infusion.. thqt would be awesome

[martin]

You can see the bottom of the transom as I stuffed a bunch of 1708 scrap ..cause as the resin was kcking off it would become a bit viscous . it is hard to get the mix just right especially with such a large part to bond with out it hardning to fast.. So i just kep stuffing the glass in there so that the resin would stay in the transom and encapsulate the bottm of the transon. When the outerskin is done. i will pour a thicken mix of epoxy and cabisol to fill all the voids on the inside. and pull a vac so to let it seep in all the cavities

[martin]

No not that kinda stripper LOL