I must like punishing myself

[billythekid]

got the plug built for the live well, I used 3/4 MDF and a 8" sonnet tube. I ripped the sonnet tube into 4 even pieces( as even as I could get them.) after I got all my measurements on the MDF and cut . I shaved 3/16" off the edges that the sonnet tube was gonna get stapled to, to make it flush with the MDF. After I got the 4 sides and corners all stapled together I cut the top big and used a flush router bit to run it around the outside to make it a perfect top.

once I got that nailed to the rest, I got a 3/4" round over bit to make the rounded edge. .








after I got it nailed together It was time to do a little tooling on it to smooth it out. I got some evercoat glaze from the autobody place and started with all the staple holes.






I also put a block to extend the rear drain lower


it took about 3 hours or fairing and sanding to smooth out all the inperfections.



after I got it smooth and sanded I put some radius wax around the block and some larger radius wax around between the table and the mold

once that was set I waxed it with 3 coats and sprayed 2 coats of PVA.





I let it dry and it was time to spray it with Gelcoat. I mixed 2 quarts of Gelcoat together with the dark blue tint. I made extra gelcat to store because I would never be able to match it.

I shot the gelcoat with the cup gun.






gonna glass it tomorrow.