19 sternrider

[gofastsandman]

Nice work.

Where are you finding gloves?

[erebus]

Question:
When you remove the core on the edges of things (bulkheads, gunwale etc.) what tool or process do you use to do that?

I've used a cut off stubby Allen wrench chucked into a drill to remove core in a cored hull for a thru-hull or transducer or whatever, but I cant imagine how you would do it for a whole gunwale or bulkhead.

[lelandtampa]

AutoZone had XL gloves today. Black, blue and orange ones.

[dirtwheelsfl]

Originally Posted by erebus

Question:
When you remove the core on the edges of things (bulkheads, gunwale etc.) what tool or process do you use to do that?

I've used a cut off stubby Allen wrench chucked into a drill to remove core in a cored hull for a thru-hull or transducer or whatever, but I cant imagine how you would do it for a whole gunwale or bulkhead.

A trim router with a straight paddle cutting bit and a steady hand mostly. If i cant fit the router ill use a die grinder with some kind of burr chucked in it. A sharp stubby 1/4” drill bit works well too. Im only going 3/8”ish deep in most cases, and in high impact areas.

[dirtwheelsfl]

Box with a couple drawers going in here.

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Gave her a bath

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Only took 54 beers to flip her

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Been dreading this part here!

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[DonV]

54 beers?? for the whole crew? That's not all that bad!! Looking like it's going to be time to add some hours on the old sander!

[dirtwheelsfl]

Originally Posted by DonV

54 beers?? for the whole crew? That's not all that bad!! Looking like it's going to be time to add some hours on the old sander!

And the grinders and the fairing boards!

Giving myself 1 month to paint it...

[gofastsandman]

Originally Posted by dirtwheelsfl

Box with a couple drawers going in here.

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Gave her a bath

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Only took 54 beers to flip her

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Been dreading this part here!

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You took on an ambitious project there. Did you ever learn what she hit?

[dirtwheelsfl]

Originally Posted by gofastsandman

You took on an ambitious project there. Did you ever learn what she hit?

Yea woulda been nice to have a cleaner hull, couldnt tell just how bad it was though. I think he said submerged piling? I forget... He owned it for 40yrs

[dirtwheelsfl]

Fixed the damaged areas first, starboard side ended up having to get about 6ft of the bottom step ground out and repaired too. Stem/keel got ground and glassed too. Faired al that and glassed the whole bottom with a 6 and 4 oz finish cloth for uniformity. Pretty much ready for highbuild after i sharpen the step corners back up...

Sprayrails got shaped and glassed too.

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Transom getting tabbed. 2 more full skins with tabs (theres 3x1700 on there currently)

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