Around 9/28/2005 7:12 AM, DSK wrote:
JamesgangNC wrote:
LD wrote:
If you really like the boat and it suits your needs, look into other
options. take a look at http://www.transomrepair.com/
That's an intersting idea for transom repair.
I especially like the first step: "completely remove all rotted wood."
Nice & simple.
Heh.
... The traditional method is to completely cut away the inside
fiberglass but if you can dig the wood out without doing that it would
be a lot simpler.
Yes, maybe some kind of double rotary cutting head on an extra long
Dremel, with a vacuum hose attachment?
Didn't I read somewhere on that site that those guys are looking at
making a special chainsaw attachment?
They have pictures of themselves using a regular chainsaw
http://www.transomrepair.com/transom/chainsawing.jpg, but you would
really have to know what you're doing so that you wouldn't cut through
anything you didn't want to.
I wonder if it wouldn't be easier to just saw off the transom from the
outside, re-core it, and fiberglass it back on.
Inside! If you do it from the outside, it'll be almost impossible to
hide the work. It'd take more than just a little refinishing...
This can be done with
the result being stronger than new and only very slightly heavier
(lighter if you use new hi-tech cloth for the tabbing)... and with a
little refinishing, will look better than new, too.
... Unfortunatly the floor has to be removed to repair stringers.
Yeah, it'd be easier to gut the boat. Give you a good chance to re-wire
it, too.
Yup.
Sometimes I completely understand the urge to just build the whole boat
from scratch.
It is nice to have the shell of a good hull to work with...
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