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Thursday, May 27, 2010

The deck core

well now that is always above 50 deg F the deck core is moving along

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The sterntube is done

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So the stern tube worked out a bit harder than i would have liked but i am very happy with the finished job

While i was there i ripped out all the bulkhead tabing in the engine box and re glassed it as it was is marginal shape

Saturday, May 15, 2010

More progress

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I got everything back together and was not happy with how the tube lined up so after some massive sanding i did a final install on the strut and sealed it up so i could fill in the gap with epoxy

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After its set i will do a buck of layers of fiberglass to make sure it does not move

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And while that's drying i am back at the deck core

Monday, May 3, 2010

Some more work on the strut mounting

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It was a bit worse than it looks with the lower board looking a bit like coffee grinds :)

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no new pictures BUT sanded and really cleaned it up

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Plugged up the holes with some easy to drill out wood and built a small dam to hold in the epoxy and now i have a level water proof place to bolt back together the strut

Sunday, May 2, 2010

Fitting the hatch back on the deck so it wont LEAK :)

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This jig lets the router cut the wood to match the deck curve

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So the test part fits good NOW to make one in teak

The final steps in the stern tube

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It kills me a had to buy a 237 dollar piece of material to make this part

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So now theirs a few hours of grinding and epoxy work and this is good to go