DaleH
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Remember my idea?
Then I bought that 9' wide 1.5" thick teak swim platform off of some guy I flagged down on the highway ... no kidding.
Well, here's my progress to date. I had some custom 1/4" thick 304 series stainless steel angle brackets made up for $40 each. These are twice as heavy as the $70 ones sold in marine stores.
Now, even more good news! After drilling (8) 1/2" holes in my 15-year old transom ('92 vintage) , with (4) not far from the bottom ... all my new holes went into dry wood! Woo hoo
! I then wet them out with thinned epoxy after heating the holes, so that the thin vicosity epoxy saturated into the core. I repeatedly added some in small amounts with a syringe until it wouldn't take anymore. Then I taped off the back of the hole with duct tape and filled it from the inside 'til it ran out a little.
You can see the 'piss yellow' thin epoxy cured below with my brush in it. After the thin epoxy cured, I cleaned/rough up the hole toremove the amine blush and then filled with thickened epoxy. After it cured I carefully center-punched the epoxy plug and drilled a 3/8" hole through, as I will use 3/8" SS hardware. Look at the neat epoxy plug that is permanently protecting the core!
Now a little tip! Before installing, counter-sink the back end of the hole (outside portion) as the c'sink area serves like a little 'cup' to hold your goop of choice in place. My goop? Nothing but 5200 below the waterline for me! I torqued the hardware fairly secure and let it dry, then I torqued up the nuts from the inside while someone else holds the bolt from turning on the outside. This allows the set-up goop to act also like a gasket as well as an adhesive and sealer.
Lots of sanding to go ... then on to the other side ... whew! Hope to launch by Monday this weekend ... but I dunnoh
:shock: ! We've had too much rain this Spring and the nicest weekend was taken upwith Mother's Day and 3 graduation parties for family, in NH, Maine, and Mass. I get a free weekend ... it rains.
More later as Iget it completed !
Then I bought that 9' wide 1.5" thick teak swim platform off of some guy I flagged down on the highway ... no kidding.
Well, here's my progress to date. I had some custom 1/4" thick 304 series stainless steel angle brackets made up for $40 each. These are twice as heavy as the $70 ones sold in marine stores.
Now, even more good news! After drilling (8) 1/2" holes in my 15-year old transom ('92 vintage) , with (4) not far from the bottom ... all my new holes went into dry wood! Woo hoo
! I then wet them out with thinned epoxy after heating the holes, so that the thin vicosity epoxy saturated into the core. I repeatedly added some in small amounts with a syringe until it wouldn't take anymore. Then I taped off the back of the hole with duct tape and filled it from the inside 'til it ran out a little. You can see the 'piss yellow' thin epoxy cured below with my brush in it. After the thin epoxy cured, I cleaned/rough up the hole toremove the amine blush and then filled with thickened epoxy. After it cured I carefully center-punched the epoxy plug and drilled a 3/8" hole through, as I will use 3/8" SS hardware. Look at the neat epoxy plug that is permanently protecting the core!
Now a little tip! Before installing, counter-sink the back end of the hole (outside portion) as the c'sink area serves like a little 'cup' to hold your goop of choice in place. My goop? Nothing but 5200 below the waterline for me! I torqued the hardware fairly secure and let it dry, then I torqued up the nuts from the inside while someone else holds the bolt from turning on the outside. This allows the set-up goop to act also like a gasket as well as an adhesive and sealer.
Lots of sanding to go ... then on to the other side ... whew! Hope to launch by Monday this weekend ... but I dunnoh
:shock: ! We've had too much rain this Spring and the nicest weekend was taken upwith Mother's Day and 3 graduation parties for family, in NH, Maine, and Mass. I get a free weekend ... it rains.
More later as Iget it completed
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