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Re: Boat Restoration - Cabin Rebuild
Could someone please help me out on this one.
Following was my plan, please tell me if this is a good way to go about doing it, and if you would/wouldnt do it this way.
If you look at the last photo you can see that my plug comes in 2 parts. One is the...
Re: Cabin rebuilt Project
Re: Cabin rebuilt Project
Giving the whole thing a light sand and I was ready to lay my first layer of fibreglass. I had to lay a layer of cloth to be able to fill and sand out my low spots. If I was to block sand it without the cloth I would just sand through the...
Re: Cabin rebuilt Project
Re: Cabin rebuilt Project
Next step was glassing the foam and getting it smooth. First of all I had to fill the holes in the foam as few voids were created during the foam pour. To get better adhesion I mixed up the cheapest resin I had lying around and added in a...
Re: Cabin rebuilt Project - cabin to deck joint
OK so next part was a little tricky. Me being a bit of a perfectionist I wanted the cabin to follow the lines of the boat. To achieve this I had to round off the front of the cabin and that was pretty simple but replicating it on the other side...
Re: Cabin rebuilt Project
Re: Cabin rebuilt Project
After the windscreen was fitted things went on a lot smoother. I could see how the cabin needed to be shaped.
To fit the windshield I put duct tape on the bottom of the windshield frame, positioned it to how I wanted it than poured...
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Mod could you please change the title of the original thread thanks.
Bob_VT
Re: Cabin rebuilt Project
Re: Cabin rebuilt Project
Length of the cabin was important in order to get the proportions looking right but this was difficult without having the windscreen.
I tried making a wooden frame substituting a windshield to give me a rough idea how it would...
Re: Cabin rebuilt Project - cabin to deck joint
Next step was adding draft to the sides of the cabin this was for aesthetic reasons as well as construction reasons, as at this point I haven?t decided how I was going to fibreglass the whole thing. I was tossing between constricting it using a...
Re: Cabin rebuilt Project - cabin to deck joint
Here are some photos showing how I went back and forth deciding how the shape will look with the rest of the boat.
Re: Cabin rebuilt Project - cabin to deck joint
From there I decided to go with rigid expandable foam and build a rough shape of the cabin. I did this using plain old cardboard to build walls and pour the foam in. When pouring foam use any sort of pva sheets or tape to cover areas you don?t...
Re: Cabin rebuilt Project - cabin to deck joint
OK since my last update I decided not to glass the plywood frame to the deck just yet. What I did was build a frame to hold my laminate in place using a 3 x 4 planks and cut out plywood that I used to construct the laminating jig. That way I was...
Re: Cabin rebuilt Project - cabin to deck joint
Hey
Thanks guys. Mike im not gone I keep on re-checking the post for any new piece of the advice and have been waiting to get back to the office so i can re post the photos that are missing.
A quick illustration of how I was thinking of joining...
Hi All
Ok so I decided to do some mods on my boat and decided to change the shape of the cabin as the one fitted on the boat didnt quiet suit my needs and was leaving much of unused valuable space. Before starting this project i had no fiberglass experience so i knew I was in for a lot of...
