Rasdiir
Petty Officer 2nd Class
- Joined
- Jul 18, 2011
- Messages
- 167
Been a hot minute, but I'm still around and my painfully slow progress continues!
I got a bit discouraged last year about no riveting partners and the resulting lack of progress, so that plus the weather in Sep meant I just picked away at a few items and then packed everything up for winter.
Since I didn't have a riveting buddy, I decided to spend the end of Aug working on the hull skin. After flipping I brass wheeled the entire outside of the hull, then began the painful process of filling in the pits with JBWeld Marine. I got the first coat on and sanded down with 120 grit on the orbital, and I also formed the 3 patches required to put over the spots I noticed from the PO. I also started cutting foam for under the floor, and got the entire starboard side outside of the stringer cut and also half of the port side outside the stringer. For the foam I tried saws and a hot knife from Princess Auto, but got the best results with a good old construction knife. That pretty much finished off the season and everything was packed up for snow.
Spring came a while ago here, but tons of rain meant it took me a while to get going. My work buddy offered to help out with riveting, so last week we put on the 3 patches, replaced a few worn rivets on the transom seam, and also attached the braces for my future side panels. I had to remove the port stringer and a couple of the floor braces to buck the patch rivets, but those are easily replaced now that another leak test is complete (Nothing found, just the bow seam with drips). My to do list is pretty much exactly what it was a year ago:
I got a bit discouraged last year about no riveting partners and the resulting lack of progress, so that plus the weather in Sep meant I just picked away at a few items and then packed everything up for winter.
Since I didn't have a riveting buddy, I decided to spend the end of Aug working on the hull skin. After flipping I brass wheeled the entire outside of the hull, then began the painful process of filling in the pits with JBWeld Marine. I got the first coat on and sanded down with 120 grit on the orbital, and I also formed the 3 patches required to put over the spots I noticed from the PO. I also started cutting foam for under the floor, and got the entire starboard side outside of the stringer cut and also half of the port side outside the stringer. For the foam I tried saws and a hot knife from Princess Auto, but got the best results with a good old construction knife. That pretty much finished off the season and everything was packed up for snow.
Spring came a while ago here, but tons of rain meant it took me a while to get going. My work buddy offered to help out with riveting, so last week we put on the 3 patches, replaced a few worn rivets on the transom seam, and also attached the braces for my future side panels. I had to remove the port stringer and a couple of the floor braces to buck the patch rivets, but those are easily replaced now that another leak test is complete (Nothing found, just the bow seam with drips). My to do list is pretty much exactly what it was a year ago:
- Remake the new port side knee brace wing, since I messed up when drilling the holes and can't get one nut where it needs to be;
- Paint inside of transom skin and bilge area. Prior to painting I need to thoroughly clean and degrease the entire bilge area;
- Install the transom wood and all bolts;
- Install the 1/4" motor mount plate;
- Flip the hull and do a second round of JBWeld in the pits;
- Run a bead of 5200 along all outside seams; and
- Sand entire hull.