Re: hull extension in progress with picks
Re: hull extension in progress with picks
Hi all,
Yet another iboat newbie posting. Started reading this thread after bying a glasstron that needed a new deck and transom. I was going to get started next summer but this thread inspired me to get going over the holidays.
Long story short, being the stuborn (and recently motivated) SOB I am, I started the deck and transom replacement thinking I will stop when I get to the grinding part (Other 1/2 want no grinding dust in house and I'm working in a heated attached garage). In doing so, I stumbled upon an alternative to grinding (at least in the DEMO phase) that I haven't seen mentioned here. So far, I have managed to limit my grinding dust to rough' and scuff' only (which was done in a few hours with shop vac while the wife wasn't watchin') and I am virtrually ready to glass in the new deck. I thought I would post the approach for others to comment on as I find it hard to believe I would be the first to attempt this method.
Word of warning!!! the following may not be sutiable for the faint of heart as you may end up with a hole in your hull
! I did when I came accross a poorly execute patch I had no idea was there when I bought the thing
. The technique involves using an air chisel with various tips once you cut the deck off with the circular saw/saw of choice. My favourite tip was a sharp one side, dull on the other 1" flat chisel. With this tip, I was able to exploit the weaker bond between the tabing and the rest of the hull. I litterally peeled all the stringer and deck tabs off the raw hull without pulling out the grinder once
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I am currious to know if this approach would work on all hulls or if I got lucky with the production methods used on mine only. I should note that the inner layer of my hull is woven roving and all the tabs were either chop mat or cloth. Wonder if that has anything to do with it?
Anyhow, glad to see you're getting back into it oops, I for one admire your perseverance on this project and appreciate you (and the rest of the oops crew!) taking the time to educate the rest of us. Keep up the good work!
