BillaVista
Petty Officer 1st Class
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- Jul 1, 2013
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Re: Tore the transom ...how to repair? (pics)
Epoxy going on the wood:
Rivets done. The home-made rivet gun worked well, as did the Evercoat bonding adhesive. The Admiral was a trooper in the boat with the sledge hammer (bucking bar)...but I should have given her hearing protection...the air hammer is loud when you are in the boat on hands and knees. We did an OK job - not great, but I think it'll do. The biggest problem was I bought rivets that were way too long. Second problem was getting the bucking bar (sledge) in place, especially on the rivets on the rib flanges, and double-especially on those where Starcraft had originally drilled the hole right up next to (and sometimes slightly into) the rib. Interestingly, I was worried about the air hammer being too hard-hitting, and installed an small inline reg. to limit the pressure...but ended up using it on full pressure anyway.
Epoxy going on the wood:
![Starcraft-2013-Jul-25-5861.jpg](http://www.billavista.com/dump/Transom/update7/Starcraft-2013-Jul-25-5861.jpg)
Rivets done. The home-made rivet gun worked well, as did the Evercoat bonding adhesive. The Admiral was a trooper in the boat with the sledge hammer (bucking bar)...but I should have given her hearing protection...the air hammer is loud when you are in the boat on hands and knees. We did an OK job - not great, but I think it'll do. The biggest problem was I bought rivets that were way too long. Second problem was getting the bucking bar (sledge) in place, especially on the rivets on the rib flanges, and double-especially on those where Starcraft had originally drilled the hole right up next to (and sometimes slightly into) the rib. Interestingly, I was worried about the air hammer being too hard-hitting, and installed an small inline reg. to limit the pressure...but ended up using it on full pressure anyway.
![Starcraft-2013-Jul-25-5864.jpg](http://www.billavista.com/dump/Transom/update7/Starcraft-2013-Jul-25-5864.jpg)
![Starcraft-2013-Jul-25-5865.jpg](http://www.billavista.com/dump/Transom/update7/Starcraft-2013-Jul-25-5865.jpg)
![Starcraft-2013-Jul-25-5866.jpg](http://www.billavista.com/dump/Transom/update7/Starcraft-2013-Jul-25-5866.jpg)
![Starcraft-2013-Jul-25-5870.jpg](http://www.billavista.com/dump/Transom/update7/Starcraft-2013-Jul-25-5870.jpg)