what tools will I need?

[fatfishfan]

Hi all has anyone used a rotozip tool to remove a deck, I am starting the tear down process saturday on my 1999 capri 1850 and all the wood has to come out and I want to make sure i have all the tools we will need when my help arives
thanks

 

[Woodonglass]

Re: what tools will I need?

Yep, but a circular saw set to 1/16" deeper than the thickness of the deck material will work better and faster.

 

[glnbnz]

Re: what tools will I need?

Also depends on how water saturated your deck is. Sometimes a good hammer and 3' crow bar will work wonders LOL

 

[Bondo]

Re: what tools will I need?

Ayuh,.... I think a 4, 1/2" grinder is the A-#1 tool for hull dismantlin',...

A fist full ah disks of varyin' shapes, 'n compositions rounds out the package,...

 

[mwe-maxxowner]

Re: what tools will I need?

I found it easiest to cut the deck out with a saw set to about half an inch, then I used an oscillating multi tool and a grinder to get the rest. I cut about two inches away from where I thought the deck wood ended. When I tried to cut WHERE I thought the deck wood ended, I sawed a 16" cut right through my hull.

 

[Trooper82]

Re: what tools will I need?

... I sawed a 16" cut right through my hull.

I think we all have done that...lol

I like the saw/oscilating tool method...but all I needed for the majority of it was the 3' crowbar...

 

[GT1000000]

Re: what tools will I need?

I sawed a 16" cut right through my hull.

Only One???:facepalm:
I lost track of how many unintended hull slices I put in mine...:embarassed:

 

[mwe-maxxowner]

Re: what tools will I need?

Haha yes only one. Then on the opposite side of the boat, in about the same spot, I cut a groove into the glass about halfway through the hull. So I guess one and a half! I was super duper careful after I made the one cut.

The oscillating multi tool is nice. It can make flush cuts, it creates little dust which it does not throw everywhere, and it is relatively safe and easy to handle. But they are slow as Christmas and loud as heck! My grinder with a 24 grit resin coated sanding disc made short work of the inch or two lip of deck I had in places.

 

[glenn property of pam]

Re: what tools will I need?

i like a hammer and chisel as i dont have to wear a breathing mask, just a set of safety glasses then just tap and move the chissel around the joint between the hull and the floor. once its cut free then i just ripped the floor up. Had the floor been less rotten then i would have used a circular saw in the middle to make it easier to rip out.