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Looks like it has a bow to it?? Might be just me? But straight it fine also!!

Hammer I have a straight bracket on a curved transom, nothing a couple of shims won't fix.

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M.J. have you looked out your kitchen window lately. What Bracket. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D :P

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The bow is still there. The way he did it was to remove the outer skin. The inside glass was left in place and the new wood epoxied and screwed in place therefor it maintained the original shape.

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The bow in the transom is for strength,
it is the same principal as a dam on a river.

Even though you may see some that look straight,
the dam is always bowed up stream.

We do the same with car and truck chassis,
they are built with a bow up from the ground and then
when all the remaining components are mounted,
the vehicle ends up level to the ground.

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Got the bracket back from powder coating. We will continue work on the transom this weekend. I kinda want it back now that Ive seen how good it looks! ;D


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Looks just like mine now!! They did great job!! Did they blast all the old off before the new or did they just clean and repower over the old?

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They blasted it, antifoul primered it then powdercoated MJ. 8)

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Looks great ;D I want one

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They put the antifoul on as a primer???

before the powder coat???

That goes against everything I know about powder paint.
Powder needs a good solid clean metal finish.

Isn't antifoul designed to shed?

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Not antifoul paint, antifoul PRIMER.

He said it helps the paint to better stick. The primer adheres to the stainless better.


I hadnt heard of it before either, but he builds custom race car frames and such and garanteed me that before the paint chips the stainless would bend. :o


I let it slide around in the truck on the way home ( I swerved quite a bit back and forth too) and beat it all against the tool box to test it. When I got it home the tool box was dented, but no scratch on the powder coating. ;D