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10-24-2007, 12:33 PM
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Re: Transom replacement
screws will rot and or corrode from the moister in the wood. Also so will allow moister to get in around the screw.
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10-24-2007, 08:29 PM
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Re: Transom replacement
I removed some of my screws. Didnt want to install something, drill a hole and hit a screw. :-/
But also left a few in, counter sunk, glassed over on both sides. Shouldnt be a problem.....I hope. Any more work on the transom...Pics. ???
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10-24-2007, 08:53 PM
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I would think that as long as everything was glassed in well it shouldn't be a problem for at least 20+/- years. ???
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10-25-2007, 01:50 AM
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Re: Transom replacement
Let me tell yah . . . The more rot the easier it is to remove!! Consider yourself lucky!!
you can get brass wood screws at ACE for under $20 a box or just use cheap drywall screws. Leave the screws in there and laminate over the heads . . . as long as they don't stick out you're fine. That transom will last longer than the boat. If you want to be extra careful . . . you could remove them and fill the holes, but I don't think it's necessary. Screw and glue Don't worry about getting the wood template perfectly to the edges. When you dry fit all the core . . . You can have 1/2" gap . . . just buy a big bag of Cabosil (aerosil) from composites one (10lb giant dog food bag is under $40 . . . and maybe some choped fibers) and mud the edges. Then you can laminate your skins . . . if you use multiple layers of ply wood (like 3 or 4 sheets) wet out both sides before you stick them together.
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10-25-2007, 11:46 AM
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Re: Transom replacement
Thanks for the suggestions. I did get a few tubs of cabosil to bed the core. I will try to remove the screws as I go, I was only going to use them to help my three 1/2" sheets of ply make the transom curve, just didnt want the laminate to come apart if I remove them prematurely. If I left them in they will be covered by 4 layers of mat and 4 layers of biaxial glass (not in that order) and sealed in epoxy.
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10-25-2007, 02:57 PM
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Re: Transom replacement
Good info there BigShrimpn! That is exactly what my glass guy did on my '73. ;)
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