1974 19-6 Restoration

[RickK]

Cool.  It works for you but I wonder if you had mounted the motor on the other side of the board if it would have centered the weight and made it even easier to roll.  Doesn't matter as long as it works but just thinking aloud...

[jfret]

Yep.... that's kinda what my buddy said, in a not so nice way...... Anyhow it was late in the day and I blame it on the faulty directions..

[RickK]

Hey that's how we learn. If we never did stuff a different way than expected we'd never progress in our learning.
I have a student in class this week who's motto (it seems) is "always do it wrong the first time so I know better the next time".
No big deal bud 

[gman 82 aquasport]

As long as she holds the engine up, I say job well done, gotta love the new use of the rollers...

[jfret]

Had to go back and look at the design to see where I went off course.......I didn't take into account that I made it 1 foot wider and 1 foot longer and a foot taller than the design. It was made for a 50HP I think.. should have moved the base forward.... Well I have plenty of room for batteries, tools, gas tanks, console...beer cooler......actually the beer cooler may have been to close while I was putting it together.

[RickK]

actually the beer cooler may have been to close while I was putting it together.

[jfret]

Ok....so it's been a while since I've done anything worth mentioning on the boat....I got sidetracked for a while...But I haven't quit and still plan am still on schedule to finish sometime in 2017.  Well hopefully before then but you never know. This past weekend the weather in NC was perfect, mid 70's all weekend and I had someone to help me....... so I got the new skin for the transom started......Couldn't get it finished but hey at this point it's still progress.  So I figured I would share a few pictures.



My girlfriend Terri holding the melamine in place...I tried to get her to look at the camera but she wouldn't because she didn't have any makeup on.
LOL hope she doesn't see this.



I used a few screws to pull the melamine up snug to the existing skin then used a wood flour epoxy paste filet.... and put down 1 layer of 6oz first, then removed the backing blocks and put a 2nd with 18oz....



It came out pretty good for a first timer I think. There's a few spots that need a little touch up.



I plan on additional layers but was wondering how many....dirt put 4 biax on the outside.....Shine put most on the inside.....

[dirtwheelsfl]

Id do 2 more biax on top of your 6oz and 18oz.    Id run the tabs a lil deeper into the hull than that first layer as well.   3 layers inside will be plenty