1978 222 rebuild

[Cmitch94]

Dave
Thank you,  thats exactly the information i was looking for.

[dburr]

Morale support is why we're here!! Look on the bright side, if you start now, you'll be done grinding sometime this year  

[Cmitch94]

I haven't posted in a while but have got some work done on the boat in the last month, even though i had a friends bachelor party in key west one weekend and his wedding in puerto rico the next. i finished most of the grinding to the stringers and around the stringers. that being done i am starting into the transom to before i re foam the stringers. the grinding on the transom has been the toughest grinding yet but i am making progress. i plan on doing transom, stringers, tank and then top cap and casting deck last. i have not set a date to complete whole project because then it seems more like a job when you set a deadline. As funny as this sounds i really don't mind all the work i am having to and will have to put in. In some ways its relaxing at times. go figure.

my grinder burnt out again on me a 2nd time the other day. good thing i got the warranty, just hate driving up to harbor freight to get it replace

some pics of the transom in progress take a look at the add on from previous owner.

[CLM65]

You're making good progress.  And I share your philosophy - no schedule, no pressure.  I too enjoy working on the boat as a way of unwinding.

What exactly am I looking at there?  Is that a bunch of strips of wood laminated together for the previous transom mod?  Interesting....

How much of the transom are you grinding out?  I used my grinder with a cutting blade to cut through the inner skin, as close to the hull sides and bottom as possible.  The inner skin popped off with ease.  Then I used a circular saw to make a series of horizontal cuts across as much of the transom wood as possible, and then several vertical cuts from as close to the hull bottom as possible to the top of the transom.  The cuts were almost all the way through the wood, maybe 1/8" shy.  Then I took a chisel and hammer and chipped the wood out.  The grinder was then used with a 40 grit sanding disc to remove any remnants of wood from the fiberglass.  Not saying this is the best way, but it worked for me and I had the transom removal work done in less than a day.

[slvrlng]

Air chisel works even better IMO. Just be careful, and wear hearing protection!
The strips are interesting.