My first rebuild. 76 170

[RickK]

You could always carry a 5gal bucket with an aerator in it?  Put it where ever you want.

[bfabian76]

lol. so i bought 3 sheets marine ply 1/2 inch. 10 yards 1708, 10 yards 1.5oz mat. 5 gal resin, bedding compound, and a new leaning post!

[RickK]

Sounds like you have all the fixin's.
New leaning post huh - let's see it  8)

[bfabian76]

[bfabian76]

started my template for the floor today. have to go to a one year old b day tomorrow.. then monday I will start cutting the new floor to get it fitted in.

[RickK]

Nice leaning post.  
I'm going to have Randy, one of our local members, build something up for me when I get to that point - no room to store it right now.

[bfabian76]

thanks. I have an original AS leaning post I was going to use. but i got a deal on this one i couldnt pass up. i will rarely ever have the back rest on it, however I do need to have one made for it. never know. the ol lady might like it.

[bfabian76]

Update____ couldnt do any grinding or glass today because I had some stuff to do. however, i made my template for the floor, got the floor cut and fitted as well as the wood for raising my stringers. i used 1/4 to raise the stringers so im thinking that plus some 1708, plus the bedding compound will be right around 3/4 inch I need.  

 template was made with foam insulation board.











tomorrow I will get in, start grinding, build my area for the fuel tank, and start glassing the stringer tops.

[bfabian76]

got some itchy grinding done today.

used a sawzaw to get the bedding compound off.. holy hell that stuff sucks

took a break and snapped a pic


all the compound removed. stringers ground down



forgot to take a pic when i was done. but right now everything inside that needed grinded is done except for my liner lip, which i will tackle first thing in the morning. plans for tomorrow are as followed

grind liner lip
build new tank coffin
start fitting rigging tubes
fiberglass wood raisers to stringers/ tab stringers to hull.

[larsli68]

Great work! I'm afraid the floor will be my next job after I finish the transom.

[RickK]

Looking good - progress, progress, progress.  
Don't forget that you will need to grind up the liner a little bit too, to be able to tie the sole into the liner - ties it all together.  You'll need a fillet of thickened resin and then a couple small layers of cloth all around.  If you tape it off you can keep control of the height of the grind.

[bfabian76]

Larsli68--- it's not too bad so far. Worst part was the bedding compound for me.

Rick- yea. Liner will be done today.

[bfabian76]

finished up my grinding today

tops of stringers glassed in with one layer of 1708. tabbed stringers to hull with two layers 1708.


in the morning i will finish building my new tank coffin and do some rigging. hoping my floor will be in by Saturday

[RickK]

Looks good

[bfabian76]

Thanks.its coming alone. I glassed my new fuel coffin today that I made. Also built a storage area right behind the casting deck in front of the tank.