I used rotary hammer & chisel bit for my transom demo. 30 mins later job was done. After scoring with the skilsaw just like you did. Great job! Got the idea from Born Again Boating channel.
Serious question here, if your removing that much and already has a hole that size in the transom why not removed the entire transom (including the rear glass) Is there a reason why your should only remove the wood? Im looking at buying a project boat
just watched your video doing a good job . I watched a bloke in the states doing one he came up with a good idea for a template I hadn't seen before he tapped a clear sheet of plastic to the outside of the transom and just traced out the shape to worked like a charm I will try to find it for you
You guys crack me up . My transom was soggy from top to bottom and took three hours clean . I thought I would be doing what you just did great work keep it up and don't change
Wow, that wood was not that rotten in most of places. That was hard. The previous owner's repair on the transom was awful. I don't know if he was expecting this would last for long but man, that's was a terrible work. I think you are definitely right to start by laying some fiberglass to thicken the back of the transom. So that you'll have a clean and neat surface for the new core. By the way, you would not like to use coosa instead of plywood? I know it's expensive but you don't have a very big surface. And no more risk it gets rotten. Anyway, I know your summer is very hot this year. Would you mind sending us a bit of your heat to warm our winter up ? Cheers.
The wood was very solid, but it was removed mostly based on the poor stern drive repair. Yes the transom needs to be strong so there is going to be a few layer of glass going into this :P Termolite, is VERY hard to get here in WA and considering i need approx 10 sheets, will be difficult. Also these boats love the weight, so marine ply will give me that. Thanks for watching mate :)
Surprisingly a lot of that old wood was pretty dry pitty the old inboard patch up work wasn't up to scratch.. Maybe in that bottom right hand corner there was a transducer screwed in from the other side which caused that black rotted out section?
wood was dry in areas that's for sure! i think that's why they decided to patch the transom as it was is pretty good shape (at time of them rebuilding). Yes that's what i was thinking :)
Hey Martin! Thanks for the message, yes 70/80% was dry but thought I’d remove the lot so everything is new and ready for another 30+ years. Lucky I did as the laminate from the stringers to the original hull laminate some areas had water trapped between the layers, which overtime will cause delamination. Thought while I’m doing all this work, to do it all
I'm building a project boat also. Get yourself a few 26 grit sanding pads for the grinder it rips through everything makes life a bit easier
I used rotary hammer & chisel bit for my transom demo. 30 mins later job was done. After scoring with the skilsaw just like you did. Great job! Got the idea from Born Again Boating channel.
Great tip! Might have to try that!
Thanks for watching :)
Great vid glad uncle Steve was back
Thanks mate! Haha he’s awesome 👌🏽
Serious question here, if your removing that much and already has a hole that size in the transom why not removed the entire transom (including the rear glass)
Is there a reason why your should only remove the wood?
Im looking at buying a project boat
Thanks for the video, appreciate the hard work you’re doing in this heat to give us the info on how to get the job done.
No problem 👍 thanks for watching :)
What are some people thinking! that repair job is shocking.
Loving the weekly uploads.
Crazy hey!
Thanks mate, I’d like to keep up with the weekly videos!
Great video. Think you have convinced me to rebuild my transom now
Great to hear! good luck :P
What a pain - a half-rotten transom that's still solid enough to put up a fight going out. Good work.
Yep unfortunately, just made it harder to remove lol
Thanks for watching
Thanks for the weekly videos mate.. I’m struggling in this Perth weather at work, let alone coming home and doing a project like this. Cheers
Thanks for watching mate, haha i try and push through!
The blue stuff is probably a premixed caulk tube epoxy product, like thixo
Carving disc might work ok.. They rip through the wood.
just watched your video doing a good job . I watched a bloke in the states doing one he came up with a good idea for a template I hadn't seen before he tapped a clear sheet of plastic to the outside of the transom and just traced out the shape to worked like a charm I will try to find it for you
Thanks for the tip! im still trying to workout was my fit out is going to look like as well as how im going to tackle it! thanks for watching :)
You should have an Uncle Steve translator on these videos. LOL
😂😂
You guys crack me up . My transom was soggy from top to bottom and took three hours clean . I thought I would be doing what you just did great work keep it up and don't change
Thanks mate! Yep ours was hard in some sections so a lot harder to clean!
Glad you enjoyed 👌🏽
Wow, that wood was not that rotten in most of places. That was hard. The previous owner's repair on the transom was awful. I don't know if he was expecting this would last for long but man, that's was a terrible work.
I think you are definitely right to start by laying some fiberglass to thicken the back of the transom. So that you'll have a clean and neat surface for the new core.
By the way, you would not like to use coosa instead of plywood? I know it's expensive but you don't have a very big surface. And no more risk it gets rotten.
Anyway, I know your summer is very hot this year. Would you mind sending us a bit of your heat to warm our winter up ?
Cheers.
The wood was very solid, but it was removed mostly based on the poor stern drive repair. Yes the transom needs to be strong so there is going to be a few layer of glass going into this :P
Termolite, is VERY hard to get here in WA and considering i need approx 10 sheets, will be difficult. Also these boats love the weight, so marine ply will give me that. Thanks for watching mate :)
Can see the hard work that goes into it 👍
A lot of work, but very rewarding 👌🏽
Was the transom possibly made out of Cedar plank or Cedar plywood (Cedar was a wood used in wooden powerboats and sailboats)?
Not too sure to be honest! need to look into it :)
Surprisingly a lot of that old wood was pretty dry pitty the old inboard patch up work wasn't up to scratch..
Maybe in that bottom right hand corner there was a transducer screwed in from the other side which caused that black rotted out section?
wood was dry in areas that's for sure! i think that's why they decided to patch the transom as it was is pretty good shape (at time of them rebuilding). Yes that's what i was thinking :)
Alright alright you've convinced me, I'll just buy a tinnie......
HAHAHA invite me 🤪
wow a lot of work , question why wouldn't you just cut the Transom out and start again ? and what did uncle Steve do for a living ??
Hey mate, I don't want to cut the hull up and want to keep the boats rigidity :)
thanks for watching :)
I like longer videos.
okay :)
Why do hou remove good wood stringers.... ? Epoxy glues everything... it spares time and money. Replace roma through roofmate and or won't rot again
Hey Martin!
Thanks for the message, yes 70/80% was dry but thought I’d remove the lot so everything is new and ready for another 30+ years. Lucky I did as the laminate from the stringers to the original hull laminate some areas had water trapped between the layers, which overtime will cause delamination.
Thought while I’m doing all this work, to do it all
3:37 Ten to fifteen centimetres? You mean millimetres. ;-)
HAHA yep!! lol Thanks for watching
Would be easier to build a new boat from scratch 😂
Yep! HAHA
Easier to just cut the whole transom out mate. As you seen the original layup isn’t worth anything anyway.