Transom Project 2
|
Transom Project 2 |
Page 15
Here I took some cardboard scraps and a hot glue gun and made a template of the hull bottom where the bulkhead will be placed.
Below is the bulkhead cut out and dry fit into the hull. I glued 2 pieces of 3/8" klegecell together with a piece of 3/4oz mat in between. The bulkhead will be skinned with 2 layers of 7.5oz cloth on each side and bonded into the the boat with epoxy/cabosil fillets and fiberglass tabbing.
I spent the better part of the weekend getting the camber correct with that of the remaining floor. I skinned both sides with 2 layers of 7.5 oz cloth. Then set in in the boat in a bed of epoxy/cabosil. I used Bobby's advice on using C-clamps to hold it upright while I checked and adjusted the square with the hull bottom.
Then I layed the fillets and the tabbed it with 2-3 layers of the 7.5oz cloth.
Next weekend I'll have to bore some holes for the 2 rigging
tubes and the little PVC drain that comes down from the anchor locker. Then well
be looking to prep and prime the bilge for paint.
Once the bilge is painted, I'll replace the foam I removed. The the floor will
go to place. Hopefully all that will happen by mid Septemeber!
Its been about 4 weeks since I've peeled the cover back on this thing. Finally I got back to work. Today I cut holes through the bulkhead for the 2 rigging tubes, the fuel line tube, and the anchor locker drain tube. I then coupled the new PVC sections onto the old ones. Last I made up a batch of epoxy/cabosil and ran fillets around the 4 PVC pipes.
Using my camber template I laid out some layers of the kledgcell in order to make a T for the top of the bulkhead. These will be glued to both sides of the bulkhead and will help to spread the load of the floor to avoid any hard spots in the floor.
I cut 4 layers for each side. Each one gets smaller as it moves out (see pix). 2.5" -- 2" -- 1.5" -- 1" I'll glue them all together and then glue them on each side of the bulkhead flush with the top of the bulkhead.
