Transom Project 2
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Here are some shots of the leveled foam. Next I'll begin making a reverse mold of the floor so that I can mold the new floor section to the same camber that the existing floor has. The floor will be 5/8" NIDA core skinned with 2 layers of 1808DB on each side.
I started the weekend off by making a reverse mold to build the floor. The NIDA core will be placed on this mold and what will be the underside of the floor will be glassed. I plan to use 2 layers of 1808DB vacuum bagged.
I spent the better half of the day cutting the camber into the 2x4's and then I nailed some very thin paneling to make a surface on the frame.
Back to painting the bilge... I sanded the primer with 220 grit this morning and then slapped a really thin coat of Easypoxy on everything below the tape (the actual bilge). I'll paint a 2 or 3 more coats next weekend.
Then I spent a few hours determining where things would go. I had to figure out where the drainage channels would fall as well as where the shroud that will come down from the transom cap would meet with the floor. I had to have enough room for the rather large rectangular Armstrong bilge access hatch. I also made some width measurements at different intervals along the hull so that I could begin making a template for the new floor.
Below is what I've been longing to see. Its not the real deal, but its progress. Here is the template for the floor to be replaced. Looks good! Tomorrow I'll begin building the floor. Hopefully I'll have the floor installed and glassed in place before December.
The cut out is for the Armstrong deck plate which will be a water tight cover for the bilge access.
