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Ppcg posted a comment on the media item transom 1.JPG.Here's what my transom looked lke after removing swim step, motor, and transducers. Existing holes were drilled out, any bad balsa core...
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Ppcg posted a comment on the media item transom 2.JPG.My boat originally had a black plastic cap over the top of the transom. Part of it was missing and it was evident someone had done...
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Ppcg posted a comment on the media item transom 4.JPEG.What a mess! How far does this go?
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Ppcg posted a comment on the media item transom 3.JPEG.I grabbed a chisel and went to work. I found that someone had covered up rotted balsa (or maybe it was just wet at the time?) with some...
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Ppcg posted a comment on the media item transom 5.JPEG.What I found was dry rotted balsa.
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Ppcg posted a comment on the media item transom 6.JPEG.Eventually I got to balsa that was hard and solid.
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Ppcg posted a comment on the media item transom 7.JPEG.In a couple places I had to dig deep to get to good balsa.
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Ppcg posted a comment on the media item transom 8.JPEG.Here I've replaced the rotten balsa with new balsa. It was bedded into epoxy and I've set up a jig so I can use a router to make the top...
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Ppcg posted a comment on the media item transom 9.JPEG.Once the top of the new balsa was leveled, I placed some thickened epoxy on the top and let it cure.
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Ppcg posted a comment on the media item transom 10.JPEG.Here I am positioning a jig to assist in leveling the top of the transom before adding the fiberglass cap.
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Ppcg posted a comment on the media item transom 11.JPG.Using the jig to route the top of the transom in preparation for adding the fiberglass cap.
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Ppcg posted a comment on the media item transom 12.JPEG.The board is being used as a guide for adding faring compound to the edges of the transom top, in order to ensure that the thickness of...
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Ppcg posted a comment on the media item transom 13.JPEG.Here is the final cap which consists of three layers of 1708 fiberglass. Note that the edges of the top are more rounded than those of...
