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    pcg posted a comment on the media item Hightop 4.
    I used smooth 1/4" masonite to make forms (forgot to take pictures) for the new sidewalls and applied one intial layer of 1708...
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    Schuster replied to the thread Member Location.
    Yes, interesting that this topic just came up, as I was just trying to find the location of a member and had no luck. One used to be...
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    jkidd reacted to Ken O's post in the thread Starlink Internet? with Like Like.
    Thanks everyone. Sounds like it would be hard not to go this route. Very interesting about carrying good signal through the roof. We...
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    Foggy replied to the thread Charging Dual Batteries.
    My understanding: If the 2 batteries are identical except for a (small ?) voltage difference and are connected properly in parallel, the...
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    pcg replied to the thread Re-ordering images in an album..
    I'm hoping there is a way to reorder, but in the meantime I deleted the contents of the album and re-uploaded the images in reverse...
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    pcg 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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    pcg 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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    pcg posted a comment on the media item transom 4.JPEG.
    What a mess! How far does this go?
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    pcg 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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    pcg posted a comment on the media item transom 5.JPEG.
    What I found was dry rotted balsa.
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    pcg posted a comment on the media item transom 6.JPEG.
    Eventually I got to balsa that was hard and solid.
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    pcg 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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    pcg 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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    pcg 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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    pcg 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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