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    Bilge Pump Design??

    Ooh...I like the angles you added. I think I'm going to copy that for my ski locker.
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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    Today I went and picked up some ACX 1/2" plywood for my deck and also some mahogany for making cleats to hold the decking to the stringers. Next I set the stringers in the boat and checked my hull width (I had previously measured width every foot from the transom after removing the cap) - it...
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    Transom Glassing Opinions??

    I'll let the pros answer, but it looks pretty good to me....I dont think I would worry about it.
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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    I got one layer of 1708 laid on both sides of the two stringers today. Tomorrow I'll hopefully start bedding and tabbing these babies in.
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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    More stringer progress. I cleaned up the edges around the scarf joints then laid on my foam template, traced it, and cut it out. The picture below shows the scarf joint after cutting the stringer's shape out. I did not cut the top edge of the stringers yet, but I did trace on where I expect...
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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    I laminated my stringers together today. I started by wetting out both surfaces of the scarf joint then laid one layer of 1.5 CSM and wet it out. I screwed both sides of the joint down to a backer board so the two pieces couldn't spread apart, then clamped it between two small pieces of...
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    Building a '93 Caravelle 1750 Classic Bowrider

    Merry Christmas. Nice Del Sol. Which engine is in it? I'm a Honda guy.
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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    I'm just copying what @PC on the Bayou did, and a video I found on YouTube - don't give me the credit for the creativity. Thanks, Buck. Yeah, we are on a similar mission but attacking it from different angles. I appreciate your thread on your restoration, and all the other active members on...
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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    Today I officially got started on the stringers. I started by building a scarf joint fixture for my router by copying this guy's video - it worked out pretty good. I used 3/4" plywood and I put some 1/16" aluminum angle on the edges of my router board so that it would slide against the plywood...
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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    Yessir. All the PB I've made to-date on this project has had "hair" in it.
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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    Today I trimmed the overhanging glass at the top edge of the transom then installed my garboard drain. I used 5200 and SS screws to attach it to the hull, added a piece of 3/4" PVC, then filled the area under the transom with PB and laid a piece of 1708 over it. Today was the first time I...
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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    I was able to get the transom fully tabbed in today (except for the area around the drain). I piped hairy PB around the border, smoothed it out, then laid 2 layers of 1708 over the PB, wet-on-wet-on-wet. Again, I pre-wet the back of all my 1708 on a sheet of plastic before laying it down. I...
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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    We got home from the weekend trip earlier than expected, so I had my wife help me PB the transom to the boat this afternoon. She did great by helping make PB while I spread it and also helping with the clamping and wiping up the squeeze-out. I should be able to start laying fillets and tabbing...
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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    I tried the eraser wheel and it didn't work on the silicone so I just kept at it with the plastic chisel and WD-40 and got the majority of it off. I got all the small screw/bolt holes on the back of the transom masked and masked around the exhaust holes and keyhole. I attached plastic below...
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    '96 lund tyee 1850 floor rebuild and foam replacement.

    Congrats! I hear ya on the engine taking up space...my shop is so tight now with the boat in here. I was able to get my engine under my welding table, but had to put my welding table (and welder) in the corner far from my 220V outlet. I had to build four 4x4 foot overhead storage lofts in the...
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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    On the gel coat? That sounds too risky...i think I'll just stick with the plastic chisel and WD-40.
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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    Thanks for the words, and for the tips, guys. I spent 2 hours tonight with a plastic chisel and a can of WD-40 cleaning the silicone off the back of the transom. What a pain. I've probably got another hour worth of scraping tomorrow and then it should be good enough.
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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    I've made a lot of progress this weekend. I got the glass trimmed out of the keyhole, exhaust holes, and all around the edges of the transom, and all the edges are sanded smooth. I am going to use my exhaust pipes to help align the transom during installation, so I taped them up to protect...
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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    A little detour from the transom - where can I find replacement flaps for my 4" exhaust pipes? Both thru-hull pipes look like this, where half of the flap is gone. The pin that the rubber flap rides on is welded in - I am capable of cutting the tacks and re-welding myself if I can find...
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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    Yessir, if you look back at post #127 in this thread, I laid CSM around the border of the entire transom, in the keyhole, and in both exhaust holes before I glassed the front face. The entire transom is now fully encapsulated.
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