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  1. WalleyeSniper

    1981 Sportcraft 270 repair underway - transom, stringers, & repower

    Well, got down to bare skin on my transom in no time, thanks to a little "carbide shaping disc" from Harbor Freight. Best $10 I've ever spent, it is really aggressive for those thick peanut better areas and skim layers of wood. Back transom down to glass. Some slightly low spots and some...
  2. WalleyeSniper

    1981 Sportcraft 270 repair underway - transom, stringers, & repower

    Wet on wet seems to be what everyone suggests as the golden standard and the only way to go. So I'll be doing as much wet on wet as permitted. Thanks for the sticky thread, that had a lot of great info in it! I finally found an awesome grinding disc for effortless grinding too! It's a 4.5"...
  3. WalleyeSniper

    1981 Sportcraft 270 repair underway - transom, stringers, & repower

    Yeah, I think I'm just overthinking it and too worried about under-building on anything, so I go overboard with overbuilding it 😆. I like the idea of encapsulating the wood and THEN attaching it at one shot and tabbing it. I was worried about 3 layers being too much and causing it to get too...
  4. WalleyeSniper

    1981 Sportcraft 270 repair underway - transom, stringers, & repower

    Something that really confuses me, is layup schedule for the transom and stringer tabbing. Tell me what you think: Transom Plan - rear skin - 3oz CSM - 3/8 marine ply - 3oz CSM - 3/8ply - 3oz CSM - 3/8 ply - layer of 1708 - tabbing out to 12" - layer of 1708 - tabbing out to 9" - tabbing out to...
  5. WalleyeSniper

    1981 Sportcraft 270 repair underway - transom, stringers, & repower

    Yessss!!! It's like every single boat was made on a Friday at 4pm... Either that, or laminated during a weekend bender during Marti Gras, 😆. Seriously, nothing was wrapped tight, air bubbles and voids galore. The lumber they used was garbage, everything seemed to have one layer of heavy roven...
  6. WalleyeSniper

    1981 Sportcraft 270 repair underway - transom, stringers, & repower

    😆😆😆😆😆
  7. WalleyeSniper

    1981 Sportcraft 270 repair underway - transom, stringers, & repower

    I am glad you told me that, because I thought I was losing my mind and just imagining being itchy when I put one of my shirts on. But, after you said that, I realized that is the exact shirt I used when demoing! So, there goes that shirt and my favorite pair of dickies work pants! Lol Thanks...
  8. WalleyeSniper

    1981 Sportcraft 270 repair underway - transom, stringers, & repower

    THANK YOUUU!!! I've been great so far, except for my wrists itching. Hadn't even occurred to me to tape the gloves and sleeves! Oh I wish I could high-five you right now. Lol
  9. WalleyeSniper

    1981 Sportcraft 270 repair underway - transom, stringers, & repower

    That boat looks GREAT, I'm gonna check out more pics of it and follow along. I can't believe how much difference a flap wheel makes! After you said that, I went out and got a few today and they worked WAY better than I anticipated. Still having a rough time for the paper thin glued stuff, so I'm...
  10. WalleyeSniper

    1981 Sportcraft 270 repair underway - transom, stringers, & repower

    I cannot WAIT until this demo portion is done, it is like a never-ending hell. Get past one hurdle, then three more headaches popup. Lol I've been using baby powder on my neck and hands, wearing my full face respirator, and donning either a long sleeve and leggings or my tyvek suit. Definitely...
  11. WalleyeSniper

    1981 Sportcraft 270 repair underway - transom, stringers, & repower

    Yeah, this demolition portion is definitely for the birds!!! Lol I am stuck on the transom... I have gotten most everything cleared out, but I simply CANNOT get this extremely paper thin layer of wood grain from the transom! I've tried power scrapers, grinding wheels, cutting wheels, cutting it...
  12. WalleyeSniper

    1981 Sportcraft 270 repair underway - transom, stringers, & repower

    Thanks buddy! I'm grinding my way through it. My goodness the demo portion of these things are pure agony! Lol
  13. WalleyeSniper

    1981 Sportcraft 270 repair underway - transom, stringers, & repower

    Update: Pulled out a bunch more wood and glass from the bow area and have it virtually stripped of everything but the stringers now. Plan of attack, is to do section by section after getting all debris out of the boat. Transom will be done first and foremost. After a new transom we will be...
  14. WalleyeSniper

    1981 Sportcraft 270 repair underway - transom, stringers, & repower

    Unfortunately, I don't have the means to pull the cap off. So that's going to be next year's project for sure. I figure I'll attack the lower half of the full first, and build everything to new, and then do the top half from the cap up next year. But, definitely doing a full 2" wide stringers...
  15. WalleyeSniper

    1981 Sportcraft 270 repair underway - transom, stringers, & repower

    Cut and pulled up the entire midship area and have the grid exposed. WOW, what a horrible job the factory did. I sure am glad I went into this assuming it was going to be a full rehab from the start, otherwise I would've been in for a rude awakening 😆. The midship area underneath the hardtop...
  16. WalleyeSniper

    1981 Sportcraft 270 repair underway - transom, stringers, & repower

    PS: 55gals of freshly made ISO Polyester wax-free laminating resin, and 2gals of MEKP- cost $950. Everywhere else wanted $1450 to $2200 for the same thing, and around $950 to $1400 for just normal GP grade laminating resin... So, we got off GREAT, thanks to our buddy that plugged us in with the...
  17. WalleyeSniper

    1981 Sportcraft 270 repair underway - transom, stringers, & repower

    Since the 55gal of resin has arrived (Holy hell that's a lot of resin) and the hardeners and etc, we went ahead and started full steam ahead on tearing the rest of the front out. The front stringers were TRASHED and barely any intact wood left. All just rotted away flakes, wayyyy past the mush...
  18. WalleyeSniper

    AQ260A IMPELLER

    Oh my, oh my... I remember every ounce of changing my PDS bearings in my AQ280 DP a few years ago, hahaha. Definitely the first thing I tell everyone with an AQ to do. You don't realize how smooth a boat can truly be until those new bearings go in and it seems like every single one of the...
  19. WalleyeSniper

    VP vs GM balancer

    The holes on the front of those balancers are pretty standard across the board. Usually 3 holes are used and the impeller or other pumps home onto those and work off that. There's zero difference between GM and VP balancers per that era. To know you're getting the right one, just measure the...
  20. WalleyeSniper

    What is this part and what to do with it?

    What does the other side look like?
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