Re: Re: [omc-boats] Membership listing . . ?

I recently completed the exact the thing you are doing.

I did the following.

removed the entire rubrail, steering cable etc.

Cut the seam with a small pnuematic sawsall. The grinder is a bad idea as ti heats the fiberglass too much (trust me I started that way).

I used a blade from Lowes that was for cutting fiberglass it was about 3 inches long. Go slow and take allot of breaks so you dont overheat and melt the fibeglass.

I used a utlity knife to cut the edge of the glued seam on the boat floor.

I used a screwdriver and a drill bit to "cut" the transom plywood at the motor area of the transom/seating. It was mostley rotten so it was no big deal. The hardest part was the "corners" of this area and that is where I used the drill bit to kinda saw it open...

It also has a splotch of glass resin under the floor area that is part of the seat if you know what I mean. It had zero resistance when I lifted the seating section out.

On last piece of advise. Wear a mask and gloves the glass dust gets pretty heavy but most it falls to the floor

Phil do you have the pictures I sent out a while back that swamped your server?

I think that would help him out allot.

Feel free to email back any questions

Tom
Charlotte, NC

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> From: David <odin@...>
> Date: 2006/08/29 Tue AM 09:50:46 EDT
> To: omc-boats@...
> Subject: Re: [omc-boats] Membership listing . . ?
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> Yes! when the two halfs were put together they laid a bead of resin
> along the hull lip and then set the deck on it - then after that kicked
> off they laid the glass strip inside - so my suggestion is that you
> cover yourself well - gloves and tape seams - as that glass is terrible
> when it's ground fine and gets into your skin! If you go slow and easy
> trying to stay right in the middle where the bead was laid you should be
> able to do the same bead etc. when putting her back together. Dave
>
> Greg Van Vliet wrote:
>
> >I'd be happy to be on, and receive, an omc-boats email "membership" list.
> >
> >
> >Regards,
> >Greg
> >
> >P.S.: I'm about to try to separate the top deck from the hull on my Johnson
> >Deluxe 16 so I can replace the transom plywood (and the floor). It looks
> >like the two halves were "glued" together with resin as well as having a
> >fibreglass cloth strip applied on the inside wall. I'm going to try using
> >a cutoff disk with my angle grinder to cut through the cloth. I think I
> >might have to use my reciprocating saw with a short metal-cutting blade to
> >cut through the two halves at the rub-rail lip. Does anyone know if the
> >two halves are indeed "glued" together?
> >
> >Any help is appreciated.
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: David [SMTP:odin@...]
> >Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 1:46 PM
> >To: omc-boats@...
> >Subject: Re: [omc-boats] Noob here
> >
> >I had mentioned that I think it is time we set up a membership and
> >actually got a roster of members with names, telephone numbers,
> >addresses and email addresses - maybe Lee would be good enough to help
> >and organize that - I have no problem giving out my info - how about the
> >rest of you? Dave
> >
> >dfjulien@... wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >>Now that photos of the 1968 and 1969 Sportsmans co-owned by my brother
> >>
> >>
> >Mike and I have been posted at ultimate.com, I
> >
> >
> >>thought I'd join this mailing list. Looking forward to many years of
> >>
> >>
> >enjoyment of these boats. Hopefully, with the
> >
> >
> >>help of the people on this list, I can keep those stern-drives running
> >>
> >>
> >(and tilting).
> >
> >
> >>-Doug Julien
> >>St. Louis, MO
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