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better tool than a rot zip

Posted By: JeffR
Date: 7/3/03 12:38p.m.

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In Response To: Re: Replacing transom (Bob Pr., S2 6.7, #81, "The TARDIS," Topeka, KS)

I think just about everything to be said has been covered here already. When I did the deck repair on my 6.9 I used a high speed grinder to remove the inner skin. It was very effective but VERY messy. I did a ton of deck repair on my 9.1 last year. I swear by the Fein Multimaster for fiberglass work. It is an incredible little tool. It's considered a detail sander, and it is a very good one, but it's best use is as a detail saw. Because it vibrates instead of spinning it does not through dust or get unweildy. You can cut a very thin kerf at a controlled depth in fiberglass freehand. It is so neat and quiet that one afternoon some friends stopped by the boat to visit while I was working, they sat in the boat and ate their lunch while I cut away at the underside of the deck a few feet away. What I do with the multimaster is cut a grid pattern into the skin making a bunch of 2"x2" squares. Then I just pop off the squares with a screw driver or putty knife.

Messages In This Thread

Replacing transom -- GregS 6.9 #24 -- 6/27/03 9:35a.m.

Re: Replacing transom -- Dave Seely -- 6/29/03 8:44a.m.

Re: Replacing transom -- Greg S 6.9 #24 -- 6/29/03 8:12p.m.

Re: Replacing transom -- Bob Pr., S2 6.7, #81, "The TARDIS," Topeka, KS -- 7/1/03 5:35p.m.

 better tool than a rot zip  -- JeffR -- 7/3/03 12:38p.m.

welcome to the club -- John Cunningham 6.7 #84 Boston -- 6/29/03 7:38p.m.

longish reply -- marc s2 6.7 #78, Lake Tahoe -- 7/1/03 8:51p.m.

 

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