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Hi Everyone,
I started on the duck boat last night. I will attempt photos of progress. (attempt is key here as I haven't done so before) There was a home made aluminum truss around the top 4" of the transom which I removed. (it is well made) It was good it was there as the piece of oak that was used to repair the transom at some earlier date was rotton and debonded. (if it ever was bonded) Whoever did the repair tried very hard to "fix it right", but alias was not up on the how to section of the forum. I also removed the aluminum rails. Steel pop rivets had been installed between each Al one. They were very hard to remove. I used cobolt bits to drill them hollow and they were so rusted they still remained siezed in the rail.
It is raining here now, but I am taking the camera out to document things when weather permits.
Best regards,
Frank_S
I started on the duck boat last night. I will attempt photos of progress. (attempt is key here as I haven't done so before) There was a home made aluminum truss around the top 4" of the transom which I removed. (it is well made) It was good it was there as the piece of oak that was used to repair the transom at some earlier date was rotton and debonded. (if it ever was bonded) Whoever did the repair tried very hard to "fix it right", but alias was not up on the how to section of the forum. I also removed the aluminum rails. Steel pop rivets had been installed between each Al one. They were very hard to remove. I used cobolt bits to drill them hollow and they were so rusted they still remained siezed in the rail.
It is raining here now, but I am taking the camera out to document things when weather permits.
Best regards,
Frank_S