Recent content by nlb34

Over the last two weeks I got several more items on the boat taken care of. 1st I "polished" the insides and outsides. I used 320 and 400 grit to sand down any burs and then used 000 steel wool to shine up the boat while attempting to keep all of the strokes lengthwise to provide a uniform...

Plywood is now epoxy coated. I have built stitch and glue boats before and used Clarkcraft Epoxy Plus which mixes 1:1. While I have had great success with this epoxy the smallest size sold is 1 gallon, which is expensive. I went with TotalBoat Penetrating Epoxy which appears to be commonly...

I used Owens Corning Foamular polystyrene 2" thick foam board insulation, the pink stuff. It cuts very easy with a sharp razor blade, I marked and cut each side which was deep enough to snap each piece apart. Any shaping was done with the razor blade as well. A saw would have just made a big...

Axhammer, thanks for the advice. My initial thought was to seal the plywood transom on all sides with Durabak paint and simply bolt it together. I will now also seal and bond the transom wood and plate with 3M 5200 to the transom. My question, on the wood transom side that mates to the...

Not a lot of progress to show but definitely lots of fitment work to get the transom rebuilt. The original 1" thick wood is now replaced with two layers of 3/4 marine plywood. The boat had and additional square of plywood bolted on the back of the transom, it was clearly done by a previous...

While I am tempted to paint the boat it was originally bare aluminum so I will keep it that way. My plan is to seal the aluminum with Sharkhide. Lots of reviews and YouTube videos showing this stuff works and can be applied with just a cloth. For the bottom I am planning to prime with acid...

I was a concerned about the floatation foam being 60+ years old which lead me to opening up the seats. Under each seat was a sold chunk of foam that pulled right out, maybe pre-molded and dropped in or maybe shrank over time. For others with these boats it would appear that the foam was still...

I was able to fit all of the parts needed onto 1 sheet of 3/4" marine plywood. The original transom was 1" thick hardwood, this will get replaced with 2 layers of 3/4" plywood. Also fabricated some aluminum rectangle tubing to strengthen the front seat and nose section.

Last summer I purchased a 14' Cadillac boat, which included a trailer and Evinrude 15hp outboard. It was a slow drive home to keep the wheel bearings cool but got it home. Immediately installed new wheel bearings and seals. Fast forward to fall, the engine would not run so ultrasonic carb...