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<blockquote data-quote="nbaffaro" data-source="post: 332662" data-attributes="member: 806"><p>Most transoms are close to 1.5" thick. Normally made from two 3/4 pieces of plywood sandwiched together. Here plywood is actually preferred because the grains go in multiple directions. The problems come in when holes are drilled into that wood and let water seep in. You can combat this by over drilling the holes and filling them with an epoxy resin compound that has been thickened and then redrilling the smaller hole in the epoxy. Or you could used starboard with is hdpe with will not swell or rot ever. However, to build a complete transom out of solid aluminum is going to be extremely expensive and more than likely not worth it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nbaffaro, post: 332662, member: 806"] Most transoms are close to 1.5" thick. Normally made from two 3/4 pieces of plywood sandwiched together. Here plywood is actually preferred because the grains go in multiple directions. The problems come in when holes are drilled into that wood and let water seep in. You can combat this by over drilling the holes and filling them with an epoxy resin compound that has been thickened and then redrilling the smaller hole in the epoxy. Or you could used starboard with is hdpe with will not swell or rot ever. However, to build a complete transom out of solid aluminum is going to be extremely expensive and more than likely not worth it. [/QUOTE]
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