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Welded hull - big dents between ribs
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<blockquote data-quote="gogittum" data-source="post: 477927" data-attributes="member: 27114"><p>It's a little hard to tell in the picture - they can be deceiving, but looks like the dents were forced down by things being dropped inside the boat. Just banging on the hull will certainly put more stress on the welds and that wouldn't be good at all.</p><p></p><p>I think I'd put the boat upside down on sawhorses or whatever and get somebody underneath with a large, heavy bucking bar that extends well past the dents, then take a dead blow hammer - I'd try a 1# first - and start carefully tapping on the dents from above to drive the metal down to the bucking bar. Dead blow hammer has a plastic head and won't cause smiles as badly as a steel hammer and the dead blow feature concentrates the impact without bouncing. The bucking bar will keep the stress off the welds, but it's got to be held "<u>tightly</u>" against the metal. Any body shop worker will know exactly what I'm saying.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gogittum, post: 477927, member: 27114"] It's a little hard to tell in the picture - they can be deceiving, but looks like the dents were forced down by things being dropped inside the boat. Just banging on the hull will certainly put more stress on the welds and that wouldn't be good at all. I think I'd put the boat upside down on sawhorses or whatever and get somebody underneath with a large, heavy bucking bar that extends well past the dents, then take a dead blow hammer - I'd try a 1# first - and start carefully tapping on the dents from above to drive the metal down to the bucking bar. Dead blow hammer has a plastic head and won't cause smiles as badly as a steel hammer and the dead blow feature concentrates the impact without bouncing. The bucking bar will keep the stress off the welds, but it's got to be held "[u]tightly[/u]" against the metal. Any body shop worker will know exactly what I'm saying. [/QUOTE]
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