25ft BERTRAM PROJECT - blob 65 - MAKING YOUR TRANSOM FLAT IN 1 DAY
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- Опубліковано 27 сер 2024
- If only i had done this years ago!! I made the transom perfectly flat with a fibreglass and gel coat finish in one day without wasting weeks sanding! Try it out yourself!!
Mate, this will be a work of art when you complete it. So good to be part of the journey with you.
Thanks mate! It definitely will be in my eyes at the least. So time consuming! Thanks for sticking with me!
Great job mate! Great to see your sister there helping out!
Thanks mate! Hahahahah even if she was my sister I’d do all the things I do to her off camera hehe 😜
She is too good for me…
I love your dedication to the job. I’m converting a MAN truck into a 4x4 motor home. Sometimes I look back at a weekend of work and ask, WTF. Keep turning up.
Haha thanks mate! Good luck with your truck! I understand what you’re saying lol 😂
It’s been years of after works , days off and weekends … I’m going to be an emotional wreck when it splashes into the water lol
Keep going old son...you'll get there. It will be the best Berty on the planet.
Thanks mate. With a bunch of luck and hard work it should be haha 😂
Thanks for helping motivate me!
Love following your build, from the other side of the globe here in snowy Finland! love your stuff mate, and keep it up! you'll have the best Bertram in the world!
Hello over there! Thank you very much! Won’t stop until it is! Haha cheers 🍻
Ohhhhh yeah baby 👌 the words out my mouth when you cracked that transom piece off WOW nailed it mate how good was that 👍 🕺
I was stoked! Lots of things could’ve gone wrong but it didn’t luckily! I always doubt myself, if you just give it your best shot it works out most times…. Center window frame was the hardest thing so far… I can’t believe how easy it worked out. Thankyou for always encouraging me! Cheers 🍻
That boat is going to last forever! Keep up the great work, it's been fun watching.
Oh she’s an overkill all right. Gonna be a battle ship! With a huge stereo and a pop up roof lol. Thanks for the extra fuel ⛽️
Excellent craftsmanship
Thanks mate! Much appreciated 🍻🍻
That was a good idea with the transom. It's flat now! Everything is starting to come together now. Looking good!
I’m wondering if other people do this method? Feels too easy! Hahaha Guinness, book of records? lol 😂
You should have all the inspiration you need having a woman that looks like that!
Definitely 👍 sometimes a distraction too though 😂
Looking great 👍
Thank you very much!!! Cheers 🍻
Well done cobber, love it
Thanks cobber! Much appreciated! 🍻
So... Iv now got a 5.7 Whittley voyager in my backyard that I bought dirt cheep’ yep it has a range of issues from soft spots in the floor to a 250 mercruiser that’s seized solid.
I’ll direct the wife to your comments section 👍
The build so far is very inspiring and can’t wait to sweat my guts out under a itchy mask once again.
Im happy to hear my videos inspire and not scare you! You might have potentially rotted stringers?? Start stocking up on melamine lol 😂
You’re lucky to have a wife that supports you with that!
Get a versaflo battery air fed mask like mine if you don’t have one… they come up 2nd hand not working pretty cheap. I got a video on how to fix them and make them run on your tool batteries too if you need…
I get sweaty and itchy for that feeling once it’s in the water!💧 I have the impression you know that feeling already. Don’t go coosa floor if that’s what u were thinking… I should’ve made my floor outta high density foam of honey comb…. Coosa is too $$$ and heavy in my opinion. But a heavy boat gives a comfy ride…
Worst cut scene ever 😂😂 can’t wait to see this done, can’t say I agree with all your ideas but when it’s all together I’m sure I will be impressed, keep at it man, the fun part is getting close 👍🏼
Hahah sorry about the couple seconds early cut… think I know the part?? Hehe
It’ll make me and ever other man of culture happier once the boats done I think lol 👙
Awesome looking build Mike, but I think you need some new batteries for your camera, they went dead while applying and again when Your Mrs. was going to show you something lol 😁😁
Hahaha 🤣
Great work! Wow I can’t wait to see this thing finished.
Thank you very much! I can’t wait too!!
Don’t know a thing about boats . With that said your boat is a bad MF-er !!! I like watching your ideas turn into something cool .
Thank you so much! I won’t stop till it’s the baddest lol
Fantastic idea and execution! I really enjoy watching your build and it motivates me to get started on my long awaited projects. I will remember your method of straightening a surface smooth and use it myself. Have a great day and thanks for sharing.
Thankyou very much! Happy to hear you won’t be sanding as much as I have been when u start your project! Taken a lot of dust to get ear 👂 hehe
Brother. I wish I knew how to work with fiberglass. This is insane work. You’re so talented and this Bertram is coming along so amazing. I love watching all of your videos and I look forward to them every time I get that notification! 💪🏼💪🏼❤️❤️
I’m sure you could work with Fibreglass well if you really wanted to.. but I appreciate the kind words. I’m very happy to hear you like watching it helps drive me to do them which makes more progress to the boat too. I got overly cocky early on and now im paying for it haha but it makes it more entertaining and I’ve learnt so much. If only I could do it full time!!!! Cheers 🍻
When you get tired of grinding that backside just slap a board on it.. 😂 Well done 👍
Hahah see what happens… I’ve never owned or worked on a stern drive before… I prefer the look of the berty with inboards. Cheers 🍻
good job brother
Thanks mate!
keep up the great work mate. doing awesome
Thank you very much! I appreciate your support!
Transoms looking slick.
Do same method to the inside of your transom! It’ll save you heaps of time. Less waste of materials/resin/glass… gelcoat, glass, glue thermilite to flat sheet out of boat easily on a work bench 1st. you would have to put a braced flat sheet outside of transom (held there in place with a few small screws)
Then epoxy glue the inside of transom at the same time you’re epoxy glueing the already completed coosa ,glass ,gelcoat sheet (which u clean up with grinder first)
Squash together with big battery screws thru the braced wood , thru the hull into flat sheet, thru its braces.
Sticky tape around edges after u clean so epoxy doesn’t fall out as much.
Crack it off the next day.
Clean up with grinder.
You got the helpers and the tools!
Just need flat shiny flat melamine etc…
I promise you it’ll be easier than you think.
Can’t wait to see how you do it! 😉
Important to flat sheet brace outside transom so u don’t get indents.
I made that mistake for you already! lol 😂
nothing as romantic as talking about the boat toilet!
Hahah yessss need to work on that
You know I'm coming out for a ride when you get it in the water, right?
Hahah done! I’ll pay for the day haha 😂 we can have a sleep over too lol
Nice
Thank you 🍻 🍻
GO you good thing
Thanks mate! Pushing a long well atm. Much appreciated you helping me fill my tank !!
Just come across your video and channel. Great idea you look a little happy that it worked 😂
Are you a shipwright? Im about to tackle a new transom on an old Savage but wouldn't even know where to start ir what fibreglass i need and in what order.
Old Boat Project - Savage Commander
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Click on my video I just showed you. Is it that type of savage? That video was of the first boat I ever owned and did up. If I get a chance I’ll do a series of short videos of how you could do it.
In best words I can say.
First question to ask - (Have you got outboard motor for it lined up yet? now is the time to figure out what motor your putting on it with with size leg because now is the time it is easiest to raise the transom to appropriate height!!! You’re better off going 25mm or 1inch lower then you need) measure from cav plate (nearest to propeller) to outboard motor highest point that wraps around top of transom. Check you can get at least 4 bolts on transom. 2 above, 2 under motor well.
- it’s always best to cut rotted transom out from inside the boat. But if the transom is the same as the one in the video I sent you it’s too much of a pain. So you’ll have to cut from the outside thru the glass and thru the rotted wood and then probably thru the inside skin of the boat layer of glass so it’ll be completely see thru into the boat from the back of the boat.
You’ll want some 18mm thick melamine. Polyester resin (approx 10-15L probably cheap enough to get 20L to be safe) with the hardener, GEL coat (5L) with hardener, some good marine ply to get you to original or close thickness of what you pull out (you can glue thin layers up after you ruffle up with grinder with epoxy glue mix) , epoxy resin, 10L Aerosil (dust to mix into the epoxy to make into thick putty glue), Fibreglass chop strand matt 450gram, 75mmx30mm non structural cheap pine wood lengths, putty knives, long cheap steel wood screws, long cheap battery screws, tech gun with Philips head and battery screw bits, drill with long drill bits, grinder with flapper discs, 1mm cutting discs, 3x cheap paint roller frames with a 12 pack of cheap rollers, 1L mixing buckets x4, acetone 10L, drill with paint mixing fan. jigsaw, saber sword with long blade, 2 tables/ work bench, scissors, Stanley knife, scales that go up to 2kg, dust mask of some kind. Disposable gloves, grouting trowel, hammer, chisel, crow bar, cloth tape.
Cut 2 of melamine sheets to the exact shape of the back of your transom before you start cutting (make a paper stencil). Allow for engine height. Don’t stress if it’s not completely symmetrical. But make sure where top of motor mount will be is perfectly parallel with any flat edge you can eye it up with in motor well.
Check it’s a good fit.
Cut transom apart. Use grinder with 1mm cut disc in delicate areas, saber saw where it can be deep and you can be ruff. Avoid going thru inside motor well layer of glass as this will be easier if it stays. Also only cut 40mm (1-1/4”) from bottom of boat.
You should be able to see thru boat from back after this step. Motor well inside skin should be intact. 40mm of Outside skin should be left from bottom of old transom.
Cut your marine ply sheets to melamine sheets size using a melamine sheet as a stencil.
Cut fiberglass cloth to transom melamine 8x all up. 4 per side.
Once you’re happy you have correct thickness of ply (allow for 4mm of glass and gel coat either side(doesn’t matter if it’s a little thicker)) so it should be approx 8mm thinner then old transom you pulled out.
Dummy fit everything together. Cut non structural cheap pine to appropriate lengths both sheets of melamine opposing sides so melamine sandwiches together how it should. Use short screws to tack pine on in place. Drive extra long battern screws thru reinforced pine areas only. You don’t want indents. Once all are in at even spaces in screw everything. Lay to melamine sheets down correct orientation with pine facing down on tables.
You’re ready to paint your 1st gelcoat layer onto your two melamine sheets. Make sure you paint opposing sides of cut out melamine sheets so if you sandwich them together the gelcoat would be touching each other. Probably take about 1L of gelcoat per sheet of melamine. Only mix 500ml and if it’s warm where you live only put 5ml of catalyst (hardner) in. (Which is a 1% mix) if it’s cold you can put 2.5% approx 12ml of catalyst. It’s always better putting slightly more catalyst imo because you want it to cure!! Mix with drill and paint fan. Use roller to apply. Don’t stress much about the fluff coming off. Get the bad chucks off.
Throw the roller in the bin. Clean mixing bucket with approx 50ml of acetone. Tip excess into another bad bucket or bin.
Wait 15-20min until tacky…
Apply a second coat of gelcoat to the 2x melamine sheets.
Wait 15min or until just tacky
Mix 1L of polyester resin with 10ml catalyst (if it’s hot) 20Ml (if it’s cold) - same mix as gel coat.
Concentrate on one piece of melamine at a time or if u have more people do both sides at same time which is better!! Use new roller!! Roll polyester resin tacky gelcoat until it’s all wet.
Lay 1st sheet of Fibreglass over the wet polyester
Roll it out until you can’t see any bubbles and goes sort of see thru (might be brownish, blueish colour) make it really wet. Keep mixing resin when required.
Apply 2nd, 3rd, 4th coat one after the other as fast as you can.
Do the same to other sheet of melamine if not done with two people.
Wait until it both melamine with new gelcoat, fibreglass is cured enough to touch and able to trim excess fibreglass with Stanley knife.
If it’s gone off too hard for knife to cut use grinder with flapper to clean up edges and rough up surfaces on both melamine fibreglass surfaces.
This next step needs to be rushed if you’re doing straight away.
Zero out your scales with mix bucket on it.
If your epoxy is a 2:1 mix ratio…. Mix 600g of epoxy part A, then add 300g of part b - which will bring total weight to 900grams…. Add 3.5 good hand full of aerosil to epoxy mix before you start mixing. (Wear dust mask when mixing aerosil(bad stuff)) mix it up and you may have to add a little more aerosil until pretty thick. Don’t mix too thick or it’s a pain to apply.
Scrape epoxy all over one melamine Fibreglass sheet. Use grout trowel until even. Keep mixing epoxy like a mad man.
Squash plywood to this in correct orientation
Apply epoxy resin with grout trowel like a madman to marine ply. And other layer of marine ply.
Apply epoxy resin to Marine ply like a madman again except you’ll be sweating! Once good even layer. Squash the last Fibreglass melamine
Now screw all the battery screws thru pre determined positions. Do it evenly and in stages. Don’t go hard out straight away. Bring it down gradually. Epoxy will ooze out everywhere. Clean up as you go.
Wait overnight to cure.
Clean up your new transom chunck edges while it’s all screwed together.
Take battern screws out after this. Crack it out and it should look beautiful.
Now you have to notch out the bottom 40mm of the piece to key in to where you left that bit.
Dummy fit until it goes in nice. You can trim it up until it dummy fits easy. Don’t stress too much about gaps. It’ll only mean you use more epoxy glue later.
Once it fits ok trace where motor well inner skin touches.
Grind and rough up where ever you marked to and around all off the edges.
Cut strip of Fibreglass into 75mm strips approx 500mm long and all other sizes.
Time to glue in with epoxy.
Scrape epoxy where ever new transom touches.
Put fresh transom in. It’ll make a big mess.
Wipe down where ever epoxy ozzzes. Use cloth tape to hold epoxy ozz in. Wait for harden.
Clean up with grinder.
Time to glass in to new transom. It’ll suck doing under motor well…
Now if you’re still reading this and you want me to say more just say lol
I’ll make this into a video one day…..
Oyi, missing footage at 10:21 , otherwise nice work on the boat.
Hahah 🤤… sorry mate
I will send a rush message to China to lay off two shifts at the sandpaper factory as you are done shaping the transom!! A bunch of workers are going to neeed rice aid. Don't you feel bad??
Hahahahahahahaha I feel terrible now. I’ll send some rice to them when I’m finished the boat.
Thankyou for your constant encouragement! Cheers 🍻
I love these BLOBS !!!. Have you ever though about putting a delta V-PAd on the Keel for better planing ? :)
Hahah glad to hear you still sticking around for the blobs! You’ve suggested that to me before I think. I just cut the bloody hole out for the stern drive. lol
Wonder if I can add it on later. Melamine that for surrrreee 😂!!
I wasted all my money on glass/ resin and speakers to be able to afford a good motor enough motor to need a v-pad I think???? 220-240hp turbo diesel… hopefully the boat turns out good enough for Volvo or some other motor company to sponsor me….. 💭 I’m a dreamer
@@Micington315hp Yanmar is what you be needing.
@@bubbleobill267 I’ll keep an eye out! Cheers! The reviews on the motor I have say it’s crap in a boat and only good in a bus…. I read the review after I bought it… 😂
@@Micington Sounds like something I’d do….. if you don’t want to go a stern drive try a Merc 450 outboard. I’ve got a pair of 175 Verados on a 28 ft Sharkcat and she flies.
will do ! Cheers! I Need some more money $$$$ just trying to to splash it atm
Why not outboards and a bracket?
I prefer the look of this style boat with inboards. Fingers crossed 🤞 it’s reliable, it’s the first time I’ve ever had an inboard
Sack the editor 😅
Hahaha sorry! 👙getting closer… no 👙if one of my videos get a million views 😉😛
WORST CUT SCENE NO FAIR… i rewound and pause so much geez
Hahaha yay that makes the video look like you’re interested in it more 😂 I fink??? 👙’s getting closer… no 👙if one of my videos get a million views 😂
Thanks for commenting! I’m a lucky guy!
Are you just making a flat transom are ya? I thought so.........
Is that you mick jolly old chap??? Are you just making a comment are ya?? I Thought so… hahaha
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