How have y’all built your dams for adding material to sharpen the transom joint on your boats? Specifically, how did you attach the material for the mold? Last time I did it, I use caulk to attach the dam temporarily to the transom side so I could “pour” from the bottom. It worked, but where the fill flowed down to the caulk line was very uneven and took a good bit of(I thought) unnecessary fairing.
Thinking maybe somebody has a better way.
Thanks.
Jbo
Squaring the transom joint
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Re: Squaring the transom joint
The fill should not be so thin it flows.
If the boat is upside down, make a board with shipping tape on it that extends the entire transom. Find a way to apply pressure to it. I prefer clamps at the top of the transom and more pieces of wood. If you use a piece of 3/4" lumber at the bottom; use a piece 1" wide at the top and when you run your vertical pieces of wood ; the clamping will add pressure to the transom bottom more.
My one minute sketch..
If the boat is upside down, make a board with shipping tape on it that extends the entire transom. Find a way to apply pressure to it. I prefer clamps at the top of the transom and more pieces of wood. If you use a piece of 3/4" lumber at the bottom; use a piece 1" wide at the top and when you run your vertical pieces of wood ; the clamping will add pressure to the transom bottom more.
My one minute sketch..
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Re: Squaring the transom joint
Precoat the area with clear epoxy first for better bonding of the thickened resins. Wait an hour and trowel in the thickened..
Re: Squaring the transom joint
Thanks. Sounds doable. Also sounds like I need to make my “mud” just a little thicker for this application.
Jbo
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