justintocars
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Well... I bought a new boat this summer, and I thought it only needed an interior. The more i crawled around cleaning the more I found. I ended up pulling the motor out to go threw it for the winter, and found a rotted transom under an exhaust tip.
So I did what anyone would do...I cut it out this weekend. I had to take the windshield off to fit it in the garage... but it made it... barely but it made it.
![resize_zpsqcwdtxrt.jpg resize_zpsqcwdtxrt.jpg](https://checkmate-boats.com/forums/data/attachments/79/79879-06c56ba25e2480aa09f3a027634313bf.jpg)
Here is what i started with.
Their are a couple of tools that made this go much easier. One is a scraper tip for an air chisel i picked up at my local Napa. The other is a 4 3/8 saw blade that I adapted to a grinder. I had to turn down the lower mandrel on a lathe to fit the blade. It's a little scary
and I have it on a cheep harbor freight grinder so i can stall it out instead of it getting away from me.
![IMG_5827_zpsyobtbbz2.jpg IMG_5827_zpsyobtbbz2.jpg](https://checkmate-boats.com/forums/data/attachments/79/79881-0496d03e618ffd5468d20a609b99ec64.jpg)
So here is the scariest part... taking a saw to your boat! Just be careful to set the depth of the saw.
![IMG_5820_zpsrljcxq5u.jpg IMG_5820_zpsrljcxq5u.jpg](https://checkmate-boats.com/forums/data/attachments/79/79882-604b446f3772153bf45039e3ab266ff5.jpg)
Once that is over. Its a matter of prying off the pieces while trying to be careful not to damage the gel coat on the outside. Once the skin, and majority of the wood is off, I scraped the remainder off using the air chisel after cutting it again with the hand saw.
![pissed :pissed: :pissed:](https://checkmate-boats.com/forums/images/smilies/zx11pissed.gif)
![resize_zpsqcwdtxrt.jpg resize_zpsqcwdtxrt.jpg](https://checkmate-boats.com/forums/data/attachments/79/79879-06c56ba25e2480aa09f3a027634313bf.jpg)
Here is what i started with.
![IMG_5815_zpsn6zbyecu.jpg IMG_5815_zpsn6zbyecu.jpg](https://checkmate-boats.com/forums/data/attachments/79/79880-256185cf0597e435f6439c1cd7ab9b12.jpg)
Their are a couple of tools that made this go much easier. One is a scraper tip for an air chisel i picked up at my local Napa. The other is a 4 3/8 saw blade that I adapted to a grinder. I had to turn down the lower mandrel on a lathe to fit the blade. It's a little scary
![eyecrazy :eyecrazy: :eyecrazy:](https://checkmate-boats.com/forums/images/smilies/Eyecrazy.gif)
![IMG_5827_zpsyobtbbz2.jpg IMG_5827_zpsyobtbbz2.jpg](https://checkmate-boats.com/forums/data/attachments/79/79881-0496d03e618ffd5468d20a609b99ec64.jpg)
So here is the scariest part... taking a saw to your boat! Just be careful to set the depth of the saw.
![IMG_5820_zpsrljcxq5u.jpg IMG_5820_zpsrljcxq5u.jpg](https://checkmate-boats.com/forums/data/attachments/79/79882-604b446f3772153bf45039e3ab266ff5.jpg)
Once that is over. Its a matter of prying off the pieces while trying to be careful not to damage the gel coat on the outside. Once the skin, and majority of the wood is off, I scraped the remainder off using the air chisel after cutting it again with the hand saw.
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