Commander 26 Re Build

[Sttr]

I wonder where they're at in terms of transom reinforcement and glass work? Since you have Ron tied up in the basement like the gimp from Pulp Fiction, the rest of us gotta find a way forward...

The glass is on me…if the boat falls apart. I’m going to leave full access to the transom so they can mount her as they please LoL.

 

[Sttr]

Don’t do it! The “rake” needs to be more than that if it’s designed to break free on plane and less if it’s supposed to follow the hull line. Here’s one I’m just about finished.
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Wow, that’s a beautiful pod.
Nice and clean welds…
I don’t see any excessive soot on the welds?
No grinding?
Wow you must be a welder not a grinder

 

[Brando]

Wow, that’s a beautiful pod.
Nice and clean welds…
I don’t see any excessive soot on the welds?
No grinding?
Wow you must be a welder not a grinder

All tig, clean materials is key and yes I hate grinding.

 

[Fisher_dude]

Welding is 75% fit up and 25% actual welding. A good welder will be able to take a good fit up and weld it out with no problems. A great welder will be able to take a **** fit up and weld it out with no problems. Your problem @Sttr is you had a **** welder with **** fit up.

 

[DuroBoat]

And thinking about my pod

Don’t even considering reusing it. It will bug you every time you look at it… forever and ever. sometime this fall in desolation sound, you will be relaxing on your boat, drinking a beer in the sun and staring at your pod thinking “I’m glad that welding work of art turned out beautiful”

 

[Sttr]

Some more pics of todays progress.
Cut the stringer to size ( cut 5/8 length wise )
Fitted in nicely with approximately 1/2 gap before any glassing was done. Added one layer of mat and another layer of roving under the stringer. Wow, the hull doesn’t flex at all now when I step on it without that one stringer. Started wrapping the stringer with 2 mats. I’m hoping the glass will add up to 1/4 inch leaving us with approximately 1/4 polybond ,looking like it will be very close.

 

[noluck]

Ron sure does make the glass work look nice, a true craftsmen

 

[ship happens]

No kidding, that's a nice looking stringer. I like the plywood

 

[Rayvon]

Very nice looking work for sure,your lucky to have Ron.I'm glassing today too rebuilding the tank hatch in the Pursuit that had saturated balsa core.I've done quite a bit over the years,still hate it.

 

[bqualley]

If I may ask… how do you know this?
If you know this you must have some type of interest in commanders.

We have a 1995 30' Cluaran. I organized the Rendezvous get togethers for 10 years.
Looking forward to meeting you!
There is an Owners Directory. Ask for a copy.

 

[Sttr]

We have a 1995 30' Cluaran. I organized the Rendezvous get togethers for 10 years.
Looking forward to meeting you!
There is an Owners Directory. Ask for a copy.

Thank you
Can’t wait to be a part of it, and see all these commanders in one place!

 

[Sttr]

The first one is in. Layered polybond on the stringer and the hull, set into place nicely, all is even with 3/16 left to the floor. I wanted to say one down four to go but still need to glass it.

 

[Sttr]

Too many cool pics today, here’s some pics of how the stringer was sitting before the polybond.
There’s that wedge LoL

 

[Sttr]

One more thing I forgot to mention, the stringer will still be cut down after the bulkhead allowing for a lower floor under the deck and for a nice bond between the stringer and the bulkhead. At the transom the stringer will slope down 6” to transition to floor level.
Something like this

 

[adrian1991]

The first one is in. Layered polybond on the stringer and the hull, set into place nicely, all is even with 3/16 left to the floor. I wanted to say one down four to go but still need to glass it.View attachment 78397View attachment 78398View attachment 78399View attachment 78400View attachment 78401View attachment 78402View attachment 78403View attachment 78404View attachment 78405View attachment 78406

A sandwich bag makes fillets easy and fast to squeeze out and less of a cleanup

 

[Sttr]

A sandwich bag makes fillets easy and fast to squeeze out and less of a cleanup

Like this ? We are using bags to squeeze out cabosil with resin to round the edge before glassing.
The polybond however is too thick, mixes thicker than corebond is almost impossible to squeeze out

 

[Sttr]

Forced to stop and didn’t finish the first layer of roving on the stringer. Set 2 layers of mat and ended the roving 1/3 short as the glass was drying and Ron said it’s better to wait for it to completely dry then push it now.

 

[ChilliSpoons]

Damn, that looks clean

 

[ship happens]

No you should totally do it like this lol

 

[Captain PartyMarty]

Super clean work! going to be awesome