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Our Olson had all 6 of the winches backed up with oversized and over-thick SS fender washers. No Problems, altho I replaced with G10 full-circle backing plates. Note that the force on a winch base is all in sheer.I have seen winches mounted with just little washers and no backing plates... the bolts were bent beyond recognition and I had to use a grinding wheel to remove them. Inexcusably poor workmanship.
Working G10 turned out to be relatively easy in my admittedly limited experience. Standard woodworking and metalworking tools.How does one cut G10?
So my soft decks that are currently being repaired (finish in the spring) are because the core was exposed everyplace something was bolted and they should have epoxied the holes to prevent core rot?
I am about to drill a big hole in the transom and I want to do it right so I do not start any rot in the transom. By big I mean about 1 1/4 inches for the exhaust of my diesel forced air heater.
I use a more expensive bi-metalic blade in my saber saw (or circular saw). If you read my blog about making new backing plates for my new mooring cleats, note that I used up several blades.How does one cut G10?
So my soft decks that are currently being repaired (finish in the spring) are because the core was exposed everyplace something was bolted and they should have epoxied the holes to prevent core rot?
I am about to drill a big hole in the transom and I want to do it right so I do not start any rot in the transom. By big I mean about 1 1/4 inches for the exhaust of my diesel forced air heater.