Cutting Fiberglassing And Fitting The New Bulkheads!

[@JimKJeffries]

Love seeing you exchanging the air, using good tools with great collection, and a mask. Our bodies can not break down glass. So even a small amount will have large long term effects. Keep up the great work, and keep yourself well, thanks for another great video. Enjoy your week.

[@tomharrell1954]

Beautiful job Andy! It’s always such a pleasure to see a master! You really need to get that shoulder looked after, you’re favoring it more and more. Prayers for complete healing!

[@ericoxford7069]

New subscriber here, I just want to say thank you for your videos. You're a natural teacher and can explain things in great detail so even a novice at fiberglass and resin (me) can understand. I feel like I can tackle a project like this after watching your videos. Heck, I don't even own a boat but now I think buying a small project boat would be a great father-son project for the winter. Thanks again!

[@billnlori3149]

Great video Andy! The outro with your daughter always makes me smile.

[@sowdend]

Your videos are awesome. Before I do ANY job involving bodywork on the boat - I always re-watch one of yours. Thank you so much.

[@ELCADAROSA]

"fake, retro wood look" Yep, my 1973 Luhrs has tons of that! Inside the salon and formally on the interior & exterior of the rear cabin bulkhead. I had to completely remove the rear bulkhead, which includes the door into the cabin. Right where there was a seam of the sheets of laminate, water seeped in over the years and completely rotted away the plywood inside. I'll be using a 3/4" rigid PVC material that I purchased a few years ago to construct a new bulkhead and door. Hoping it works out, but if not, there is Coosa, fiberglass, and your excellent videos to guide me along! Keep up the great work, Andy! It is very much appreciated!

[@dadstah]

Great idea with those left over foam blocks! Never seen that before. I'm going to start doing that!

[@wb2pcv]

Even with the use of certain recreational chemicals, I'm sure I could never move as fast as you do, Andy! Kidding aside, I'm loving the "newgrass" background tunes!!

[@martyhandley4456]

As always, nice hanging at ur shop, lots of good info here. Thanks

[@chadduplantis8591]

It’s angled like that to create a space for your feet when you are standing up against the helm area it’s basically a toe board like on a cabinet so your feet have somewhere to go

[@donpetrey8007]

Andy I have a friend who is in the process of building. Custom camper for remote camping in interior Alaska and wants to either use Noda or coosa. The places he goes is very bumpy so we are trying to come up with a plan. Anything bought hasn’t worked out they get destroyed after a couple trips.

[@ronobrien7187]

As I posted my comment on the "Easy cutter" you talked about it. Thanks,

[@mickfisch96]

Thanks Andy. Great video.

[@zacharywinters9413]

Thank you!

[@MRKUE]

Wow ! What a difference! Killer video!!

[@paulhanger7242]

Hi Andy I think that's a festool sander i can see you use and just wondered how you rate the dust extraction system with that? Absolutely love your videos by the way and think your extremely skilled so all the best to you mate you certainly deserve it and keep up the great work .....kind regards

[@truckerdaddy-akajohninqueb4793]

If I never have to suck in polyester fumes again haha. I'm finishing off something called a squaredrop camper. Thanks for the channel. It was something trying to convince my supplier that i didn't want wax in my gelcoat 😒 I will in my top coat.

[@cowsjohnson2306]

Do you have a clip showing laying up fiberglass panels ?

[@rastagrastag9496]

Awesome Andy 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍. You are the Man !!!!!👍👍👍👍

[@georgelewis8904]

Thanks, looking forward to the next part, like how that's going. Have fun.

[@jim21804]

I am amazed that your John Deere tractor and mower stay so clean with all the sanding you do even though you have a dust collector. You must have a great cleaning lady!!!!!

[@boatworkstoday]

I'm that cleaning lady lol :-/!! One more skill to add to my resume !!

[@robsimpson6801]

Hey Andy, love the channel, I am doing a similar boat to your 25 Bertram (the little brother, 23 Caribbean in Australia), I am going to glass my bulkheads in though as I didn't like the ply that was screwed in place originally, I am looking for a little more strength in this area.

[@besearchingforwisdom6267]

Great stuff Andy, I love the time lapsed progress and the insights you give, and even the music though had you considered narrating instead of the music? You can talk about the tools and techniques as you show them, thanks again for everything you do.

[@jcdesignsandboat-works8290]

Whoo hoo, on schedule! I get to glass in transom core and fair a cockpit today... just as soon as I’m done here lol!😂👊

[@jcdesignsandboat-works8290]

Andy, check out carbon core products! They make several different core materials and are much cheaper than Coosa! I use their pe 5lb foam a lot and love it! It doen’t have the screw retention of coosa so account for that.

[@benlindner5285]

Do the Carbon Core folks have distribution on the West Coast? If not the shipping will be a killer for me. Coosa is available locally.

[@houseoffire72]

We use them cutters everyday at work. Excellent tool..!

[@yaka2490]

Hi and thankyou for you for the very informative videos this will help he out a great deal with my new project restoration (restoring a Bonwitco 400c No84 pretty old). So i have a quick question around using structural foam please. I am a tiler by trade and i have used Jackoboard as an example but there are many others on the market. So i have used these type of foam boards for structural work and i was wondering if this would be acceptable (if primed correctly) for use with fibreglass? many thanks Si

[@mwatkins2464]

Great video Andy 👍👍

[@dillrepair]

Where do you get the big sheets of coosa board? Locally?

[@samsparks8517]

hi how does that cossa board compare to standard H80 foam from a company like Gurit ?

[@theotherfinnegan9955]

looks great

[@vxnova1]

Great progress this week good job

[@ronobrien7187]

What is the tool you are using to cut the cloth? Thanks.

[@Recip-Engineering-Inc.]

Any tips on cleaning the fin rollers during and after laying the glass? I keep mine dunked in an acetone bath and wipe clean when I’m done but I still find I need to replace them frequently

[@PanzerDave]

Are there any negatives to using poly for the bulkheads versus epoxy? As always, you have given us a great, interesting, and very helpful video!

[@nomad7412]

Love the music. Who's it by?

[@TheDecguy]

That should add some stiffness to the hull and deck. Oh and it will look good also. Better than new.

[@John-yy8rp]

Watching your older video on crack repair, excellent! (my 80's sailboat has the typical light cracking near bridgedeck). I saw and appreciated your comments on dust control. Curious if you use a respirator when working with certain types of wet resin or chemicals? Anyway, great interesting expert stuff.

[@SteveMelissaMcAdams]

Great job

[@UnyieldingSeraph]

Jamestown Dist. Has one of the cheapest prices for the ec cutter.

[@ccbmeyer]

Andy. Thanks, I am absolutely hooked on your channel. I am so impressed with the Coosa Board you are using but we do not seem to get that in New Zealand. The Alternative I found is an Armacell board but that is a much lower density (i.e. 250kg/m3 ) than the Coosa Board (which is over 400kg/m3 density). I am going to try that Armacell product on my boat. Will see what happens :/) One Question regarding teh Cooseboard though. If its already a polyurethane foam sheet with fibreglass layers worked into it... WHY is it necessary to glass the sides again? Thanks and please keep up the great vids!

[@jcdesignsandboat-works8290]

That “easy cutter” will save your wrist from all that cutting! Good stuff!

[@riribagdach3195]

I am starting a small GRP Flanges and Elbow fitting business in my country and your videos are just inspiring. I have a question if you dont mind, what type of fibreglass was that, it looks like csm on one side and Fabrics or WR on the other side ..thanks

[@vxnova1]

At $97 It’s a little on the pricy side but I guess you get what you pay for

[@boatworkstoday]

it's called 1708 or Bi-Axial fiberglass. Typically it has a layer of CSM on the backside but it can also be found without the CSM backing. Good material to use with both epoxy and poly or vinyl resins :-)

[@boatworkstoday]

Buy once, cry once ;-) I can definitely say that it's faster then a razor blade and way easier than using scissors when cutting a lot of material. Don't know how I ever got along without it lol!

[@riribagdach3195]

@@boatworkstoday thanks for fast reply, i will check with local supplier; thanks and keep going

[@djmjr77]

Lookin good!!, are you going to fair in / glass the top cap section where the screw holes are to the bulkheads to have a seamless transition? Or does that get covered up by aby trim pieces?

[@boatworkstoday]

Just going to leave that little detail and trim it off :-) Still want to have these bulkheads able to be removed down the road if needed :-)

[@gordonclark7632]

I dont understand anything about resin or epoxy but I was wondering, If you doing so much laying out (if that's the term) couldn't you mix a lot more to save time stopping and starting while mixing?

[@boatworkstoday]

Not really, the resin would start to setup in the cup before I'd be able to apply it to the glass :-/

[@runristaren2]

Looks good👍

[@pezpengy9308]

i liked this video! i dont know if you picked up soundtrack skills from skill share (to be fair, you were always good at it) but the part where you fitted the bulkheads was so cute my cat was dancing on the table! also, i have some welding to do later so i'm going to check out skill share to see if i can learn to do it better. score one for sponsorship!

[@benlindner5285]

Hey Andy I just finished a small cabin sole part with 1/2" Coosa core, 2 layers of 1708 and a top layer of 10 oz woven on each side. I was looking for STRONG in a just under 3/4" thickness and I got it! I am not super happy with how 1708 wets out with epoxy, it seems to take a lot of extra work compared to a woven material. Is poly quicker at getting 1708 to wet out?

[@MrRoach-yo3mz]

Feels good when a plan comes together, huh ...... Looking Real Good, Andy........... signed, Go Fast Fiberglass, aka Gasserglass

[@boatworkstoday]

Wanted to say that there aren't many people that I'd take advice from when it comes to glass, but you buddy are one that I'd certainly do so. Learned from your channel as well ;-)! Take care of yourself!

[@aaronwood3540]

Well I'm happy to know I have a good eye. When you first put those up there I was like that's not right haha then you changed it lol

[@imabeliever244]

I'm curious, which do you prefer more, time on the water or time in the shop? The reason I ask is because no matter how much I might enjoy working on and finishing projects, I much prefer spending time on the water so the idea of the amount of work the Bertram still requires to completion would drive me INSANE! haha I know, this channel relies on this project...for the time being.

[@boatworkstoday]

It's been so long since I've been on the water I've forgotten what it was like lol! Looking to change that this Summer!!

[@28cruzin]

Excellent video as always. The whole time you were laying up I was asking myself " How does he remember which panel goes where?" Guess we found out, LOL. I have a question. On all these panel layups you never did the ends. On plywood this could lead to delamination. I don't remember you explaining why. Please clue me in. Thanks, Dave

[@boatworkstoday]

Going to talk to Coosa and see what they recommend :-)

[@imageguyimageguy1316]

I did zactly the same with my bulkheads

[@grindergirl9850]

Andy... If Coosa is a FBR board why do you need to glass it again? I understand the need for tabbing etc but am unclear why you’re covering the entire pc like you need to do with ply?

[@boatworkstoday]

it adds additional stiffness mostly :-)

[@giovannifiorentino8947]

Andy, that resin didn’t hardened ahead of time just because you were applying in fast forward motion.

[@GUNSLINGEROUTDOORS]

Good vid as always.. the fact that you show your F ups makes your channel stand out in my opinion..

[@jcdesignsandboat-works8290]

Agreed! We’re all human!

[@hookednrolling2009]

I like it when you said sorta looks like that 70's retro fake wood Andy that's because it was that 70's retro fake wood that was fake. I don't care that was funny no matter how you look at it that was funny JT 🇺🇸🇺🇸🐟🎣🌴⛱🛥😊😃🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@boatworkstoday]

Never been a fan of that look lol ;-)!

[@danieloliver20]

Yeah that fake retro crap makes my skin crawl, haha I need to get out more

[@jcdesignsandboat-works8290]

Hooked-n-Rolling Offshore 2009 agreed!😂

[@brianmacadam4793]

It seems you're spending a lot of time laminating layers of glass, would it make sense to to with a thicker layer of coosa board and only a barrier layer

[@boatworkstoday]

That would have been an option if I had the material ;-) Don't have an extra 1/4" sheet to spare but did have the glass and resin

[@todmills]

The skins were pretty thick, but 5/8 Coosa is not available, and 3/4 would have ended up thicker than he wanted had he put even just one layer each side. Divinycell is available in 5/8", according to this site www.fiberglasssupply.com/Product_Catalog/Core_Materials/core_materials.html and that would have allowed thinner skins, resulting in less labor, less weight, and possibly less cost (not counting the cost of having to get yet another size that may only be used this one time).

[@todmills]

Andy, how did the weight end up compared to 3/4 plywood?

[@fishingismydrug1]

@@todmills I'm curious also

[@MorseB]

Hope you didn't glass that red bucket into the forward cabin. Hopefully it's not too big to get through the companionway.

[@boatworkstoday]

Haha, good point thanks for the reminder ;-)! Probably would not have thought of that lol!!

[@ericktaylor-webb6711]

The tool Andy is taking about for the people over in the UK & Europe can be bought from www.ukhs.tv the make is: Wolf and is a 3.6 volt cordless cutter supplied with 3 cutter heads and a charger article number 112189

[@jjourdan8014]

3 layers on each side of the coosa = strong like bull

[@WreckDiver99]

13:35 Andy, did you end up at the dentist before recording this? Sounds like you still have some cotton in your mouth or you had some work done. Just hit me funny that you sounded very different from normal.

[@boatworkstoday]

Was still waking up lol ;-)!

[@alanabrams8017]

I read "Three hours later" in the SpongeBob narrator's voice.

[@TheJustonemore]

Only takes one splash and your blind and the family suffers,because you don’t wear glassware. I’m permanentlydisabled from a split second. When dismissing this think of your kids wife family who would be affected.