Cutting Out The Floor Of A Fiberglass Jon Boat

This video is part 1 where i explain what i m trying to make and the reasons behind it.

Cutting out the floor of a fiberglass jon boat. Whether you re cutting through hull fiberglass supports deck or superstructure fiberglass boats are heavily built with glass and hardened polyester resin. Check out our jon boat plans which show you how to construct the simple economical jon boat 16. Step 5 insert the blade into the hole. For repair or modification on your fiberglass boat you may need to cut through hardened fiberglass.

Jon boat floor larry may call it a deck. You cut them flat on the floor no need for templates no need to take measurements from the hull framing as in the plywood on frame method. I ll show you how i. Step 3 install the deck.

Let me first congratulate you on that you smart overachiever you. Screw them all together to create a solid frame and apply fiberglass matting all over it for waterproofing. Resin and glass dust from cut resin is a health hazard. So you may be interested in making a floor for you aluminum jon boat and you had the smart idea to do a little bit of research before you went out and did it.

Then use the electric saw to cut the stringers from the plywood sheet and fit them in the boat. It s going to be on the bottom of the boat. The thinner the fiberglass the trickier it can be to cut because it will flex and without care may crack. It is always recommended to cut the deck flooring into separate sheets so that it will be much easier to install.

Don t be larry it s called a floor.