[PSUBS-MAILIST] fiberglass

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How has everyone retrofitted the MinKota's to have a 1" rotating shaft to go through the penetrators?

Thank you,
Scott Waters 

>  -------Original Message-------
>  From: Rick Patton via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
>  To: Personal Submersibles General Discussion <personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
>  Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] fiberglass
>  Sent: Jun 07 '16 13:10
>  
>  I have the Minn-Kota 101,s and would like to see how those who have
>  done it have passed the power cables from the oil filled motor threw
>  the fitting that rotates and passes threw the hull to the inside.
>  
>  Rick
>  
>  On Fri, May 27, 2016 at 1:53 PM, Alan James via Personal_Submersibles
>  <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
>  
>  > Brian,
>  > something you could experiment with is applying epoxy to the glass
>  > mat that
>  > you want to adhere or on the sub itself & wait till it gets tacky
>  > before applying it.
>  > Then apply the rest of the epoxy later, wait till the last coat gets
>  > tacky & add some more
>  > glass cloth.
>  > You could take your time with that process, but the epoxy is twice
>  > the cost of the polyester.
>  > Alan
>  >
>  > -------------------------
>  > FROM: Brian Cox via Personal_Submersibles
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>  > TO: PSubs <personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
>  > SENT: Saturday, May 28, 2016 11:20 AM
>  > SUBJECT: [PSUBS-MAILIST] fiberglass
>  >
>  > Hank, I wanted to mention that some of my brilliant upside down
>  > fiberglass work did not go that great. I did not get the adhesion
>  > that I should have, some place seemed fine but other areas I didn't
>  > get the resin to soak in good enough. I may try something else next
>  > time. I may put an initial coat of resin on the underside, soak the
>  > fiberglass and then try to compress it up there some how with a
>  > plastic mold release barrier.
>  >
>  > Brian
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