PT-212
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Kit No. 1257
INSTALLING THE SHAFT/STUFFING BOX (See FIG. 16 & 17)
For now, all you will be installing is the Stuffing Box and the Rudder Block/Tube. If you do
this now, then all of the hull construction will be done. If you skip over these next two steps, then
you can always go back, but it’s so much easier to do it now, and get it out of the way so that you
can paint the hull without any problems. You will be finishing the rest of the Running Hardware
installation later on AFTER you have completed all of the deck details.
NOTE: Don’t worry about the numbering sequences of the figure numbers. Just follow the
directions as written, and everything will work out at the end. I just found it easier to install
some of the running hardware now, than to wait until all of the pretty detail was on the deck
to get in the way.
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Turn the hull over, you are now looking at the bottom of the boat.
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Measure forward from the edge of the Transom, on the OUTSIDE 6”, then cut a slot 7/32” x 1-1/4”.
(See FIG. 16)
BUILDING TIP:
(See FIG. 17)
To cut the slot, first drill two 7/32” dia. holes at the dimensions given
above. Then with a utility knife, remove the center section of material. The plastic is soft enough to cut
through, you can cut it by hand without any power tools.
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Measure forward from the edge of the Transom, on the OUTSIDE 2-
1/16”, then cement the Skeg
(K3) to the bottom of the hull down the center. Make sure it is centered inside the hull.
(See FIG.
19)
NOTE: The Skeg may not touch the slot opening because you will need to file the slot later.
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Take a round file (at least 1/4” dia.) and file the slot opening at both ends so that the Stuffing Box
(3/16” dia. x 6-1/4” brass tube) will lay flat on the Skeg.
34
Locate the supplied 3/16” dia. x 6-1/4” long brass tube. We will refer to this brass tube as the
“Stuffing Box”.
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Cement the Stuffing Box (3/16” dia. x 6-1/4” brass tube) to the hull and Skeg. The Stuffing Box
must extend 1/16” out from the rear edge of the Skeg, and centered on the Skeg.
36
Seal the area inside and outside of the hull around the Stuffing Box with a blob of Bondo.
Summary of Contents for 1257
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