Starboard

lots of experience, any tool that will work on wood will work for starboard, any other questions, ask away, if you wanna sell any of the 3/4, let me know

Fantastic stuff.  Will last forever, but a bit heavy.  Weight really don't matter on your Wellcraft though.

I'll take a few pics this weekend and post later to show some of the neat stuff that can be done with starboard.

Ironhed

You want a saw blade with a fair number of teeth. I think the one I use is 60 tooth. I think 50 to 70 is recommended. A router works beautifully on the edges. There's only one adhesive that will work on Starboard and I have never used it. 3m's 4200 and 5200 will not adhere to Starboard.
 
 

ORIGINAL: Like2Fish

Thanks Brad1. I read that the special glue made for Starboard has to be applied in a certian way. Something about heat treating it first to change the chemical structure.

 
Your welcome Like2Fish.
 
I don't have any experience with the adhesive. I only know of it's existince. From what I recall, West Marine sells it.
 
Any time I have made a Starboard accessory that required more than once piece of Starboard, I have always used stainless screws to join the pieces together. Countersink the heads.

First of all, I guess I should introduce myself. I am Clem (Like2Fish)’s son. I have been lurking around here for a while, and figured I finally should sign up, and start posting.
Well, with that out of the way, about the starboard for the transom.

The ¾” is stout stuff, really stout. I personally don’t see any reason why you can’t use it instead of wood.

A few bad points that my dad and I came across while doing quite a bit of work with the stuff over the past few weeks.

1) Its weight. A ¾ sheet weighs around 135-140 lbs. It’s around .034lbs per cubic inch.
2) It expands and contracts, A LOT. A 4x8 sheet is likely to grow ½ to ¾ of an inch in 80 degree weather.
3) Its density. Trying to get a screw to go into it without pre drilling is impossible. So it wouldn’t be very friendly when you try to mount transducers etc to the back of the transom.
4) It's Price

Just my thoughts…

Trout:

Beleive it or not, Starboard and marine plywood weigh almost the same. Cost about the same as well. Go pick up a 3/4 inch section of marine plywood or treated wood. Better bring a friend It needs pre-drilled. Once installed, it will last forever. It actualy weighs 4.3 lb. per sq. ft.