XS 400 minor refurb

[xs 400]

Plan this Winter to

• add a second Jockey seat,(I'm fed up with standing up!) this will have to sit directly behind the 1st as there isn't a great deal of room, by me, I intend to glass and screw it to the deck.
• move the back rest to the back of the 2nd seat
• Remove current console grab rail and have Mark at Marine Fabrications make me a smaller back rest and grab rail, and a round screen grab rail like Mr Caton
• remove screen and have Mr Nugent make me a bigger one!

[xs 400]

before and before shots

[xs 400]

xs jockey seat arrived it has a solid bottom and a hole at the top.

[xs 400]

counter sunk the holes, put gaffa tape on the under side and with a disposable syringe half filled the holes with fibre glass.

my plan next is to fill with gelcoat and cover with an acetate sheet.

then sand and polish

[nugent]

Template arrived what height did you want it ?

[xs 400]

14 inches total including a 2 inch overlap please

like this one

[nugent]

Originally Posted by xs 400

14 inches total including a 2 inch overlap please

like this one

Easy !

[xs 400]

I need to sand down this floor surface, just in the new jockey seat footprint plus 20mm so I can glass it down. XS tell me it is gelcoat with polyester resin chips.

any suggestions?

[TRevor Lawson]

Must be getting old if you need to sit down on the job, it's only 60nm around Iow but joking aside it's looking good,

[Ian M]

Originally Posted by xs 400

Plan this Winter to

• I intend to glass and screw it to the deck.

Why screw? Might be problematic!

[xs 400]

Originally Posted by Ian M

Why screw? Might be problematic!

why? even if I seal the screws?

what do you recommend?

[Ian M]

Originally Posted by xs 400

why? even if I seal the screws?

what do you recommend?

Let me put it the other way round; why do you want to screw them down? Even stainless can rust which may cause its own problems.......
IF you penetrate the deck can you be sure that you will completely seal the openings, above deck AND below deck?
My XS did not have screws into the seat bases........
IF I was doing it, and IF the seat has a base, then proper preparation, a couple of layers of mat, liberally wetted, and plonk the seat down onto it. Job done

Of course, plonking down can always be refined

[xs 400]

ok no screws

soggy matt......plonk it down......job done.....sounds good

[Chris Caton]

looks like it's gonna be a nice job, keep the pics coming

[xs 400]

I need to sand down this floor surface, just in the new jockey seat footprint plus 20mm so I can glass it down. XS tell me it is gelcoat with polyester resin chips.

any suggestions?

Someone said I can buy a tungsten carbide grinding disc attachment for my 115mm angle grinder.??????

[Chris Caton]

I would have thought an ordinary stone grinding disc would do the job, they are usually green labels I think from memory. the stone discs are designed to break off the grinding chips quicker so doesn't clog up as much

[nugent]

Originally Posted by Chris Caton

I would have thought an ordinary stone grinding disc would do the job, they are usually green labels I think from memory. the stone discs are designed to break off the grinding chips quicker so doesn't clog up as much

Stone disc is all I ever use,, and a flap wheel on the posh bits

Soon nocks it back

And when doing lots two grinders as they gets a bit hot to hold if used in anger,,,

[xs 400]

Thanks Guys

Ill go and get some stone disks

[TRevor Lawson]

Mike don't for get to fully protect the tubes from the grinding crap, will come off at high speed and stick/cut into tubes,

[xs 400]

Thanks Trevor, I was just thinking that!

now where are those dust sheets???