aCuttin' and aGrindin'

Well, I've finally started the serious work on the boat project. This is the miserable part - cutting out the old floor, bulkheads and stringers, removing the bad wood from the transom, and grinding away all of the bad glass to ready the cockpit area for new floor, bulkheads, stringers and transom. The pictures tell the story....

First thing I did was create a work area that would allow me to grind to my heart's content without destroying my garage. The boat is in there somewhere!

My tools; air diamond cutter,small air grinder, large electric grinder, air 'finger' saw and 36 grit grinding discs. I love tools!

These two pictures show the area where the floor was removed. I used the diamond cutter to cut it out. Since the front bulkhead and floor beyond it were dry and solid it was decided to leave them be.

These last two photos show the grinding that now needs to be done - in the 2nd picture you can see the weave of the fiberglass cloth in the top half of the shot, that is bad glass that is delaminating. The bottom half is after grinding. This is what I'm after in all of the areas to be replaced or repaired.
  Can't wait to get past this part of it and on to the fun stuff!