Just replaced 6 feet of my deck

[nesn]

I'm in the middle of the same thing!! wish I thought of the elect. chain saw!!@! I used drills, screwdrivers, small pry bars. I also have one of those hanging in my garage, but didn't think of it. It bounces off fiberglass???? GREAT idea!!

[crash]

I used a cup brush on an angle grinder, but it will go thru the glass if you are not careful.

[ScottC]

Originally Posted by crash

I used a cup brush on an angle grinder, but it will go thru the glass if you are not careful.

Yup tried them too, the chainsaw works about 5 times faster and can be controlled much easier, it truly is amazing how good it works, I have actually made money replacing transoms without having to charge tons of money because of a chansaw.

[ScottC]

Originally Posted by nesn

I'm in the middle of the same thing!! wish I thought of the elect. chain saw!!@! I used drills, screwdrivers, small pry bars. I also have one of those hanging in my garage, but didn't think of it. It bounces off fiberglass???? GREAT idea!!

I have done this over ten times atleast, after a while you figure stuff out hahah. Yeah it bounces right off, it will cut it but you have to lean into pretty hard. The first time I tried it I was stuck on how to get the non rotten part of a transom out, it was wet but not soft, but still had to come out, it took me two days soldm to dig out a litte area, tried everything, then it hit me, a chainsaw cuts front AND top, top it the key has you can slide it in any crevice and this allows you to not cut all the glass out. When I finally tried the chainsaw it took less than ten minutes to finish! it worked so good I used it everything I need to extract rotted wood.