One of the projects in refurbishing the Key West Sportsman is installing a new trolling motor. And of course there’s a mounting block for quick release of the motor. I call it a puck. At any rate, the deck of the boat where this puck will be mounted isn’t level, and it needs to be bolted securely without warping it. That means we need to make a custom shim.
So here you see how there’s quite a gap under the mounting block. I’ve taped up the puck with packing tape to keep it from sticking to the epoxy I’m going to use to make the shim.
First step is to tape everything off, deck and hardware, and squirt an ample amount of thickened epoxy in your shim space.
Put the hardware into position and remove squeeze out. Then walk away until tomorrow.
And finally, the finished product. Now wasn’t that easy?