Anybody ever cut up a fiberglass boat?

[Canyon Angler]

Thanks, guys, I appreciate all the feedback. I think I'll try it with a worm gear circular saw and an old blade first, and if that doesn't work, buy a diamond grit sawzall blade. I wish I knew someone with a concrete saw! I'm hoping I can get enough $ in aluminum scrap out of the motor to make it worth my headache.

Ted, what's a "precipitating blade"?

 

[a. palmer jr.]

You know, fiberglass does burn but leaves that fiber to cut up and it makes a lot of smoke..

 

[Canyon Angler]

Yeah, I've seen where people have burned them, and I think I've relaminated some of the e-glass cloth. Waste not, want not!

 

[Odog]

When I remodeled my bathroom I couldn’t get the old tub/shower combo out and the sawzall wasn’t doing the job, so I turned the fan on, fired up my old 55 and cut it into chunks. My daughters thought I was nuts, but it worked fine.

 

[Ted Jenkins]

Ted, what's a "precipitating blade"?[/QUOTE]

What is wrong with you have you never seen a precipitating saw. They work great. Possibly a sawzall was the intention.
The out drive and aluminum from the head(s) will not get you enough to pay for the blades you will go through. The fire on the other hand will raise some eyebrows with all the smoke or in other words it must be dismantled to be rid of it. Thanks

 

[cedarhollow]

angle grinder with thin abrasive wheel goes through fiberglass like hot knife in butter

 

[milkman]

You know, fiberglass does burn but leaves that fiber to cut up and it makes a lot of smoke..

I know some guys that disposed of one, threw in some old tires and lit it. You're right about the smoke...or so I was told.

 

[a. palmer jr.]

I've seen a few drag race cars catch on fire and the fiberglass really burns good!

 

[Canyon Angler]

angle grinder with thin abrasive wheel goes through fiberglass like hot knife in butter

Well, I've got angle grinders and cutoff wheels, so I'll try that first. I would have expected that to just melt the polyester and gum up the works.