Inside Out

[boat fan]

Originally Posted by Doug Lord

You guys have been great and I appreciate it a lot. I've got this kind of wild idea-see what you think:
1) use plastic staples to staple skin to the frame.
2) grind small recesses in the frames at the locations where the staple will be put in, the idea is that when the skin is up against the frame a portion of the
staple will be visible,and more importantly, accessible.
3) when ready to pull boat off frame a small chisel would be used to cut the plastic staple.
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What do you think?

Yep , worth trying doug.

[TeddyDiver]

You can glue flathead screws with epoxy to ply.. release with heat (DC source?) and scrape the rest of the epoxy while it's still warm..

[wardd]

how bout that glue that they use to temp used to seal junk mail, that peels off in a strip?

or try rubber cement

You don't need the small recesses. Plastic is fine but not necessary. I think that you would be happiest with ItchyandScratchy's idea of panelpins (why wouldn't this automatically come to mind?). My vote is to not use epoxy as it is much harder than the ply and will be a bugger to get off. Ask for Joubert ply from Boulter. It has a fungicidal glue and won't easily promote rot. If you use hot glue, get the strongest, 3M, you can get. Splash a little denatured alcohol to remove. Really, try this - you will be amazed at how something that sticks that well can be removed that easily.

[Doug Lord]

Originally Posted by mark775

You don't need the small recesses. Plastic is fine but not necessary. I think that you would be happiest with ItchyandScratchy's idea of panelpins (why wouldn't this automatically come to mind?). My vote is to not use epoxy as it is much harder than the ply and will be a bugger to get off. Ask for Joubert ply from Boulter. It has a fungicidal glue and won't easily promote rot. If you use hot glue, get the strongest, 3M, you can get. Splash a little denatured alcohol to remove. Really, try this - you will be amazed at how something that sticks that well can be removed that easily.

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Boulter doesn't list Joubert-any other sources you can think of? edit: found several sources-its interesting that at least two companies claim to be the "exclusive supplier of Joubert plywood" in the US...
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Thanks for the ideas guys-I'll test several of them....

[lwolstenholme]

Here is a fairly comprehensive list of Joubert marine plywood distributors in the US (From WoodenBoat advert):

>Almquist Lumber, CA 707-825-8880
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> Atlantic Plywood, MA, NY, ME, CT 800-937-6700
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> Condon Lumber, NY 914-946-4111
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> Connecticut Plywood, 860-953-0060
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> Cross Cut Hardwoods, OR 503-224-9663
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> Chesapeake Light Craft, MD - 410-267-0137
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> E-boat - FL, 772-770-1225
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> Edensaw Woods, WA 360-385-7878
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> Forest Plywood, CA 800-660-9369
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> Frost Hardwood, CA 858-455-9060
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> Homestead Hardwoods, OH 419-684-9582
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> Houston Hardwoods, TX 800-606-6176
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> LL Johnson Lumber, MI 800-292-5937
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> MacBeath Hardwoods, CA 510-843-4390
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> MacBeath Hardwoods, UT 800-225-3743
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> McEwen Lumber, NC 800-662-7468
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> Plywood & Door, IL 866-738-7224
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> Riverside Lumber, LA, 800-669-6624
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> Roberts Plywood, NY 631-586-7700
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> Russell Plywood, DE 800-787-7355
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> Seafarer Marine, FL 954-763-4263
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> West Wind Hardwoods, BC 800-667-2275
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> Whittelsey Wood, FL 305-621-4242
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[Doug Lord]

Thanks for the list!