If/when I build my next boat I would probably build using method like this: http://www.aroundalone2002.com/construction/index.html I built...
polystyrene foam will make a cheap effective oven. We cure our 12m yachts up to 80C in one very well.
reep the benifits "how to make a small fortune in boat building"...... "Start with a very large one" No seriously, I have been doing it for...
go the pel ply There are many styles to buy and some are better for differant reasons. You can buy a very coarse one which we use for flat panel...
Answer to your question Everyone is evading the question and yes, you are going about it the right way and yes, you may have to rip the whole...
Price will tell you I have used both and find them both very good and similar to use and quality so it boils down to price for me so Sterling it...
Barbaqued yacht We wall off a portion of our boat building shed and post cure at about 70 C fully assembled out of the mould. Your resin...
Vac pump Well mentioned, yes, you must have a good FULL vacuum pump of the wet vane style. The dry vane pumps are not good enough. The process...
Grid foam I guess I prefer this method because it is the only system I can see the flow rate being able to keep up with cure times. I am not...
infuse away I do a lot of infusion and thoroughly love it. Big trick.........GP46?? (I hope I got that right) pvc foam from DIAB. there are...
Double Bias ahoy Well done, by chance, you have what I consider a better cloth being double bias (45-45) for drapability and flatness. you can...
Cloth styles If you have a Biax cloth (0-90) and you wish to lay it up at 45-45, why not buy a double bias cloth and this way, you can drape it...
I have used both a woven 400grm Kevlar/E glass coth and also a 510grm Double bias Kevlar/E glass cloth. The Double bias is stronger being a...
Up side & down side The big advantage is clean, quick and limited waste. The slight down side is that we are using DIAB core which has a groove...
infusion We are building complete yachts in an "infusion method" Rather than use another clamping mould, we use a vacumm under a plastic...
Basic needs Having built only one multi out of dozens on mono's..... I found the most necessary need was a little T. L. C. which when...
Yes I totally agree or totally wasted. If you go to the trouble of using a higher modulas skin, then in true theory, you should have a balanced...
Glass away Yes, you will get a better job by glassing the timber. Make sure it is dry, 80 grit sanded and cure your epoxy glass sheath at a...
Mac on the brain I guess after having a little 512K macintosh way back in 1986, I have it inprinted on my brain on which I was running MAXSURF...
Macsurf "rules" Surely you would find the hydro capabilities of some thing like macsurf to being an absolute must. I then switch across to Rhino...
