Well, let me rephrase that. Glass tape adds something where adding thickened epoxy basically adds nothing. I don't really need more strength here...
Well, I think I'm gonna go option b. I did use a couple piece of wood as shims the other day but other than than and the gunwales, the whole...
Im building a whitewater dory. The hull is 1/2" corecell sides. The whole hull is glass but I still have exposed corecell at the end grain of the...
The way the above boat was done is always a layer of clear gel coat first, then subsequent layers with outermost colors first and innermost colors...
I'll be using southco latches to hold the lid closed. The hatch lids are bigger than they appear in the pics. The small hatches are 18"x23", the...
So one more questions about coring these lids. What should i use to glue the honeycomb core to the hatch skin, 5200, or thickened epoxy? Im using...
http://www.compositesworld.com/articles/new-infusion-regime-for-superthick-laminates This where i first recall this, a while back. Little...
Fair enough, my thread was a little different regarding plascore hatch lids and not foam which can be overdrilled and filled easier. For my...
So forgive me for being over 40 pages late to the party, but i have read a good bit of the thread and theres some really great info here. Nice...
Check my thread from a few days ago. I was reccomended coosa board. It's high density urethane foam core with stands and a mat. I'm replacing my...
Well I got a 48x32 cut of 3/4" blue water 26 comin. Cost me about $140 shipped so not too excessive. I feel confident this stuff will work well...
So i did a little more research into the coosa board. Looks like a high density foam with a mat built in. Definatly alot denser at 26 lb per ft...
Sorry, I may not have been clear in what I wanted to do here. I am making cored hatches. The bottom skin has a molded 1/2" lip and sides that run...
So i am making fully cored hatch lids. I have molded the bottom skins of all my hatches to define the hatch lid bottom and a 1/2" trim on the...
Check out this sweet metalflake art. Paul at ps composites has been making sweet gelcoat art for over 30 years. Masking, templates, and lots of...
So i live in western wyoming. Its 6300 ft elevation here in town. Im building a whitewater dory out of corecell with a plascore interior. I have...
hello. Im building a decked whitewater dory. i am about ready to start making hatches and combings for the decks. what wood is everyone using...
Mabye ok... Well, tungsten i think u are right. While its a big screwup, this is a glass boat. Just about anything can be fixed right, thats why...
A little followup. I went back out late last night to look at it some more. It was a tough day yesterday realizing i screwed up so bad. Really...
[img] Side panel by chris_towles, on Flickr
