Thank you, we are in a bit of a snow storm at the moment so no pics for a while. I understand the safety aspect and also your reservations about...
Thank you for that, gives a little more piece of mind. Wasn't sure if I was going to be creating a problem or not. Seeing how it’s going to be...
Glad to hear so far that it’s not a complete lame brain idea, rejected by all. I had some concerns when first considering this idea about possibly...
Yes that’s right about 8” each side of centre line total about 14-16” or so. I think will be able to straighten the running surface and build a...
build a whole boat! jeez! my attention span will be pushed almost to its limits building this 1/16 of a boat as it is Sorry no pics at the...
Hi everyone, I recently picked up a Princecraft 196 riveted aluminum hull with a 150 Yamaha on the back. The hull has some issues and I am hoping...
So the transom is ground and almost ready to accept the new plywood, I first have to rebuild about 1 1/2 sqft of delaminated CSM that looks like...
Thanks PAR for taking the time to analyze this and giving your professional advice, I really didn't know how to test for shear in the piece of...
Ha ha! Glad to hear someone else thinks it will be OK to use. Well I guess that means it is the itchy time!! Time to break out the baby powder...
So here are the results of my test. What I should do is tell you how I did the test first. As per PAR advice I, 1-boil for 4 hours 2- dried for 20...
So the first 4 hour boil test was just done and for the hell of it I wanted to see how everything was fairing. So I pulled my pocket knife out and...
Thanks, I will try the boil test and see what happens.
I took corner clippings from two of the sheets of plywood that is in question and separated them. The glue does have a blackish color to it, does...
I You know, I have a want to just use the ply for some reason just because in my head I am thinking it is better and I want to rely on the epoxy...
W Thanks for the clarification! I will have to try this. I doubt I will be able to do the test as accurately as you have described but with the...
Is a boil test still the best way to determine if the plywood is boat worthy, or is there a better test? If boil test how long 1/2 hour 45 mins...
I was walking threw our CGS workshop today and over along the wall was this stack of Ply. It is a 13 ply 3/4", it is what I would say is an A...
In the picture i included it shows a bulkhead that the keel stringer runs into and this creates a bilge with the two athwartship pieces tying it...
Thanks Mr E, it will be made from 5/8' plywood. I will be hitting the underside with epoxy to seal it up but I just was not sure if it was...
I am thinking on using the 10oz cloth I have for the top of the sole and 6oz for the under side of it, does that sound OK or should I just wrap...
