Good to know what the norm is for handling the gas in the fuel line. I've been buying non-ethanol gas and add STA-BIL for all of my gas...
Yes, the gas tank is separate from the outboard. So do folks push the the two check valves in, (I assume there's one on both ends of the fuel...
Have a new outboard motor. When the fuel line from the gas tank to the outboard is disconnected, there's left over gas in it. Does everyone just...
Very good point that I had not considered. I'll check that aspect out and decide. My boat will only be in the water while we're using it. Thanks!
Sounds good. I'll go with 15 degrees for the transom for the boat I will be building. Thanks.
Thanks for your input.
One setting for my Tohatsu 6 HP outboard puts the transom angle at 15 degrees. I'm thinking building a boat with a 15 degree transom angle would...
The highlighted sentence in your response is the whole reason for my starting this thread. I don't see how the pressure between a fixed member...
OK. Then I'll go with the pre-wet + colloidal silica method. As long as there's no concern about epoxy starved weak joints, then using colloidal...
Does pre saturating both sides to be joined negate concerns about thickened epoxy (WEST SYSTEM–#406 Colloidal Silica) being squeezed out at hard...
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Thanks for sharing your advice.
How does one avoid hard bend points when building a boat? There are curves at the bow. There will be bending of the sheer clamp at the bow,...
If I understand your post, if joints are pre-coated (saturated) with unthickened epoxy before joining, then there is no concern about epoxy...
One other question. It's said to control clamping pressure to not squeeze too much thickened epoxy out of the glue joints resulting in weak epoxy...
I already bought the West Systems notched plastic spreader. It has 3 sizes of saw tooths on 3 sides. Hopefully it will work out with the...
See my post #18. Thanks.
I figure that the 1/16" sawdust particles will be compressed somewhat plus indented into the wood to be bonded. Maybe ending up as 1/32" inch....
Thanks for sharing your perspective. It is not the cost of commercial thickeners that I'm concerned about. That cost is minuscule compared to...
Plan to only use sawdust thickened epoxy for glue joints so there should not be any concerns for smoothness. I'll remove the squeeze outs. Will...
