I'm getting ready to build a small proa schooner primarily with 12 mm gpet foam with corecell for bottom planks in large flat panels similar to a...
I need to calculate the shear rating for a bolt being pulled across a glassed core. Not out, but across. the bolt is 3/8-16" and would have a...
Hello all, from past projects we have some remanent composite material that may be of interest to this forum. I'm posting here what we have...
I’m deathly allergic to epoxy. As in, anaphylactic reaction and hospital time. My boat is epoxy/corecell for the most part and epoxy/balsa in a...
I have been thinking about building a tiki 26 and am stuck on whether to use plywood, or to attempt it with polypropylene honeycomb. I am thinking...
I have sourced numerous urethane rigid panels (1.5" x 4'x10') that i hope to utilize as both the sub floor and shade structure of a 50 ft. power...
Building a floating cat cockpit. About 100" wide and 100" long. There will be two panels joined in the middle on the 100" seam. So, each panel...
I need to install ? probably 3 per side ? 8" ss cleats on my 10M cat hull outsides. The boat is foam. Is this done with a plywood insert or is a...
I have these two materials available in my part of the world, and I have never heard of the G-pet. The two things that would recommend it is that...
Can you vacuum infuse wood? Could you CNC pieces out of lumber that fit the mold perfectly and has flow channels? Hi, I'm new here and I've been...
Dear All, I've been wanting to build a small boat (2 to 3ish meters) for a while, however I want to do so in an easy and cheap way with minimal...
So, I want to build a 4 step staircase that is 20" wide by 10" deep each step and 10" high for each step. I'd like to build the steps so there is...
Just bought a 60's sailboat with a balsa cored deck. Most of the deck is sound, but i started digging out the few soft spots. Where the fiberglass...
I want to build up a core to 1 3/4" for a transom. I will use two pieces of 1/2" and one 3/4" high density M200. The lamination schedule for...
View of the cockpit area when the deck was first fitted to the hull. The mass of the complete deck is just under 200 kg and features carbon skins...
Preliminary design for a recreational rowing shell. Discussion can be found at http://www.boatdesign.net/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=2146
This is Hammer, a designed and built at home. Corecell foam cored 30' open sportfisherman.
