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[Tiny Turnip]

Steam bending insitu, with the wood in a tube of plastic (comes on a roll intended for heat sealing into small packages) so you can clamp into place at your leisure without having to take a long hot wobbly piece of wood out of a long steamy steam oven and then quickly clamp into place before it cools and sets.

 

[Tiny Turnip]

A recent post - can't remember whose, though; keeping your epoxy brush in cling film in the freezer, to stop it going off, and getting more than one use out of it

 

[Angélique]

I was told that it doesn't matter what you buy for your first boat, because it will be wrong.

Here's another thread by the same OP

Looking for a trailerable cruiser 23 - 28 ft with widest beam possible in UK

There's many factors to look into there, here's just one post from Manchester in the UK

Thread: Boat trailer hard to reverse ---> post #23

. . . . here in the Uk we live closely packed, like sardines. My boat just about fits on my drive. I have a side passage 4 ft wide to my back garden, if I want to weld my trailer I have to turn it on its side and carry it. 3 man job.

I've even seen a guy with an extra narrow boat for those reasons, which is of course the perfect boat for narrow waters...

Don't rock the boat...

 

[Angélique]

Adrian, about the current post numbers 15 - 16 - 17, are those here on the meant to be thread, or is there a mistake in posting ?

 

[SamSam]

Hello all. With so many thousands of posts to trawl through on this forum i thought it might be a good idea to invite people to post which ideas they think are the best boat ideas they have seen on this forum since it began. That way those new to the forum can quickly come up to speed in their research to find or build their perfect boat.

regards

Wellington

Wellington, there are so many different boats for so many different purposes that your question is....well, actually it might be kind of good.

The Design Spiral, or where to start building a boat. https://www.boatdesign.net/threads/the-design-spiral-or-where-to-start-building-a-boat.28580/

The Design Spiral for Computer-Aided Boat Design
Untitled http://www.newavesys.com/spiral.htm

 

[Tiny Turnip]

Here's another thread by the same OP

Looking for a trailerable cruiser 23 - 28 ft with widest beam possible in UK

The 9ft minimum width requirement in this thread is at odds with the

a boat for all areas including inland canals

requirement. British canal locks can be as narrow as 7ft.

Here's another thread by the same OP
I've even seen a guy with an extra narrow boat for those reasons, which is of course the perfect boat for narrow waters...

They get even narrower - this one is only 14 inches wide:
The Gondola Blog: Narrow and Fast http://www.gondolagreg.com/2011/08/narrow-and-fast.html

I've been told that racing punts were produced down to 9 inches wide...

Perhaps suitable for navigating this kind of water course?

 

[Tiny Turnip]

Adrian, about the current post numbers 15 - 16 - 17, are those here on the meant to be thread, or is there a mistake in posting ?

Erm, I was responding to the bit where it says

it might be a good idea to invite people to post which ideas they think are the best boat ideas they have seen on this forum since it began.

Maybe my interpretation wasn't the OPs intent?

 

[David J Ritchie]

A recent post - can't remember whose, though; keeping your epoxy brush in cling film in the freezer, to stop it going off, and getting more than one use out of it

Why not just use a silicon brush?

Nothing sticks to silicon not even epoxy

 

[Angélique]

Erm, I was responding to the bit where it says

it might be a good idea to invite people to post which ideas they think are the best boat ideas they have seen on this forum since it began.

Maybe my interpretation wasn't the OPs intent?

Excellent , just my bad I didn't relate it to the quoted post #1 part , thanks for clarifying . .

 

[Tiny Turnip]

Why not just use a silicon brush?

Nothing sticks to silicon not even epoxy

Only because I've not come across them David. I don't do a great deal of fibreglass work, just occasionally, and use a pack of cheap brushes from the poundshop. Thanks for the suggestion. Presume you work out most of the epoxy on some newspaper and then flake the residue off when its set?

 

[Angélique]

Why not just use a silicon brush?

Nothing sticks to silicon not even epoxy

Just for the record, from the above context I know silicone was meant for the brushes, but to be clear and for the ease of looking up references, silicon and silicone are very different materials, with only one letter difference in writing, since silicone among other things is made from silicon.

Silicon

The chemical element of atomic number 14, a non-metal with semiconducting properties, used in making electronic circuits. Pure silicon exists in a shiny dark grey crystalline form and as an amorphous powder.

Silicon is used in some alloys, but its great importance is in making electronic circuits. After oxygen, silicon is the most abundant element in the earth's crust; most rocks consist primarily of silica or silicates, and glass, pottery, and bricks are largely composed of silicate minerals.

Silicone

Any of a class of synthetic materials which are polymers with a chemical structure based on chains of alternate silicon and oxygen atoms, with organic groups attached to the silicon atoms. Such compounds are typically resistant to chemical attack and insensitive to temperature changes and are used to make rubber and plastics and in polishes and lubricants.

I know silicone brushes from makeup and from basting & pastry and basting BBQ roast, the below pics come from the last two links, enlarge for clarity about their structure...

Large: 1 - 2 - 3 - (and not shown here: 4 - 5 - 6 )

And now the questions about this . .

1) Are the above shown silicone brushes for food basting & pastry the same as to be used with epoxy, or are there special silicone brushes for that ?

2) Does the wear of silicone brushes leave silicone molecules in the epoxy resin, and if so, doesn't that deteriorate the properties of the epoxy ?

Just in case someone wonders, these are questions regarding the asked for tips about the best ideas on boatdesign.net . .

 

[David J Ritchie]

Thanks for the correction Angélique you are exactly right

I am terrible at spelling, But im glad you got my point.

1) I am not aware of any special epoxy silicone brush

2) The wear down is minimal to none you can wet out with a silicone brush forever... interesting point though

the epoxy is still friction fit onto the brush so just wiggle and pull it pops right out... its freaky watching the fully cured 5min epoxy 24hrs later not stick at all!!

 

[Angélique]

Thanks for the info and the reply David . .