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Re: How tight the wires?
By:Mike Hanks
Date: 7/4/1999, 5:05 pm
In Response To: How tight the wires? (Les Lacey)

> I have a Pygmy Coho as a newbie s&g project, it's going together great
> thanks to lots of reading the posts from you all. (Thanks Nick!) I am
> snugging the wires (not too tightly) but the outside panel joints already
> look too tight to admit much epoxy from the syringes supplied. I hate to
> loosen things up because the boat is shaping and squaring up so well, but
> there again I don't want it all to spring apart when I remove the wires.
> Advice from you old hands? Thanks.

I built an Arctic Tern and I did the wires very tight. I did not have problems with them springing apart after gluing. Epoxy is very strong, a little bit goes a long way. You should tighten them tight enough to give it a good shape but not so tight that you can see it pinching in at the wires.

Mike

Messages In This Thread

How tight the wires?
Les Lacey -- 7/4/1999, 1:42 pm
Re: How tight the wires?
Nolan -- 7/8/1999, 8:55 am
Re: How tight the wires?
Tom Farre -- 7/8/1999, 9:37 am
Re: How tight the wires?
Bobby Curtis -- 7/5/1999, 8:03 am
Re: How tight the wires?
Mike Hanks -- 7/4/1999, 5:05 pm