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If Screwup:
By:mike allen
Date: 11/1/1999, 2:12 pm
Date: 11/1/1999, 2:12 pm
In Response To: Fiberglassing ribs prior to pulling out staples (Max)
I agree w/ Jay and Paul but if you have a problem:
I have a fairly tortured deck and after stripping I had to cut 2 ovals for future foot bumps. Crack! Split! Sob, sob.
So I clamped it all together again and put some tiny scraps across the strip joints at important places. Afterward (another story) no problem. I'll just scoop chisel them off when I do the inside.
Obviously I couldn't do this with the whole hull finished so I am testing it all the time and pulling many of the staples at logical times in the building process to test the approach.
-one other way
-mick
Messages In This Thread
- Fiberglassing ribs prior to pulling out staples
Max -- 10/30/1999, 5:52 pm- The hull is strong, the glue is strong.
Ed Valley -- 11/1/1999, 6:10 pm- If Screwup:
mike allen -- 11/1/1999, 2:12 pm- Re: Fiberglassing ribs prior to pulling out staple
Jay Babina -- 11/1/1999, 8:33 am- wait and see
Paul G. Jacobson -- 10/30/1999, 7:44 pm - If Screwup:
- The hull is strong, the glue is strong.
