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Re: fiberglass chopper gun
By:Robert
Date: 2/3/2000, 9:03 pm
In Response To: Re: fiberglass chopper gun (Steve Groufsky)

> Robert the way to produce the hull you are talking about would be to cover
> the mold in some sort of foam sheets these would then become part of your
> hull structure you could then blow your glass on the inside of the hull
> you cold also make foam or ply bulkheads and again blow your glass to them
> you will also need a strond keel and stringers.The outside of your hull
> will still be better layed by hand with matt and cloth as a chopper gun
> would leave a surface that would need a lot of fill to fair it. Concrete
> boats work well a number of boats have been commercially built here in NZ
> in the past and lasted the test of time . What about Steel ?

Steve,

Steel is good material and being a welder would be easy enough to use except for the fact of move the big sheets of metal by my self. I think it was alway ethier alum (1st choice) or fiberglass.

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fiberglass chopper gun
Robert -- 2/2/2000, 9:02 pm
Re: fiberglass chopper gun
Steve Groufsky -- 2/3/2000, 12:53 am
Re: fiberglass chopper gun
Robert -- 2/3/2000, 8:56 am
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Steve Groufsky -- 2/3/2000, 4:25 pm
Re: fiberglass chopper gun
Robert -- 2/3/2000, 8:02 pm
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Steve Groufsky -- 2/3/2000, 8:48 pm
Re: fiberglass chopper gun
Robert -- 2/3/2000, 9:03 pm
Re: fiberglass chopper gun
Steve Groufsky -- 2/3/2000, 9:25 pm
Re: fiberglass chopper gun
Robert -- 2/4/2000, 9:26 am
Re: fiberglass chopper gun
Steve Groufsky -- 2/5/2000, 5:17 am
Re: research other building methods
lee -- 2/4/2000, 10:08 pm
Re: fiberglass chopper gun
Bart Castleberry -- 2/4/2000, 9:24 pm
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Nolan -- 2/3/2000, 2:43 pm
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Paul G. Jacobson -- 2/3/2000, 1:13 pm
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Robert -- 2/3/2000, 7:52 pm
Re: fiberglass chopper gun
lee -- 2/2/2000, 10:47 pm
Re: fiberglass chopper gun
Robert -- 2/3/2000, 9:00 am
Re: fiberglass chopper gun
Shawn Baker -- 2/3/2000, 10:34 am