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Re: on second thought - bad idea
By:Dean Trexel
Date: 5/30/2000, 9:20 pm
In Response To: Re: titanium abrasion strips (Dean Trexel)

Inserting something in the cloth would have the effect of weakening the cloth, because the fibers would be bent even more than they already are as they pass over each other. Better to laminate abrasion material on after the cloth is laid...

: I happened to meet a guy this past weekend at a symposium who had taken thin
: strips of titanium and inserted them into the weave of his 6-oz. cloth,
: which he said took a while to do. He basically wove them into the cloth,
: then applied epoxy as usual.

: Dean

Messages In This Thread

Metal Skid Plates
BillS -- 5/30/2000, 1:08 pm
Re: Metal Skid Plates *Pic*
Eric Schade (Shearwater Boats) -- 5/31/2000, 8:19 pm
Bow wow wow, how?
mike allen ---> -- 6/1/2000, 6:17 pm
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Eric Schade (Shearwater Boats) -- 6/1/2000, 7:41 pm
I ain't sayin' nuttin'...
mike allen ---> -- 6/2/2000, 12:02 pm
Re: Skid Plates
Paul G. Jacobson -- 5/31/2000, 5:19 pm
Re: titanium abrasion strips
Dean Trexel -- 5/30/2000, 8:35 pm
Re: on second thought - bad idea
Dean Trexel -- 5/30/2000, 9:20 pm
Re: dynel or UHMWPE?
lee -- 5/30/2000, 10:55 pm
Re: titanium abrasion strips
John B. -- 5/30/2000, 8:44 pm
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Pete Roszyk -- 5/30/2000, 7:49 pm
Re: Brass keel
Mike Nicholson -- 5/30/2000, 9:36 pm
Re: Brass keel- Installation??
John B. -- 5/30/2000, 8:36 pm
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Pete Roszyk -- 5/31/2000, 9:43 am
Re: Brass keel Installation
John B. -- 5/31/2000, 1:40 pm
Re: Brass keel
lee -- 5/30/2000, 8:09 pm