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What about shrinkage?
By:Ted
Date: 3/8/2001, 12:22 pm
In Response To: Re: Tropical End Pour (Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks)

Nick,

One of my concerns is shrinkage in the relatively large volume of an end-pour. When building my S&G's, I used the dam method, but poured in two or three layers. Even with those precautions some shrinkage occured, almost enough to cause a deck-hull fit problem. Could this shrinkage cause the bow or stern crookedness that I notice in some strippers?

You make a good point about the long term ability of epoxy to seal large blocks of wood. Maybe I will use a reduced dam topped off by a smaller end-pour when I get to that point (on my first stripper now under construction).

Ted

Messages In This Thread

endpour timing
Ben Staley -- 3/7/2001, 6:12 pm
Re: endpour timing
Dale Frolander -- 3/7/2001, 10:07 pm
Re: endpour timing
pete croft -- 3/8/2001, 10:31 pm
Re: endpour timing
Ben Staley -- 3/8/2001, 10:37 am
Re: endpour timing
Dwight -- 3/7/2001, 7:23 pm
Re: endpour timing
Mike Scarborough -- 3/7/2001, 8:38 pm
Re: endpour timing
Rob Macks -- 3/7/2001, 7:02 pm
Re: endpour timing
Tony -- 3/9/2001, 6:39 pm
Tropical End Pour
Jay Babina -- 3/8/2001, 9:18 am
Re: Tropical End Pour
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 3/8/2001, 10:27 am
No big trees
Jay Babina -- 3/9/2001, 8:08 am
Re: No big trees
Julie Kanarr -- 3/9/2001, 9:56 am
Re: Double End-Pour
Rob Macks -- 3/9/2001, 10:14 am
Re: Double End-Pour
Rehd -- 3/9/2001, 7:37 pm
Re: Double End-Pour OT
Steve -- 3/9/2001, 12:13 pm
Re: Sorry Nick
Rob Macks -- 3/9/2001, 10:20 am
Pouring while you guys debate the issue
David Hanson -- 3/9/2001, 3:38 pm
everybody chant LAUNCH...LAUNCH...LAUNCH
Ben Staley -- 3/9/2001, 4:03 pm
Re: everybody chant LAUNCH...LAUNCH...LAUNCH
daren -- 3/9/2001, 8:16 pm
Re: sprayskirt
Ben Staley -- 3/9/2001, 9:57 pm
Re: sprayskirt
daren -- 3/10/2001, 12:19 am
Re: Sorry Nick
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 3/9/2001, 1:27 pm
Re: been there
Don Beale -- 3/9/2001, 11:46 am
Re: Tropical End Pour
Ed Walshe - Dublin -- 3/9/2001, 8:04 am
Re: Tropical End Pour
Rehd -- 3/9/2001, 7:27 pm
Re: Tropical End Pour
Rob Macks -- 3/8/2001, 3:44 pm
End reinforcement
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 3/8/2001, 8:28 pm
Re: Tropical End Pour
David Hanson -- 3/8/2001, 3:32 pm
What about shrinkage?
Ted -- 3/8/2001, 12:22 pm
Re: endpour timing
John Monfoe -- 3/8/2001, 3:58 am
Re: endpour-NOT!
Rob Macks -- 3/8/2001, 8:44 am
Re: endpour-NOT!
Elliott -- 3/8/2001, 11:48 am
Re: I agree *NM*
Spidey -- 3/8/2001, 1:41 am