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Re: Why an end pore?
By:Rehd
Date: 3/28/2001, 12:00 pm
In Response To: Why an end pore? (John Monfoe)

: When I am ready to fiberglass the inside of my haul I am planning on mixing
: 1/4" chopped fiberglass into a paste and troweling it for a foot or
: two along the ends with a 1 1/2" radius tool. It seems so easy to do
: while everything is wide open and the chopped glass will give it great
: strength. Am I missing something that a boat standing on end and pored
: would give?

: John

Hi John

Don't quote me on this..... but I think there is a two-fold purpose for the end pours. 1) To aid in the strength of the tip of the bow. 2) To give you a silid place to drill through for your little handle/rope. I don't think it has to be solid epoxy, but rather just a solid mixture of fillers and epoxy. I've read of those who do it with their boats in the standing position and also those who do the "dam and pour" in the hull before piecing it together. I don't see that it makes much difference in either case, but I would think you'd want to keep it as light as possible and keep it in the tip where you will need to drill the hole only. Any more would be just unwanted weight.

Rehd

Messages In This Thread

Whoops! End pour disaster! Help! *Pic*
Pete Roszyk -- 3/27/2001, 12:44 pm
Re: Looks a lot like peanut brittle :)
Spidey -- 3/30/2001, 12:35 am
Re: Whoops! End pour disaster! Help!
Ronnie -- 3/29/2001, 11:09 am
Re: Whoops! End pour disaster! Help!
Larry C. -- 3/28/2001, 9:14 pm
epoxy melt
Angela Watson -- 3/29/2001, 6:15 pm
Dremel Flex shaft
Larry C. -- 3/28/2001, 9:24 pm
Re: Dremel Flex shaft
Chris Menard -- 3/30/2001, 1:43 pm
Re: Whoops! End pour disaster! Help!
Lee Gardner -- 3/28/2001, 12:01 pm
Re: Whoops! End pour disaster! Help!
Ross Sieber -- 3/28/2001, 12:08 pm
Re: Whoops! End pour disaster! Help!
MikeWhy -- 3/28/2001, 12:40 am
Why an end pore?
John Monfoe -- 3/28/2001, 5:14 am
Re: Why an end pore?
Rehd -- 3/28/2001, 12:00 pm
Re: Why an end pore?
John Monfoe -- 3/29/2001, 6:54 am
Re: Why an end pore?
Jim -- 3/28/2001, 9:16 am
Re: Whoops! End pour disaster! Help!
Mike -- 3/27/2001, 11:03 pm
Re: Whoops! End pour disaster! Help!
Bruce K -- 3/27/2001, 8:34 pm
Blasphemy...
Brion in SEA -- 3/27/2001, 6:53 pm
This was my first thought too.
Bill Jankowski -- 3/27/2001, 9:56 pm
Re: Solid End
Tom Tieman -- 3/27/2001, 5:14 pm
Re: Whoops! End pour disaster! Help!
Ross Sieber -- 3/27/2001, 1:31 pm
Re: Whoops! End pour disaster! Help!
gary -- 3/27/2001, 3:33 pm
Re: Whoops! End pour disaster! Help!
Pete Rudie -- 3/27/2001, 4:30 pm
Re: Whoops! End pour disaster! Help!
Julie Kanarr -- 3/27/2001, 4:49 pm
foams
Pete Rudie -- 3/28/2001, 12:34 am
Re: Whoops! End pour disaster! Help!
Jim -- 3/27/2001, 5:43 pm
Re: S-3 products
Don Beale -- 3/27/2001, 7:15 pm
Re: Whoops! End pour disaster! Help!
mike allen ---> -- 3/27/2001, 1:24 pm
in addition
mike allen ---> -- 3/27/2001, 1:47 pm
also
mike allen ---> -- 3/27/2001, 2:03 pm
hey! a dumb idea . . .
mike allen ---> -- 3/27/2001, 6:06 pm
You're going to think I am out of my mind
AndyB -- 3/27/2001, 1:22 pm
Re: no
Lee Gardner -- 3/28/2001, 12:03 pm