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other direction camber query
By:mike allen --->
Date: 10/5/2001, 12:42 pm
In Response To: Re: Cambered deck question (LeeG)

: Pete, I could be totally off here but unlike polyester/vynelester resins
: slow curing epoxy is pretty flexible for at least a day or two before
: setting hard. So bending a 1/8" sheet of fully cured polyester resin
: in woven roving doesn't sound doable but a single sheet of fully cured 6oz
: epoxied fiberglass is pretty flexible (it's thin). A thin layer of 4oz
: glass on 3mm or 4mm plywood where the epoxy is soft has no problem bending
: with the glass on the inside. It's doable, I've done it.

Hey lee
with your experience w/ ply, what's your guess at the bending radius along the grain with and without a glass backing like above. 2foot radius?, 1foot?
-mick

Messages In This Thread

Cambered deck question
Ben Staley -- 10/3/2001, 5:48 pm
Re: Cambered deck question
Pete Rogers -- 10/4/2001, 9:06 pm
Re: Cambered deck question
LeeG -- 10/4/2001, 10:37 pm
other direction camber query
mike allen ---> -- 10/5/2001, 12:42 pm
Re: other direction camber query
LeeG -- 10/6/2001, 12:12 am
How does it bend 90deg to the usual
mike allen ---> -- 10/9/2001, 11:48 am
Re: Cambered deck question
LeeG -- 10/3/2001, 10:04 pm
Re: Cambered deck question
Ben Staley -- 10/4/2001, 10:09 am
Re: Cambered deck question
LeeG -- 10/4/2001, 12:14 pm
Re: Cambered deck question
Ted Henry -- 10/3/2001, 8:15 pm
Re: Cambered deck question
Don Beale -- 10/3/2001, 6:02 pm