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Re: Butt-Blocks vs. Glass Joints ??
By:Severne
Date: 10/23/2001, 11:36 am
In Response To: Re: Butt-Blocks vs. Glass Joints ?? (Rehd)

: One of the problems, already pointed out to me was that I used the
: cloth in-line with the grain and therefore only had one set of threads
: crossing the joint which left it very weak.

Not true. If you perform the calculations on both straight and biased cloth, you will find no gain with biased cloth. The bias may be important on the joints that are axial to the boat centerline but not on the butt joints.

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Butt-Blocks vs. Glass Joints ?? *Pic*
Rehd -- 10/20/2001, 1:16 am
Re: Butt-Blocks vs. Glass Joints ??
Severne -- 10/23/2001, 11:26 am
Re: Butt-Blocks vs. Glass Joints ??
PaulC -- 10/23/2001, 2:23 am
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Rehd -- 10/23/2001, 10:04 am
Re: Butt-Blocks vs. Glass Joints ??
Severne -- 10/23/2001, 11:36 am
Re: Butt-Blocks vs. Glass Joints ?? *Pic*
Mike Hanks -- 10/21/2001, 11:38 am
Re: Butt-Blocks vs. Glass Joints ??
Rehd -- 10/21/2001, 5:36 pm
Re: Butt-Blocks vs. Glass Joints ?? *Pic*
Mike Hanks -- 10/21/2001, 8:43 pm
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Randy Knauff -- 10/20/2001, 5:41 pm
Re: Butt-Blocks vs. Glass Joints ??
Rehd -- 10/20/2001, 11:13 pm
Re: Butt-Blocks vs. Glass Joints ??
LeeG -- 10/20/2001, 11:10 am
Re: Butt-Blocks vs. Glass Joints ??
Rehd -- 10/20/2001, 11:22 pm
Re: Butt-Blocks vs. Glass Joints ??
j.knierim -- 10/20/2001, 5:13 am
Re: Butt-Blocks vs. Glass Joints ??
John S -- 10/20/2001, 8:29 am