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could you explain what you did?
By:mike allen --->
Date: 3/20/2002, 12:42 pm
In Response To: Re: Strip: Hull Strength *Pic* (!RUSS)

: On the same boat I built a raised shield, with lots of grooves all pedistaled
: on an arch. Looked cool but Its also the part of the boat I sit on. Looked
: cool but fragile. Adding to it the strips were set in a way that made it
: basically like scoring an arch. Because of the way it was build It wasn't
: something I could glass monolithicly. STripping hte grooves and then the
: bumps.
: Nick was kind enough to work with me endlessly on a glassing schedule.

hi russ,
If i understand the picture, you have raised strips abt 1/8 in. with about 1/4in. dipped gaps inbetween.
could you or nick spend some time and explain how you made the topside glass lay over the raised strips and into the grooves in between. did you have to round the edges, use very thin glass, pressure, laying in tacky epoxy??. dit you have to do this section separately from the rest of the rear deck?

how much glass is over these guys and how did you do it?

-mick

Messages In This Thread

Strip: Hull Strength
Chris Casazza -- 3/20/2002, 8:42 am
Re: Strip: Hull Strength *Pic*
Chip Sandresky -- 3/20/2002, 1:05 pm
Re: Spruce
KenC -- 3/20/2002, 9:15 pm
Re: Strip: Hull Strength *Pic*
!RUSS -- 3/20/2002, 10:13 am
could you explain what you did?
mike allen ---> -- 3/20/2002, 12:42 pm
A darn cussed thing :) *Pic*
!RUSS -- 3/20/2002, 2:17 pm
great perserverence, great result
mike allen ---> -- 3/20/2002, 3:48 pm
Re: Strip: Hull Strength
LeeG -- 3/20/2002, 10:32 am
Re: Strip: THE stretch GE
!RUSS -- 3/20/2002, 11:14 am
Re: I'll see your 3-6"...
Shawn Baker -- 3/20/2002, 11:38 am
Re: I'll see your 3-6"...
!RUSS -- 3/20/2002, 12:10 pm
Re: Strip: Hull Strength
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 3/20/2002, 9:51 am
Re: Strip: Hull Strength
Kent LeBoutillier -- 3/20/2002, 11:43 am
Re: Strip: Hull Strength
!RUSS -- 3/20/2002, 12:24 pm
Re: Strip: Hull Strength *Pic*
David Ross -- 3/20/2002, 2:03 pm