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Re: Not Fair !!!
By:Rehd
Date: 1/1/2003, 2:25 pm
In Response To: Re: No Butts (Mike Scarborough)

: Brian--

: Why not switch to scarf joints? It will shorted your outrigger hulls by about
: 4 inches. I'm guessing that you're using something like 4mm ply. So a 12:1
: scarf would be 48mm long or approximately 2 inches. It sounds like you
: have 2 joints over the length of each outrigger. Cut the butt joints
: apart, grind the 'glass and epoxy off and plane 12:1 bevels on the ends,
: they epoxy them back together the way God (That's Not Fair) intended, with true scarf
: joints.

: Mike

Messages In This Thread

S&G: fiberglass taped butt joint vs scarf
Brian T. Cunningham -- 1/1/2003, 1:58 pm
the jig worked
Brian T. Cunningham -- 1/6/2003, 1:41 am
from the multihull boatbuilder list
Brian T. Cunningham -- 1/3/2003, 12:19 pm
Re: S&G: fiberglass taped butt joint vs scarf
srchr/gerald -- 1/2/2003, 2:32 pm
Re: S&G: Thinner joint and Heat ??
Rehd -- 1/1/2003, 2:21 pm
Well they could be smoother
Brian T. Cunningham -- 1/1/2003, 5:48 pm
Get rid of the inside tape
Paul G. Jacobson -- 1/2/2003, 6:42 pm
Re: Get rid of the inside tape
Brian T. Cunningham -- 1/2/2003, 10:45 pm
Re: Well they could be smoother
joaquin -- 1/2/2003, 8:49 am
sanded a layer off last night
Brian T. Cunningham -- 1/2/2003, 2:57 pm
strongback or ???
Brian T. Cunningham -- 1/2/2003, 3:07 pm
Re: No Butts
Mike Scarborough -- 1/1/2003, 2:13 pm
shearclamps are on .....
Brian T. Cunningham -- 1/1/2003, 3:22 pm
Re: Not Fair !!!
Rehd -- 1/1/2003, 2:25 pm