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Re: Strip: Sucking up the gaps *PIC LINK
By:Gordon Snapp
Date: 1/3/2003, 12:14 pm
In Response To: Strip: Sucking up the gaps *PIC LINK (Dale Frolander)

Great pictures, great boats! What kind of boat is the triple? I'm curious as to the electrical wiring in your strongback. Did you rig an outlet? Is it some sort of diabolical device? What is it?!

: Here's an idea in case any of you haven't thought of this yet.

: I had a gap between a couple strips that was unacceptable. I had already
: glued on the next strip so tape wasn't going to make it come back
: together. I just glued on a couple of scraps to the outside and clamped
: them in place. I went to work on a different area, and came back to it an
: hour later. I just squirted some glue in the gap, sucked it up with a
: clamp, and went to bed. When I checked on it in the morning the glue held
: with no problem.

: Later I took off one block with a spoke shave and one with a dremel with a
: drum sander attachment. Both ways worked great.

: Go to http://photos.yahoo.com/fastmountainbiker click on the kayak folder
: and look for picture glue_blocks.

Messages In This Thread

Strip: Sucking up the gaps *PIC LINK
Dale Frolander -- 1/3/2003, 4:14 am
Re: Strip: Sucking up the gaps *PIC LINK
Shawn Baker -- 1/3/2003, 1:46 pm
Re: Strip: Sucking up the gaps *PIC LINK
Gordon Snapp -- 1/3/2003, 12:14 pm
Re: Strip: Sucking up the gaps *PIC LINK
Dale Frolander -- 1/3/2003, 9:17 pm
Re: Strip: Sucking up the gaps *PIC LINK
Rick Allnutt -- 1/3/2003, 9:00 am