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Re: Strip: Fillet along inside stems?
By:KenC
Date: 6/15/2003, 10:24 am
In Response To: Strip: Fillet along inside stems? (Andrew Smith)

: I am ready to glass the inside of my hull. My internal stem pieces project
: into the boat about 1/4". Should I blend them in with a fillet or cut
: the glass so it wraps around them?

I didn't bother to glass over my internal stems where they project above the strips. I just cut the glass to lay flat alongside the stems. I have an external stem that mates up perfectly to the internal (bent & laminated at the same time), and on the outside stem I folded the glass over from each side, then added a bias-cut strip on top of that, so there are three layers of glass over the outer stem. With all that protection on the outer, I figured glassing over the internal stem was not necessary, structurally.

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Strip: Fillet along inside stems?
Andrew Smith -- 6/15/2003, 9:49 am
Re: Strip: Fillet along inside stems?
Wes -- 6/15/2003, 6:12 pm
Re: Strip: Fillet along inside stems?
Steve Frederick -- 6/15/2003, 4:12 pm
Re: Strip: Fillet along inside stems?
John Schroeder -- 6/15/2003, 2:17 pm
Re: Strip: Fillet along inside stems?
KenC -- 6/15/2003, 10:24 am