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Re: Material: Carbon Fiber -vs- Wood
By:Aaron H
Date: 11/13/2009, 9:40 am
In Response To: Re: Material: Carbon Fiber -vs- Wood (Chris Ostlind)

I stand corrected!

Good points about aesthetics and keeping an open mind :)

: When it comes to building a cored carbon skinned boat, the process
: is very much like that which one uses for a wooden boat. (e.g. a
: set of forms upon which you build your core prior to laminating
: with your preferred material) You do not have to vacuum bag to
: skins to get a good laminate. Vacuum bagging will produce a
: lighter, higher strength-to-weight ratio hull than without the
: technique, but it is not empirically necessary.

: Fairing a foam core is just about the same as doing it on a wooden
: boat... maybe even a bit easier, as the material is easier to
: remove.

: Two halves of the hull are built, one at a time and then assembled
: to create a final, enclosed hull volume. Foam cored boats are
: built with horizontal, as well as vertical joining seams, so the
: process is very familiar to wooden boat builders in this
: fashion.

Messages In This Thread

Material: Carbon Fiber -vs- Wood
Kim -- 11/10/2009, 5:06 pm
Re: Material: Carbon Fiber -vs- Wood
Greg H -- 11/16/2009, 3:16 pm
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kiim -- 11/18/2009, 8:39 pm
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kiim -- 11/18/2009, 4:52 pm
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kiim -- 11/17/2009, 7:35 pm
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kiim -- 11/20/2009, 8:17 am
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Bill Hamm -- 11/22/2009, 12:43 am
Re: Material: Carbon Fiber -vs- Wood
Aaron H -- 11/12/2009, 6:23 pm
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Chris Ostlind -- 11/13/2009, 12:16 am
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Bill Hamm -- 11/13/2009, 11:12 am
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Chris Ostlind -- 11/13/2009, 11:47 am
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Mike Savage -- 11/13/2009, 12:56 pm
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Chris Ostlind -- 11/13/2009, 1:15 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 11/13/2009, 4:02 pm
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Chris Ostlind -- 11/13/2009, 5:14 pm
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Jay Babina -- 11/14/2009, 9:56 am
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Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 11/16/2009, 12:43 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 11/17/2009, 1:11 am
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Etienne Muller - Ireland -- 11/14/2009, 3:15 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 11/14/2009, 10:06 am
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Mike Savage -- 11/14/2009, 8:09 am
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Bill Hamm -- 11/14/2009, 10:04 am
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Bill Hamm -- 11/13/2009, 9:20 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 11/13/2009, 9:21 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 11/13/2009, 12:36 pm
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Aaron H -- 11/13/2009, 9:40 am
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Greg H -- 11/12/2009, 12:07 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 11/12/2009, 2:03 pm
Re: Material: Carbon Fiber -vs- Wood
Craig Robinson -- 11/12/2009, 5:42 pm