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Re: Skin-on-Frame: Seamless Fiberglass
By:Bryan Hansel
Date: 11/2/2011, 12:15 am
In Response To: Re: Skin-on-Frame: Seamless Fiberglass (Roy Martin)

: Plywood is just the quick and dirty way to make a plug for a hard
: chinned kayak...you could make a strip built plug...SEE NO
: plywood:)

Someone going that route would need to pull a mold from the plug and prep the mold before making the actual part. Seems like a lot of work for a one-off. I still think the SOF to glass would be a faster plus less expensive way to make a hard-chined one-off. #1 you skip the hard part of making a plug and fairing the plug. The skin essentially fairs itself. #2 you don't need to mess with waxes and mold releases. And #3 if you did it right, you could make a SOF, too. Two boats in one. It's a win win. :)

Messages In This Thread

Skin-on-Frame: Seamless Fiberglass
Bryan Hansel -- 10/30/2011, 12:34 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Seamless Fiberglass
Mike Savage -- 10/30/2011, 5:03 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Seamless Fiberglass
Bryan Hansel -- 10/30/2011, 5:07 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Seamless Fiberglass
Robert W. -- 10/30/2011, 5:27 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Seamless Fiberglass
Bill Hamm -- 10/31/2011, 1:47 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Seamless Fiberglass
Bryan Hansel -- 11/1/2011, 11:23 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Seamless Fiberglass
Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 11/1/2011, 3:40 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Seamless Fiberglass
Bryan Hansel -- 11/1/2011, 9:43 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Seamless Fiberglass
Bill Hamm -- 11/1/2011, 4:22 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Seamless Fiberglass
Bryan Hansel -- 11/1/2011, 9:56 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Seamless Fiberglass
Roy Martin -- 11/1/2011, 10:04 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Seamless Fiberglass
Bryan Hansel -- 11/1/2011, 10:11 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Seamless Fiberglass
Roy Martin -- 11/1/2011, 10:17 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Seamless Fiberglass
Roy Martin -- 11/1/2011, 10:19 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Seamless Fiberglass
Bryan Hansel -- 11/2/2011, 12:15 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Seamless Fiberglass
Bryan Hansel -- 11/1/2011, 11:25 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Seamless Fiberglass
Mike Savage -- 11/1/2011, 2:26 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Seamless Fiberglass
Bill Hamm -- 11/1/2011, 4:06 pm
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StephenHJ -- 11/1/2011, 5:18 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Seamless Fiberglass
Bryan Hansel -- 11/1/2011, 10:06 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Seamless Fiberglass
Bill Hamm -- 11/2/2011, 1:48 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Seamless Fiberglass
Mike Savage -- 11/2/2011, 11:53 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Seamless Fiberglass
Bryan Hansel -- 11/1/2011, 10:01 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Seamless Fiberglass
Bill Hamm -- 11/2/2011, 1:52 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Seamless Fiberglass
Bill Hamm -- 11/2/2011, 1:53 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Seamless Fiberglass
Mike Savage -- 11/2/2011, 12:09 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Seamless Fiberglass
Bryan Hansel -- 11/2/2011, 12:52 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Seamless Fiberglass
Mike Savage -- 11/2/2011, 2:23 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Seamless Fiberglass *PIC*
Clayton Plunkett -- 10/31/2011, 10:17 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Seamless Fiberglass
Bryan Hansel -- 11/1/2011, 11:26 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Seamless Fiberglass
Clayton Plunkett -- 11/1/2011, 11:59 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Seamless Fiberglass
Bryan Hansel -- 11/1/2011, 9:54 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Seamless Fiberglass
Bill Hamm -- 11/2/2011, 1:58 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Seamless Fiberglass
Matthew Bastian -- 10/31/2011, 3:57 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Seamless Fiberglass
ancient kayaker -- 10/31/2011, 4:50 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Seamless Fiberglass
Bryan Hansel -- 11/1/2011, 11:29 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Seamless Fiberglass
Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 11/1/2011, 3:42 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Seamless Fiberglass
Bill Hamm -- 11/1/2011, 4:28 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Seamless Fiberglass
Bryan Hansel -- 11/1/2011, 9:44 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Seamless Fiberglass
Roy Martin -- 11/1/2011, 10:28 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Seamless Fiberglass
Jim Kretz -- 11/1/2011, 11:33 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Seamless Fiberglass
greg h -- 11/1/2011, 1:21 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Seamless Fiberglass
Bob Beaullieu -- 11/1/2011, 3:19 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Seamless Fiberglass
Bill Hamm -- 11/1/2011, 4:16 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Seamless Fiberglass
Bryan Hansel -- 11/1/2011, 9:52 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Seamless Fiberglass
Bryan Hansel -- 11/1/2011, 9:47 pm