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Re: Strip: Fiberglassing the seam
By:Sam McFadden
Date: 5/31/2016, 2:06 pm
In Response To: Re: Strip: Fiberglassing the seam (Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K)

Yes, Funny how the lab results,
stink in the real world

It’s not that “lab results stink in the real world”.

It’s that not everyone who looks at lab results has the background to understand how they apply to the real world.

Which is fine, unless the conversation drifts into a realm that requires some understanding that isn’t there. For example, the common opinion that ‘bias cut tape provides a stronger seam because more fibers cross the joint’ can be shown to be incorrect based on lab results.

Careful commonsense thought can also show that if we assume the bias cut seam does have more strength than 0-90 tape of equivalent weight, the additional strength is of no practical significance.

Sam

Messages In This Thread

Strip: Fiberglassing the seam *PIC*
Fred Brown -- 5/29/2016, 6:02 pm
Re: Strip: Fiberglassing the seam
Rod Tait -- 5/29/2016, 9:07 pm
Re: Strip: Fiberglassing the seam
Fred Brown -- 5/29/2016, 10:07 pm
Re: Strip: Fiberglassing the seam
JohnAbercrombie -- 5/29/2016, 11:10 pm
Re: Strip: Fiberglassing the seam
Fred Brown -- 5/30/2016, 6:46 am
Re: Strip: Fiberglassing the seam - bias cut is al
Ian Johnson -- 6/1/2016, 7:46 am
Re: Strip: Fiberglassing the seam - bias cut is al
Bill Hamm -- 6/2/2016, 12:49 am
Re: Strip: Fiberglassing the seam - bias cut is al
ian johnson -- 6/2/2016, 6:22 pm
Re: Strip: Fiberglassing the seam - bias cut is al
Sam McFadden -- 6/2/2016, 8:23 pm
Re: Strip: Fiberglassing the seam - bias cut is al
Bill Hamm -- 6/3/2016, 7:37 am
Re: Strip: Fiberglassing the seam - bias cut is al
Ian johnson -- 6/5/2016, 5:46 am
Re: Strip: Fiberglassing the seam
Brian Nystrom -- 5/30/2016, 4:02 pm
Re: Strip: Fiberglassing the seam
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 5/30/2016, 4:32 pm
Re: Strip: Fiberglassing the seam
Marc Donnelly -- 5/29/2016, 10:18 pm
Re: Strip: Fiberglassing the seam
Craig -- 5/30/2016, 6:06 am
Re: Strip: Fiberglassing the seam
Fred Brown -- 5/30/2016, 6:51 am
Re: Strip: Fiberglassing the seam
Bill Hamm -- 5/31/2016, 12:46 am
Re: Strip: Fiberglassing the seam
Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 5/30/2016, 10:19 am
Re: Strip: Fiberglassing the seam
JohnAbercrombie -- 5/30/2016, 11:43 am
Re: Strip: Fiberglassing the seam
Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 5/30/2016, 12:07 pm
Re: Strip: Fiberglassing the seam
JohnAbercrombie -- 5/30/2016, 12:17 pm
Re: Strip: Fiberglassing the seam
Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 5/30/2016, 1:45 pm
Re: Strip: Fiberglassing the seam
JohnAbercrombie -- 5/30/2016, 2:09 pm
Re: Strip: Fiberglassing the seam
JohnAbercrombie -- 5/30/2016, 2:16 pm
Re: Strip: Fiberglassing the seam
Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 5/30/2016, 2:27 pm
Failure modes
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 5/30/2016, 4:04 pm
Re: Failure modes
Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 5/30/2016, 5:08 pm
Re: Failure modes
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 5/30/2016, 7:27 pm
Re: Failure modes *PIC*
JohnAbercrombie -- 5/30/2016, 9:16 pm
Re: Failure modes
Bill Hamm -- 5/31/2016, 12:54 am
Re: Failure modes
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 5/31/2016, 11:07 am
Re: Failure modes
Marc Upchurch -- 5/31/2016, 12:14 pm
West System failure tests for strips
Mike Bielski -- 5/31/2016, 11:35 pm
Re: Strip: Fiberglassing the seam
Sam McFadden -- 5/31/2016, 2:06 pm
Re: Strip: Fiberglassing the seam
Marc Upchurch -- 5/31/2016, 3:38 pm
Re: Strip: Fiberglassing the seam
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 5/31/2016, 4:26 pm
Re: Strip: Fiberglassing the seam
Sam McFadden -- 5/31/2016, 5:01 pm
Re: Strip: Fiberglassing the seam
Bill Hamm -- 6/1/2016, 12:42 am
Re: Strip: Fiberglassing the seam
Bill Hamm -- 5/31/2016, 12:50 am
Re: Strip: Fiberglassing the seam
Fred Brown -- 5/30/2016, 11:59 am
Re: Strip: Fiberglassing the seam
Fred Brown -- 5/30/2016, 7:35 pm
Re: Strip: Fiberglassing the seam *PIC*
Etienne Muller -- 5/31/2016, 3:18 am
Re: Strip: Fiberglassing the seam
Bill Hamm -- 6/1/2016, 12:45 am