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Re: BIG fillets is the key
By:Hans Friedel
Date: 9/14/1999, 12:43 am
In Response To: BIG fillets is the key (Dean Trexel)

> After building my Arctic Tern, I paid more attention to the technique used
> in other boats, especially the local Michigan-made Betsie Bay plywood
> kayaks. I was suprised at the size of the fillets that are generally used.
> The ones I put in my Pygmy measure only about 1/2" across, so there's
> still a fairly sharp transition as you go from panel to panel. But the
> Betsie Bays use very large fillets, measuring more like 1 1/2"
> across. There's a lot of epoxy there, but their boats are still very
> light-weight. I'm not sure what kind of fillers (wood flour, Cab-O-Sil,
> etc.) they use.

Micro-ballons problably.

Messages In This Thread

oops, deck to hull seam
Dave Uebele -- 9/13/1999, 11:22 am
Re: oops, deck to hull seam
Dave Uebele -- 9/13/1999, 7:20 pm
Re: oops, deck to hull seam
Chris Bush -- 9/15/1999, 8:46 am
BIG fillets is the key
Dean Trexel -- 9/13/1999, 6:22 pm
Re: BIG fillets is the key
Hans Friedel -- 9/14/1999, 12:43 am
Re: oops, deck to hull seam
lee -- 9/13/1999, 3:34 pm
hull flex
Dean Trexel -- 9/13/1999, 6:17 pm
Re: oops, deck to hull seam
Tom Farre -- 9/13/1999, 12:26 pm