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Stressed Out/Relief ??
By:Rehd
Date: 10/26/1999, 1:09 am

Nick and Others

I have noticed many folks having trouble with hulls and decks being way out of alignment and am wondering, is this a really common problem and rather than stressing all the decks and hulls by pulling them beck into shape, what would cure this problem before it happens ??? It seems that pieces built on the same mold would just naturally fit together problem-free. There are a lot of great minds out there, and it would be a great way to kill some time, kicking this problem around and see what comes of it. I admittedly, have NO experience with this particular problem, but, when I run into a situation where a lot of the same thing is happneing to a lot of different folks, I'm thinking there is a big NO NO going on there. Is this happening just to one sort of resin? Is it a particular technique that is causeing it? Is the cloth being laid on in an inapropriet direction? Is there some kind of srinkage going on from the fiberglassed side and not on the uncoated, or just resined side? Are the halves being removed from the frames or mols too soon? Hmmmmmmmmmm !! It just seems to me that there shouldn't be this sort of "Warpage" on something built on a frame or mold.

Also, when the two pieces are being put together with such force, are you not creating stresses into the boat that would make it susseptable to damage a lot easier? I'm a first timer and getting ready to start on a boat and this is a bit stressing on ME !!

Any takers on these questions??

Rehd

Messages In This Thread

Stressed Out/Relief ??
Rehd -- 10/26/1999, 1:09 am
Re: Now Relieved {:o)
Rehd -- 10/27/1999, 1:41 am
Re: Now Relieved {:o)
lee -- 10/27/1999, 9:38 pm
Re: Shorthand ;o)
Rehd -- 10/27/1999, 9:45 pm
Re: A guy with a sense of humor!
Don Beale -- 10/27/1999, 11:26 am
decks the hulls with rolls of folly
Ed Valley -- 10/26/1999, 1:52 pm
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Don Beale -- 10/26/1999, 12:30 pm
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Kent LeBoutillier -- 10/26/1999, 12:02 pm
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Jack -- 10/26/1999, 10:54 am
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Ross Leidy -- 10/26/1999, 9:58 am
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 10/26/1999, 9:33 am
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Nolan -- 10/26/1999, 9:30 am
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lee -- 10/26/1999, 2:16 am