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Re: fiberglass chopper gun
By:Steve Groufsky
Date: 2/3/2000, 4:25 pm
In Response To: Re: fiberglass chopper gun (Robert)

> Yes I had thought about doing a hand lay up but with a chopper gun i could
> do the hull with out some dring to fast and have a soild hull. if it was
> going to be a small boat i may but i am looking at building a 65' hull.

A chopper gun is used mainly to lay up a hull in a female mold what type of ship do you intend to build? Must hulls the size you are talking about are built with a core material or the hull is built with a timber frame covered in marine ply and glassed inside and out. A glass hull of 65feet will need some sort of reinforcement think of the weight involved.

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fiberglass chopper gun
Robert -- 2/2/2000, 9:02 pm
Re: fiberglass chopper gun
Steve Groufsky -- 2/3/2000, 12:53 am
Re: fiberglass chopper gun
Robert -- 2/3/2000, 8:56 am
Re: fiberglass chopper gun
Steve Groufsky -- 2/3/2000, 4:25 pm
Re: fiberglass chopper gun
Robert -- 2/3/2000, 8:02 pm
Re: fiberglass chopper gun
Steve Groufsky -- 2/3/2000, 8:48 pm
Re: fiberglass chopper gun
Robert -- 2/3/2000, 9:03 pm
Re: fiberglass chopper gun
Steve Groufsky -- 2/3/2000, 9:25 pm
Re: fiberglass chopper gun
Robert -- 2/4/2000, 9:26 am
Re: fiberglass chopper gun
Steve Groufsky -- 2/5/2000, 5:17 am
Re: research other building methods
lee -- 2/4/2000, 10:08 pm
Re: fiberglass chopper gun
Bart Castleberry -- 2/4/2000, 9:24 pm
Re: fiberglass chopper gun
Nolan -- 2/3/2000, 2:43 pm
Re: fiberglass chopper gun
Paul G. Jacobson -- 2/3/2000, 1:13 pm
Re: fiberglass chopper gun
Robert -- 2/3/2000, 7:52 pm
Re: fiberglass chopper gun
lee -- 2/2/2000, 10:47 pm
Re: fiberglass chopper gun
Robert -- 2/3/2000, 9:00 am
Re: fiberglass chopper gun
Shawn Baker -- 2/3/2000, 10:34 am