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Re: One Reason to Glass Plywood Bulkheads
By:Shawn B
Date: 4/26/2000, 12:07 pm
In Response To: Plywood Bulkheads (DaveW)

I can think of one good reason for glassing a plywood bulkhead:

If you're planning to install a foot pump on the front bulkhead, I'd recommend at least glassing the fore side of the bulkhead for strength for when you're really pumping to beat the band.

Shawn

: I'm building a Pygmy Coho and getting started on the hatches and bulkheads.
: The instructions call for glassing both sides of the plywood bulkhead and
: then using glass tape to attach the bulkheads to the boat. I'm tempted to
: simply put a couple of coats of epoxy on the bulkheads and then glue them
: in place making a nice fillet on each side.

: I've found there is often a good reason that the instructions say to do a
: task a certain way but in the case it seems like overkill. I read the
: minicell versus plywood bulkhead discussion a while back realized that
: there are some on this board that will tell me that minicell is the way to
: go. But I've decided on plywood for certain.

: If I skip the glassing and taping am I headed for trouble?

: -DaveW

Messages In This Thread

Plywood Bulkheads
DaveW -- 4/25/2000, 6:20 pm
Re: Plywood Bulkheads
Wayne g. -- 4/26/2000, 11:36 pm
Re: One Reason to Glass Plywood Bulkheads
Shawn B -- 4/26/2000, 12:07 pm
Re: Plywood Bulkheads
John B. -- 4/25/2000, 10:01 pm
Re: Plywood Bulkheads
Dennis -- 4/25/2000, 7:42 pm
Re: Plywood Bulkheads
Bill Heuser -- 4/25/2000, 9:51 pm
Re: Plywood Bulkheads
Jason A. -- 4/25/2000, 7:30 pm
Re: Plywood Bulkheads
Eric Schade (Shearwater Boats) -- 4/30/2000, 12:51 pm
Re: Plywood Bulkheads
Berkeley C. -- 4/26/2000, 11:26 am
Re: Plywood Bulkheads
Erez -- 4/25/2000, 7:20 pm
Re: Plywood Bulkheads
Dean Trexel -- 4/25/2000, 7:01 pm
Re: Thin Plywood Bulkheads
Shawn B -- 4/26/2000, 11:44 am
Re: Outer Island update
Dean Trexel -- 4/26/2000, 7:45 pm