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Re: springback *Pic*
By:Ross Leidy
Date: 6/19/2000, 2:15 pm
In Response To: springback (Lou F.)

With the outside glassed, you'll still be able to flex the hull into position relatively easily. Once the inside is glassed, it gets harder. I made sheer-to-sheer spacer sticks that I put in place in the hull as soon as I had glassed the inside. This kept the dimensions close to those of the forms. I notched the fiberglass ahead of time, used packing tape on the tips of the sticks to keep them from becoming permanent, and used a strip of tape over the spacer to squeeze the hull against the spacer. When I glassed the insided of the deck, I used the same spacers (label them clearly). The photo is of the inside of the deck.

Hope this helps.

Ross

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Lou F. -- 6/19/2000, 12:35 pm
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Kent LeBoutillier -- 6/20/2000, 6:31 am
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Don Beale -- 6/19/2000, 2:28 pm
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Jerry Siegel -- 6/19/2000, 2:16 pm
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Ross Leidy -- 6/19/2000, 2:15 pm
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Don Bobzien -- 6/19/2000, 1:29 pm