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Re: glass problems
By:Don Varnau
Date: 10/10/1998, 3:37 pm
In Response To: glass problems (chris_rolt)

> I'm building a pygmy stitch 'n glue boat. I'm joining the panels together
> to make the full length panels which will be stitched together to form the
> hull.

> The panels butted up against each other & a layer of thin glass tape
> is applied to one side. You then put a sheet of mylar over the top &
> put a couple of pounds on top. After curing you flip it over & repeat
> on the other side.

SNIP

Chris,

By way of clarification... I thought that the butt joints on Pygmy boats were backed up with a small piece of plywood on the face which will be inside the finished boat and that you then glassed both sides of the joint. Do they no longer do it that way?

Don

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glass problems
chris_rolt -- 10/10/1998, 10:04 am
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Peter S. -- 10/10/1998, 9:25 pm
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Don Varnau -- 10/10/1998, 3:37 pm
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chris_rolt -- 10/10/1998, 3:45 pm
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L.C. -- 10/10/1998, 7:58 pm
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Jon K. -- 10/10/1998, 3:24 pm
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chris_rolt -- 10/10/1998, 3:49 pm