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Correction
By:Ken Sutherland
Date: 4/20/2003, 2:35 pm

: Hi Chris,

Sorry there is a typo in the last post- the correction is in RED

: I had the same problem with my hull being slightly narrower than my deck.
: What I did was hotglue some small wood wedges on the underside of the
: deck. The wedges were spaced slightly less than 1/8" from the edge of
: the deck at 8"-12" intervals. When the deck was put on the
: wedges forced the hull to spread and conform to the shape of the deck. If
: after the deck was in place, the hull was a little proud I just pushed in
: on the hull to crush the tip of the wedge till the hull was exactly the
: right shape. I then did mini fillets between the wedges, after the fillets
: were cured I popped the wedges off and did a full fillet and taped the
: seam.
: If you look at the pic below you can see the inverted deck with the wedges
: hotglued in place. The pic seems to be losing pixels as I transfer it from
: on free photo hosting website to the next as they shut down. Hope you can
: see enough detail to get the idea of what I am talking about.

: Happy building!

: Ken

Messages In This Thread

S&G: deck fit problem after initial taping/epoxying
John Enyart -- 4/19/2003, 8:24 am
Re: S&G: deck fit problem after initial taping/epo
John Enyart -- 4/20/2003, 9:28 am
Re: S&G: deck fit problem after initial taping/epo
Chris Moore -- 4/19/2003, 8:17 pm
Re: S&G: deck fit problem - my results
Chris Moore -- 4/24/2003, 4:26 pm
Bring on the Dremel!
grant -- 4/24/2003, 7:28 pm
Re: S&G: deck fit problem after initial taping/epo *Pic*
Ken Sutherland -- 4/20/2003, 2:31 pm
Correction
Ken Sutherland -- 4/20/2003, 2:35 pm
Re: S&G: deck fit problem after initial taping/epo
Jim Kozel -- 4/19/2003, 9:19 pm
Re: S&G: deck fit problem after initial taping/epo
Don Lucas -- 4/19/2003, 10:51 am