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Re: Material: styrofoam boats?
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 8/5/2008, 5:12 am
In Response To: Material: styrofoam boats? (PatrickC)

: What is the feasability of making forms from the 2" thick 8'x4'
: styrofoam sheets from home depo? Then you could add forms between the
: forms to fill in all gaps, sand smooth and glass it over...then do the
: cockpit.

: Sounds like a fast way to make a boat?

Btw, was gonna mention this last night and forgot. If you do this most of the foam insulation board products have a UV filtering skin on one side, the printed side usually. If you play around with the edges you can get ahold of it and peel it off the sheet. Makes carving the foam a heck of alot easier and the film doesn't epoxy well.

Bill H.

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Material: styrofoam boats?
PatrickC -- 8/2/2008, 12:30 pm
Re: Material: styrofoam boats?
Bill Hamm -- 8/5/2008, 5:12 am
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dave -- 8/4/2008, 12:45 pm
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Chris Ostlind -- 8/4/2008, 4:44 pm
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Chris Ostlind -- 8/3/2008, 12:18 pm
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Mike Wolfson -- 8/4/2008, 6:47 am
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PatrickC -- 8/4/2008, 9:00 am
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Charlie -- 8/4/2008, 10:10 am
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Bill Hamm -- 8/3/2008, 2:12 am
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Bill Hamm -- 8/3/2008, 2:09 am
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Charlie -- 8/2/2008, 1:22 pm
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Glen Smith -- 8/2/2008, 1:16 pm
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Charlie -- 8/2/2008, 1:36 pm
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Glen Smith -- 8/2/2008, 2:31 pm
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Glen Smith -- 8/2/2008, 2:41 pm
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PatrickC -- 8/3/2008, 12:35 am
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Charlie -- 8/3/2008, 11:20 am
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PatrickC -- 8/3/2008, 1:08 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 8/4/2008, 1:20 am
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PatrickC -- 8/4/2008, 10:29 pm
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Paul G. Jacobson -- 8/9/2008, 5:53 am
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Bill Hamm -- 8/10/2008, 1:27 am
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PatrickC -- 8/10/2008, 9:32 pm
Re: Material: styrofoam boats?
Bill Hamm -- 8/11/2008, 1:37 am
Re: Material: styrofoam boats?
Bill Hamm -- 8/5/2008, 5:08 am