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Re: Material: Foam bulkheads
By:JohnK
Date: 8/21/2008, 6:30 pm
In Response To: Re: Material: Foam bulkheads (David Woodham)

You should be able to find plenty of suggestions if you do a search on this site. Its been discussed before.

: Thanks everyone. That's the info I needed. I'll try some of the slow cure
: 5200 to seal them in place. I don't have a form from a place in the boat
: that would make a suitable bulkhead template (the nearest form that
: wouldn't shrink the cockpit too much was directly underneath the lip of
: the hatch, and that's overly far foward for the person who is going to be
: using this boat). I'll either be trying to hunt down some of that
: kneadable putty that hardens when it cures (I think it's called engineer's
: spline), and making an outline around the inside of the boat with that, or
: maybe using an adjustable angle finder and ruler to take measurements of
: the outside, and then just make a template out of those measurements and
: cut a cardboard version out. I could shave that down until it fit, I
: guess.

: If anyone has any better suggestions, I'm all eyes.

: -David

Messages In This Thread

Material: Foam bulkheads
David Woodham -- 8/20/2008, 11:34 am
Re: Material: Foam bulkheads
Paul Grant -- 8/20/2008, 6:28 pm
Re: Material: Foam bulkheads
David Woodham -- 8/21/2008, 9:34 am
Re: Material: Foam bulkheads
JohnK -- 8/21/2008, 6:30 pm
Re: Material: Foam bulkheads
Scott Fitzgerrell -- 8/24/2008, 10:52 pm
Re: Material: Foam bulkheads
Bill Hamm -- 8/20/2008, 5:52 pm
Re: Material: Foam bulkheads
Brian Nystrom -- 8/21/2008, 6:26 am
Re: Material: Foam bulkheads
Bill Hamm -- 8/23/2008, 1:16 am
Re: Material: Foam bulkheads
Bill Hamm -- 8/22/2008, 1:50 am