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Re: Strip: joining the halves
By:george jung
Date: 9/21/2009, 1:54 pm
In Response To: Re: Strip: joining the halves (Jay Babina)

: No matter who plans you are doing, there is a point when you glass the inside
: of the deck and hull. Once the hull is off the forms and the inside glass
: is hard to the touch, you want to put in a few forms and wrap some straps
: or bungee around them so the hull doesn't distort too much during the
: curing stage. Sometimes the hull can close in and that's what you most
: want to avoid. For the most part, most strippers align pretty good as far
: as the strips mating laterally, but almost all strippers need a little
: pushing and prying as far as the width. If the hull needs to be pulled
: out, you can use an old table knife that you bend an angle on. Once you
: pull it out, press down on the deck and that will hold it while you pull
: some strapping tape across the joint and it will hold fine. Make sure you
: wash any blush off the hull and deck otherwise the strapping tape slips.

I wondered about simply putting both the hull and deck back on the forms, still on the strongback, until the epoxy had 'aged' a bit. Will the boat still fit on the form/strongback, after adding that internal FG/epoxy?

Messages In This Thread

Strip: joining the halves
Les Cheeseman -- 9/20/2009, 5:55 am
Re: Strip: joining the halves
Rob Macks / Laughing Loon CC&K -- 9/22/2009, 11:20 am
Re: Strip: joining the halves
Jay Babina -- 9/21/2009, 1:28 pm
Re: Strip: joining the halves
george jung -- 9/21/2009, 1:54 pm
Strip: joining the halves
Jay Babina -- 9/22/2009, 8:56 am
Re: Strip: joining the halves
Bill Hamm -- 9/22/2009, 12:55 am
Re: Strip: joining the halves
Steve Rasmussen -- 9/21/2009, 8:47 am
Re: Strip: joining the halves
Ric -- 9/20/2009, 7:46 pm
Re: Strip: joining the halves
george jung -- 9/20/2009, 8:54 pm
Re: Strip: joining the halves
Bill Hamm -- 9/21/2009, 12:08 am
Re: Strip: joining the halves
Etienne Muller -- 9/20/2009, 5:03 pm
Re: Strip: joining the halves
Pawistik -- 9/21/2009, 12:57 pm
Re: Strip: joining the halves
Etienne Muller -- 9/25/2009, 10:58 am
Re: Strip: joining the halves
Bill Hamm -- 9/25/2009, 3:04 pm