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Re: Strip: Hatch lip
By:Clayton Plunkett
Date: 3/17/2010, 4:44 pm
In Response To: Strip: Hatch lip (Joe Whitman)

: I am in the middle of building my hatch lips out of 6 oz. glass.
: How many layers do you suggest? I did 6 layers and they turned
: out to be about 3/32 thick on the flat parts, is this to thin?
: Thanks for the help.
Hi Joe,
I have used the same and they turned out about that thick with no problem. That was a flat lip like Nick's book illustrates. I have just finished a recessed channel type lip, also known at the One Ocean Kayak method using carbon and glass. The latter was thicker due to the formed Chanel and it seems stiffer. I think both ways will hold the lid in place under the loads of the retention system you use. The desire to over build is hard to over come. Have fun.
Clayton

Messages In This Thread

Strip: Hatch lip
Joe Whitman -- 3/17/2010, 3:13 pm
Re: Strip: Hatch lip
Clayton Plunkett -- 3/17/2010, 4:44 pm
Re: Strip: Hatch lip
Joe Whitman -- 3/18/2010, 12:48 pm
Re: Strip: Hatch lip
Clayton Plunkett -- 3/18/2010, 1:01 pm
Re: Strip: Hatch lip
Kurt Maurer -- 3/17/2010, 7:11 pm