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Re: Strip: Laminating the coaming lip
By:Kurt Maurer
Date: 10/18/2010, 9:39 am
In Response To: Re: Strip: Laminating the coaming lip (Jay Babina)

: Question: with your method, did the lip fit well and did you just
: prop it up to height on the coaming to epoxy it? In other words,
: was it tight enough to stay up in position so you could wipe up
: any epoxy under it?

As for me, my rim is glued up all at once with Titebond II, takes one afternoon to cold mold it using the riser as the mold, one afternoon to finish out and make ready for installation. I glue rim to riser with Cab-O-Sil thickened epoxy, clamp with spring clamps, am able to get 'er perfectly clean, and with a tiny fillet underneath. I finish up the job by carefully drilling 1/8" holes thru the riser into the lip and pegging with dowels. Mark drill bit with tape for depth. I space dowels about every third or fourth vertical riser strip. Makes a very strong coaming.

I thought the dowels would look kinda cool (but then, I think staple holes look kinda cool), but actually they tend to disappear and be amazingly difficult to locate.

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Strip: Laminating the coaming lip *PIC*
Ian Johnson -- 10/17/2010, 8:16 pm
Re: Strip: Laminating the coaming lip
Rod Tait -- 10/18/2010, 4:13 pm
Re: Strip: Laminating the coaming lip
Jay Babina -- 10/18/2010, 7:58 am
Re: Strip: Laminating the coaming lip *PIC*
Ian Johnson -- 10/18/2010, 5:04 pm
Re: Strip: Laminating the coaming lip
Kurt Maurer -- 10/18/2010, 9:39 am
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J Law -- 10/18/2010, 12:53 am
Re: Strip: Laminating the coaming lip
G New -- 10/17/2010, 10:21 pm
Re: Strip: Laminating the coaming lip *PIC*
Kurt Maurer -- 10/17/2010, 9:43 pm
Re: Strip: Laminating the coaming lip
Ian Johnson -- 10/17/2010, 10:18 pm
Re: Strip: Laminating the coaming lip
Kurt Maurer -- 10/17/2010, 11:22 pm
Re: Strip: Laminating the coaming lip
Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 10/18/2010, 5:42 am
Re: Strip: Laminating the coaming lip
Kurt Maurer -- 10/18/2010, 9:28 am
Re: Strip: Laminating the coaming lip
Bill Hamm -- 10/18/2010, 2:58 pm