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Re: Strip: Coaming riser fillet
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 6/15/2011, 8:24 am
In Response To: Re: Strip: Coaming riser fillet (ancient kayaker)

: You can buy flexible plastic shapes for making neat fillets around
: the edges of bathtubs, different diameters on each corner: I
: don't use much epoxy so I haven't tried it but it should work
: great with epoxy.

The filet is actually structural, it adds to the strength of the coaming riser. It's not just the idea of getting a radius.

There can be a heck of alot of stress on the coaming and the riser, want it as strong as possible.

Bill H.

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Strip: Coaming riser fillet *PIC*
Jim Schaffer -- 6/13/2011, 8:20 pm
Re: Strip: Coaming riser fillet
Ian Cummins -- 6/13/2011, 10:42 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 6/14/2011, 1:24 am
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JohnK -- 6/14/2011, 3:18 am
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mtkayak (Mike Trutwin) -- 6/14/2011, 9:26 am
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Jim Schaffer -- 6/14/2011, 9:45 am
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Ian Cummins -- 6/14/2011, 10:43 am
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Bill Hamm -- 6/14/2011, 12:26 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 6/14/2011, 8:08 pm
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Jim Schaffer -- 6/14/2011, 10:03 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 6/15/2011, 8:24 am