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Strip: First strip idea *PIC*
By:Matt Jakubek
Date: 4/22/2013, 11:57 am

I am working on a Night Heron at the moment, trying to achieve a very lightweight build. Therefore I want to vacuum the cloth onto the hull and deck to get maximum strength with as little resin as possible.
To get the vac foil sealed at the edges I needed to come up with an idea to get some space for the sticky rubber. So I made a notch on each side of every form so I could fit in the first strip horizontally - the overlap will later take up the rubber. Besides, I realized this might also help me joining hull and deck together, giving me some clamping surface. Once joined i can simply plane the overlap off and do the outer glassing of the deck.

Any comments?

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Strip: First strip idea *PIC*
Matt Jakubek -- 4/22/2013, 11:57 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 4/22/2013, 12:58 pm
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Matt Jakubek -- 4/22/2013, 1:23 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 4/22/2013, 1:14 pm
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Matt Jakubek -- 4/22/2013, 1:32 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 4/22/2013, 4:17 pm
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Robert l -- 4/23/2013, 10:25 am
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Matt Jakubek -- 4/23/2013, 11:06 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 4/23/2013, 12:43 pm
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Matt Jakubek -- 4/23/2013, 1:16 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 4/23/2013, 2:35 pm
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Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 4/23/2013, 11:25 am
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Robert Horstmann -- 4/23/2013, 12:22 pm
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Matt Jakubek -- 4/23/2013, 12:27 pm
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Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 4/23/2013, 12:29 pm
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Robert Horstmann -- 4/23/2013, 12:40 pm
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Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 4/23/2013, 12:59 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 4/24/2013, 1:19 am
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Matt Jakubek -- 4/24/2013, 10:24 am
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Bill Hamm -- 4/28/2013, 1:16 am
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Justin -- 4/30/2013, 3:35 am
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Bill Hamm -- 4/24/2013, 1:17 am
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Matt Jakubek -- 4/23/2013, 12:24 pm
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Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 4/23/2013, 12:47 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 4/24/2013, 1:22 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 4/23/2013, 12:49 pm
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Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 4/23/2013, 1:07 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 4/23/2013, 2:33 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 4/24/2013, 1:25 am
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 4/22/2013, 2:11 pm
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Matt Jakubek -- 4/22/2013, 2:35 pm
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Paul Davies -- 4/22/2013, 2:44 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 4/22/2013, 4:21 pm
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Matt Jakubek -- 4/22/2013, 4:38 pm
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Robert l -- 4/22/2013, 3:33 pm
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Marc Upchurch -- 4/22/2013, 10:58 pm
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Matt Jakubek -- 4/22/2013, 11:09 pm
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Marc Upchurch -- 4/23/2013, 8:14 am
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Robert Horstmann -- 4/23/2013, 11:52 am
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Matt Jakubek -- 4/23/2013, 11:54 am
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Robert Horstmann -- 4/23/2013, 12:11 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 4/24/2013, 1:29 am
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Bill Hamm -- 4/24/2013, 1:38 am
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Matt Jakubek -- 4/24/2013, 9:08 am
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Robert Horstmann -- 4/24/2013, 12:05 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 4/24/2013, 1:26 pm
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Robert Horstmann -- 4/24/2013, 1:36 pm
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Matt Jakubek -- 5/27/2013, 11:47 am