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Re: Strip: Finished Night Heron (high deck)
By:Matt Jakubek
Date: 7/19/2013, 10:40 pm
In Response To: Re: Strip: Finished Night Heron (high deck) (Kurt Maurer)

It's the vacuum. Exotic fibers, especially kevlar will just take up a lot more resin if you're laminating by hand. The vacuum also helps press the cloth as close to the core (the wood) as possible, leading to higher strength.

I am switching to carbon unidirectional on the inside and will try to infuse instead of using a vacbag. Let's see how it goes…

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Strip: Finished Night Heron (high deck) *PIC*
Matt Jakubek -- 7/19/2013, 8:34 am
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John Messinger -- 7/19/2013, 11:41 am
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Marc Upchurch -- 7/19/2013, 12:07 pm
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Matt Jakubek -- 7/19/2013, 12:26 pm
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Matt Jakubek -- 7/19/2013, 12:29 pm
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Mike Bielski -- 7/19/2013, 12:55 pm
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John McEwan -- 7/19/2013, 7:49 pm
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Matt Jakubek -- 7/20/2013, 10:11 am
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 7/19/2013, 12:50 pm
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Kurt Maurer -- 7/19/2013, 7:45 pm
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Matt Jakubek -- 7/19/2013, 10:40 pm
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Matt Jakubek -- 7/20/2013, 10:15 am
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Jim Farrelly -- 7/24/2013, 11:51 pm
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Jack Hawkins -- 7/20/2013, 5:22 pm
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Matt Jakubek -- 7/22/2013, 9:03 am
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David Bartnowski -- 7/22/2013, 12:02 pm