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Re: Material: Ribs and Frames
By:Justin
Date: 3/1/2015, 7:00 am
In Response To: Re: Material: Ribs and Frames (Tim Abram)

No reason not to, but laying an outer skin, then foam core, then an inner skin would be much faster and easier, and the weight penalty need not be much - indeed this might even be lighter, since with proper foam the skins can be very thin, depending on what you want from the boat

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Material: Ribs and Frames
timabram -- 2/27/2015, 9:51 am
Re: Material: Ribs and Frames
Bill Hamm -- 2/27/2015, 1:32 pm
Re: Material: Ribs and Frames
Tim Abram -- 3/1/2015, 5:05 am
Re: Material: Ribs and Frames
Justin -- 3/1/2015, 7:00 am
Re: Material: Ribs and Frames
Bill Hamm -- 3/1/2015, 9:13 am
Re: Material: Ribs and Frames
Bill Hamm -- 2/27/2015, 1:34 pm
Re: Material: Ribs and Frames
timabram -- 3/13/2015, 8:29 am