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On Mon, 23 Aug 2010 08:07:25 -0700 (PDT), Frogwatch
wrote: Can anybody suggest any guides on using corecell as the forms for glassed over structural parts and then using sheet corecell glassed for the hull? How do you glass both sides of something that is so enclosed like the interior of a small boat? Couple of thoughts. The okume suggestion is good if you want to build a new one, very strong, light weight, and rot resistant. More radical is to use one of the old boats as a male mold for a new hi tech composite hull. If you cover the old hull with plastic sheeting and mold release you should be able to pop the new hull off when you're finished with the glass and foam work, even if you have to use a few staples to hold things in place while you're working. Ideally you'd like to use pre-preg glass or some sort of ultra slow cure epoxy so that you could vacuum bag the whole thing. It will end up slightly bigger than the original but that shouldn't be a problem unless you are doing one design class racing. |
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