The pieces of 1/4″ plywood that I laminated together…weren’t. I had gaps and I had to consign the piece to the scrap heap. That will teach me for trying to stretch the epoxy and not screw/clamp it together properly as I only weighted it down with a toolbox and bucket full of clamps.
I spent a [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Glassing’
June 24, 2008
10/195 June 18-23/2008 Leeboard
June 18, 2008
2/185 Laminate Leeboard Guide, Splitter
Today, I laminated 4 pieces of 1/4 inch scraps large enough to fabricate the upper leeboard guide from. Pretty straightforward, paint with unthickened epoxy then slightly thicken and spread on thickened epoxy before lining up and placing weight on top.
I also installed a Micro-Jig Splitter from Lee Valley on the Zero Clearance Insert on my [...]
June 16, 2008
1/181 Stem
All I worked on tonight was laminating two pieces of mahogany together to use for the stem. Pretty straightforward. Brush on unthickened epoxy, thicken the rest with wood flour and cabosil, spread it on, rub the two pieces together and then clamp together. I used 6 clamps on a 24″ long assembly. I laid the [...]
June 15, 2008
13/180 (Hours) Gunwales & Glass
Once again, I can’t remember everything in order but I got the last gunwale on and after it had pretty much cured, I took out the temporary form. Left the clamps on for overnight just in case although everything seemed to be completely set up. Man, it feels great to reach that point!
I did have [...]
June 9, 2008
12/160 Glassing, Scarfing, Sanding
Saturday, June 7th to Monday June 9th….
I can’t remember everything in order but here is what has been accomplished in the last 3 days…
Glassed the rear well, glassed the bulkheads in the cockpit…leaving only the four seams in the cockpit to complete once the gunwales are on. I sanded lots and lots and lots.
One thing [...]
June 6, 2008
6/148 More Glassing Continued….
I woke up early in the morning to glass the second compartment. I had it done by 9:30 and headed off to work.
I came home early from work..4ish…to be able to put a fill coat on and to start the rear engine well. I did that and then did some sanding in the front [...]
June 5, 2008
More glassing started…
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After the Red Wings ended the Penguins hopes for a 3-0 comeback I headed out to the garage to fillet the aft compartment with plans to glass the fillets in the morning.
Practice isn’t making perfect. I was still not very happy with how the fillets turned out but I am starting to care less about [...]
June 3, 2008
Fiberglass Hall of Shame
I don’t know if this work qualifies but it’s sure not as neat as I had hoped to make it….
The front compartment…
Aft Side Bulkhead #1….
The Anchor Well from H E L L
I am convinced that the only way to do these large glassing jobs without running into issues with not getting the next layer [...]
June 2, 2008
May 27 to June 2, 2008
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Long time no post! I have done quite a few things but can’t remember much of the exact days, etc. After filling the transom and working on the bottom a bit I was considering glassing the bottom and then using fairing compound to make it all pretty. I posted some questions to Duckworks forum on [...]
May 27, 2008
Monday, May 26, 2008
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Not much today. Put a fill coat of epoxy on the transom in the morning and in the evening I scraped it and sanded it and then put some Quick-Fair on.
