Bob from Olympia, 28 GA build

[Rbob]

That will be easy.

[robertrosie5]

Found a soft spot on the plywood when I was blowing out the holes and putting leftover resin on from the scarf.  Glad I found it



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[robertrosie5]

I made a slice with the utility knife and was just going to put the resin through the crack but I ended up drilling holes all over to make sure I got all the separation filled


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[Brian.Dixon]

Yup... lots of today's plywood has voids in it.  They aren't always detected when the grading is going on at the mill.  Just fill 'er up... and keep going!

Brian

[BobC]

Looking good Rob.  Slow but steady wins the race...  I had that same gap at the chine on my second bow layer.  I think it is required ...  No problems filled with thickened Epoxy and rolled on.

[robertrosie5]

Got the rear side members installed, faired the bowstem and 10' or so of the shelves and some of the angled blocks installed.



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[Brian.Dixon]

That's a good idea, supporting the stringers in front of the transom with temporary framing ...takes a load off the transom and the ends of the shelves.

Looking great!  You'll have it upright before you know it!

Brian

[robertrosie5]

Thanks to you, just following instructions for the most part.
Just need to temp mount the sides, mark and cut.

Would you glass the inner side panels before trimming to fit?

I guess I should go fishing this weekend and think about it.


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[Rbob]

Brian,

On the use of nylon taffeta in place of Peel-Ply I can find polyester taffeta on ebay for $1 a yard. Does it matter? I also see stretch type so more thoughts to ponder for me. 

[Brian.Dixon]

1. Taffeta ...I'm betting you can use either nylon or polyester, but I'd test the polyester first.  I know the nylon works.  I would avoid stretchy material.

2. Glassing before installing side panels?  You can always glass the interior face of a concave surface first ...but I would likely stop the glass just short of the region that will be planed (etc) down for the  scarf joint, then glass over the scarf joint after it's cured and faired.

Brian

[robertrosie5]

I got 1 side installed and the other side cut out and glassed, almost I ran out of epoxy was about 3 feet to go on the aft panel. 

Ran out of aeromarine so i trimmed the cloth and will mix up Ebond epoxy tonight



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[robertrosie5]

I did not think about this until now but I probably could've just mixed up the E Bond and spread it right into the aeromarine and been done with it


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[robertrosie5]

Installing the sides was easy for me. I added cantilever supports for both sides. The support pieces were just pieces of plywood that I screwed into the building Jig and clamp to the shelves with the one and a half inch spacer between the support and the shelf.
At the bow area I slid an 8 foot 2 x 4 under the shelves and clamp to the shelves with the spacer block between the shelves and 2x4.
When I trimmed The bottom portion of the sides I left the tabs where they sit on the support then when I went to epoxy the side on I just simply set them on the supports and screwed the sides on.
Also for supprt at the bow area I cut 4x4's to fit under shelves.


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[robertrosie5]

Side install support


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[Brian.Dixon]

Those supports are a great idea!  When siding houses and what not, we do similar things... not sure why I didn't think of that for the boat!

Brian