Re: [bolger] Micro plans

Sitka spruce?

HJ

John Blake wrote:

>For reference for anyone in Aus.
>I faxed FB&F the other day for a price on Micro plans posted to Aus.
>Got the reply today. $150 USD if anyone needs to know.
>
>Also have been checking out timber prices/avalability etc in WA, and have
>found clear oregan impossible to find (for spars), and *hugely* expensive.
>Does anyone know of an alternative, something that could be laminated up to
>do the job.
>
>
>

It's a bit fussy, but, when doing the rub rails on Dadink, a dinghy, I used
construction grade spruce (think leftover Christmas tree equivalents).
Terribly full of knots and needing to be bent. I was quite satisfied with
the results of "graving" chunks to replace the places where I cut out the
knots. Epoxy is wonderful stuff for us wood butchers.

For a mast, I'd consider wrapping the repaired places with fiberglass. If
you took a strip cut from normal fabric and went up diagonally at a 45
degree angle, you'd have the equivalent of the expensive stuff.

Roger
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http://derbyrm.mystarband.net/default.htm

----- Original Message -----
From: "John Blake" <vk6jrb@...>

> Also have been checking out timber prices/avalability etc in WA, and have
> found clear oregan impossible to find (for spars), and *hugely* expensive.
> Does anyone know of an alternative, something that could be laminated up
> to
> do the job.

For reference for anyone in Aus.
I faxed FB&F the other day for a price on Micro plans posted to Aus.
Got the reply today. $150 USD if anyone needs to know.

Also have been checking out timber prices/avalability etc in WA, and have
found clear oregan impossible to find (for spars), and *hugely* expensive.
Does anyone know of an alternative, something that could be laminated up to
do the job.

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