Re: Micro chines
Pippo,
I do not think it necessary to tape the chines. I am working from
an older set of plans that does not mention anything about taping, or
even glassing.
I am glassing the bottom and sides anyway to ensure no leaks, and
will epoxy putty the bulkheads (after the hull is flipped). You
should
be ok.
My chines were spliced from short pieces at 8:1 and they worked
fine.
Good Luck,
David Jost
I do not think it necessary to tape the chines. I am working from
an older set of plans that does not mention anything about taping, or
even glassing.
I am glassing the bottom and sides anyway to ensure no leaks, and
will epoxy putty the bulkheads (after the hull is flipped). You
should
be ok.
My chines were spliced from short pieces at 8:1 and they worked
fine.
Good Luck,
David Jost
Giuseppe
I glassed my chines with overlapping 4oz tape (2 layers) precisely
because the chine strip looked awfully thin. I don't know whether I
actually need the extra strength, but I thought I'd rather have it
and not need it than need it and not have it. I put 2" wide tape on
the bottom of the bulkheads between the cabin and each free flooding
compartment on the premise that they can't be too water tight.
Tom Etherington
--- Inbolger@egroups.com, "Giuseppe Bianco" <giuseppe.bianco@a...>
wrote:
Do I really need to FG tape
I glassed my chines with overlapping 4oz tape (2 layers) precisely
because the chine strip looked awfully thin. I don't know whether I
actually need the extra strength, but I thought I'd rather have it
and not need it than need it and not have it. I put 2" wide tape on
the bottom of the bulkheads between the cabin and each free flooding
compartment on the premise that they can't be too water tight.
Tom Etherington
--- Inbolger@egroups.com, "Giuseppe Bianco" <giuseppe.bianco@a...>
wrote:
Do I really need to FG tape
> the chines outside? After all, I'll completely cover the Micro with5
> oz FG cloth in epoxy, overlapped at the chine, so I don't see theplan
> need for one more layer of FG there.
> I'm also thinking not to tape the bulkheads (inside) to the bottom
> and to the sides. I've a 3 cm wide gluing surface there which I
> to back up with epoxy putty fillets.
> Any thoughts? Thanks, and best, Pippo
Hi all - it's raining here after 3 months of clear skies and african
temperatures (we went up to 46°C!), so this weekend I'll most
probably do my FG butt joints to my Micro sides instead of going to
the beach.
In the meantime, I'm about to go to the lumberyard to order some long
(5 m) douglas fir stock for the chines, deck stringers, keel batten,
etc.
I plan to have my chines sized as per plans, i.e. 20x25 mm, which
seem a bit flimsy but I imagine that PCB sized those so that they
could take the bend with no problems. Since I'm using 10 mm plywood
(doubled at the bottom), the section at the chine will be 30x45 mm,
which seems beefy enough. My question is: do I really need to FG tape
the chines outside? After all, I'll completely cover the Micro with 5
oz FG cloth in epoxy, overlapped at the chine, so I don't see the
need for one more layer of FG there.
I'm also thinking not to tape the bulkheads (inside) to the bottom
and to the sides. I've a 3 cm wide gluing surface there which I plan
to back up with epoxy putty fillets.
Any thoughts? Thanks, and best, Pippo
temperatures (we went up to 46°C!), so this weekend I'll most
probably do my FG butt joints to my Micro sides instead of going to
the beach.
In the meantime, I'm about to go to the lumberyard to order some long
(5 m) douglas fir stock for the chines, deck stringers, keel batten,
etc.
I plan to have my chines sized as per plans, i.e. 20x25 mm, which
seem a bit flimsy but I imagine that PCB sized those so that they
could take the bend with no problems. Since I'm using 10 mm plywood
(doubled at the bottom), the section at the chine will be 30x45 mm,
which seems beefy enough. My question is: do I really need to FG tape
the chines outside? After all, I'll completely cover the Micro with 5
oz FG cloth in epoxy, overlapped at the chine, so I don't see the
need for one more layer of FG there.
I'm also thinking not to tape the bulkheads (inside) to the bottom
and to the sides. I've a 3 cm wide gluing surface there which I plan
to back up with epoxy putty fillets.
Any thoughts? Thanks, and best, Pippo