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Re: Cockpit coaming solutions?
By:Ben Staley
Date: 10/23/2001, 1:40 pm
In Response To: Cockpit coaming solutions? (Dan)

I had better luck doing them 1 by 1 but I was using 1/8" Ash without soaking first and the strips wanted to spring back so I had trouble clamping them all together. Others here have had good luck gluing and clamping all at once.

You could probably soak and prebend them all, letting them all dry to shape then glue them 1 x 1 or all together if you can work out how to clamp them.

3/4" sounds a bit thick for the coaming lip though, most have between 1/4" and 1/2" so there is enough room between the bottom of the lip and your deck (5/8" minimum) without needing to have a really tall coaming.

You're getting really close now!!

: I'm down to the wire with my guillemot expedition. I was wondering about some
: methods to attach the cockpit coaming. I am currently soaking the
: 1/8" cedar in a gutter to get it to flex a bit more...and it's
: working. I wrapped the coaming with a 1/8"x3/4" strip and
: clamped the heck out of it. I'm letting it dry to shape, so that I can
: epoxy the strip to the vertical strips. I've already glassed both the
: inside and outside of the vertical area, so I'm thinking that I will epoxy
: the 1st strip. Should I allow the strips to dry one at a time in order to
: give a good gluing surface? Epoxy or wood glue for the remaining strips?

Messages In This Thread

Cockpit coaming solutions?
Dan -- 10/23/2001, 1:24 pm
Re: Cockpit coaming solutions?
Brian Nystrom -- 10/23/2001, 2:55 pm
Re: Cockpit coaming solutions?
Ben Staley -- 10/23/2001, 1:40 pm
Re: Cockpit coaming solutions?
Dan -- 10/23/2001, 1:51 pm