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Re: Strip: Sometimes you eat the Bear
By:James Neely
Date: 1/24/2002, 10:50 am

: Wonder what method you used for maintaining the relative widths correctly on
: both deck and hull AFTER the forms were removed while the insides of each
: were being glassed. I have only come up with marking points along the way
: with adheasive tape and taking careful measurements at each one. Then
: carefully checking all these measurments at the time of glassing for both.
: And just check and check and adjust and hope it works out in the mating.
: Is there a better way, that you found to do this??

: Joe

Joe,
Nope, I just glassed the inside of the deck as soon as the inside of the hull had cured enough to move it off the cradle. The temp and humidity in my shop is very stable, and I think that helped. Plus I had glassed the outside of both the hull and deck while the forms were still in.

I think it's called the dumb luck approach.

James

Messages In This Thread

Strip: Sometimes you eat the Bear *Pic*
James Neely -- 1/23/2002, 2:15 pm
Re: Strip: Sometimes you eat the Bear
LisaS -- 1/23/2002, 9:33 pm
Re: Strip: Sometimes you eat the Bear
Don Beale -- 1/23/2002, 8:22 pm
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Steve Frederick -- 1/23/2002, 8:03 pm
Re: Strip: Sometimes The Bear Eats You
James Neely -- 1/24/2002, 10:39 am
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Erich Eppert -- 1/25/2002, 1:31 am
Re: Strip: Sometimes you eat the Bear
Joe -- 1/23/2002, 8:03 pm
Re: Strip: Sometimes you eat the Bear
James Neely -- 1/24/2002, 10:50 am
Re: Strip: Sometimes you eat the Bear
Joe -- 1/24/2002, 10:57 am