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Re: Off Topic: 85 foot lathe
By:Jack Sanderson
Date: 11/20/2003, 5:27 pm
In Response To: Re: Off Topic: 85 foot lathe (Dave Schneider)

: So what's the "chamber" in the top left corner of picture? An oven?

It's an autoclave. We use it to bake parts at 3 atmospheres pressure. In doing so we get better linking of the epoxy molecules and better fiber to resin ratios. The Autoclave is 65 ft long and sticks out into the back parking lot like an oversized torpedo tube. We can roll 60’ masts into it but the larger ones need to be air cured or made in sections and fitted together. I bake all my kayaks in it.

Regards,

Jack

Messages In This Thread

Off Topic: 85 foot lathe *Pic*
Jack Sanderson -- 11/19/2003, 11:48 pm
85 foot lathe update *Pic*
Jack Sanderson -- 11/22/2003, 12:10 pm
85 foot lathe update *Pic*
Jack Sanderson -- 11/22/2003, 12:17 pm
Pretty cool stuff, Jack. *NM*
Robert N Pruden -- 11/20/2003, 4:09 pm
Re: Off Topic: 85 foot lathe
Paul Jacob -- 11/20/2003, 2:02 pm
Re: Off Topic: 85 foot lathe
srchr/gerald -- 11/20/2003, 10:46 am
Boat Building = vow of poverty
Jack Sanderson -- 11/20/2003, 5:40 pm
Re: Off Topic: 85 foot lathe
Dave Schneider -- 11/20/2003, 9:09 am
Re: Off Topic: 85 foot lathe
Jack Sanderson -- 11/20/2003, 5:27 pm
Re: Got MY Attention..!! :)
Rehd -- 11/20/2003, 12:03 am
Re: Got MY Attention..!! :)
Jack Sanderson -- 11/20/2003, 12:45 am
Re: Got MY Attention..!! :)
Rehd -- 11/20/2003, 1:06 am
Re: Off Topic: 85 foot lathe *Pic*
Jack Sanderson -- 11/19/2003, 11:59 pm
Re: Off Topic: 85 foot lathe
Greg Morse -- 11/21/2003, 8:17 am
Re: Off Topic: 85 foot lathe
John Thomas -- 11/20/2003, 12:03 am
Re: Off Topic: 85 foot lathe
John Thomas -- 11/19/2003, 11:59 pm
Re: Off Topic: 85 foot lathe
Jack Sanderson -- 11/20/2003, 12:46 am
Another picture of the 85 ft mast *NM* *Pic*
Jack Sanderson -- 11/19/2003, 11:54 pm
Re: Another picture of the 85 ft mast
Chris Ostlind -- 11/20/2003, 12:05 am