tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91493067153727488962024-03-13T00:00:02.428-08:00Construction of the Boat BWConstruction of a wooden boat using the stitch and glue boat building method.Mo 'Poxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00754976088853653994noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149306715372748896.post-7717896653203854962017-11-16T14:45:00.000-09:002018-03-03T13:40:55.407-09:00Excess Poxy<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Where to put that excess poxy?</h2>
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The stuff is too expensive to just throw away. </div>
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I built a little dam in the bow of my kayaks and kept pouring/placing anyexcess in there to reinforce the fragile bow and to accommodate the bow loop.</div>
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Using excess poxy, I built up a glob in the stem of the sharpie, scull and Boat BW to accommodate the bow loop.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Completed glob in stem of sharpie. The bulge is where the bow<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Start of the glob in the stem of the BW</td></tr>
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Read more about the infamous glob in the Boat BW at <a href="http://boatbw.blogspot.com/2015/03/glob-blog.html" target="_blank">Glob Blog</a></div>
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Parfait Anyone?</h2>
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While building the BW, after the glob was complete I started dumping the excess poxy in a wax cup. When the cup was full, I peeled the wax cup away. </div>
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That cup is the only poxy thrown away during the building of the BW which consumed 32 gallons of poxy. Always having a next step ready for the excess poxy is the trick to avoiding waste.</div>
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Then I coated a couple of Saltine crackers with neat poxy and topped them with thickened poxy.</div>
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For a while I refused to discard the used disposable foam and chip brushes and stacked them artistically (well, as artistically as I am capable). The residual poxy in the foam/bristles glued them all together into a glorious sculpture.</div>
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If the poxy manufacturers would meet my demand for edible poxy, use of the excess poxy would not be an issue.</div>
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<br />Mo 'Poxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00754976088853653994noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149306715372748896.post-41155616001162471132017-04-07T16:12:00.002-08:002019-05-04T15:33:58.578-08:00Plans Now Available<br />
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I have created a set of plans for building the BW. These are very detailed plans complete with pages of thorough step-by-step instructions with numerous photographs, and 21 detailed, scaled, computer-drafted drawings with all the necessary dimensions.</h2>
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Construction:<o:p></o:p></div>
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Plywood/fiberglass/epoxy
stitch-and-glue<o:p></o:p></div>
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Hull
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Planing, semi-V, 8° deadrise aft,
12° deadrise mid-ship, chine flats and lifting strakes<o:p></o:p></div>
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Length
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23 feet<o:p></o:p></div>
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Beam
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5’-9”<o:p></o:p></div>
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Draft:<o:p></o:p></div>
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6 inches with outboard motors up<o:p></o:p></div>
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Hull
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Bottom: ½ inches, deck: ½ inches, sides:
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Side
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20°<o:p></o:p></div>
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Deck:<o:p></o:p></div>
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Continuous from chine-to-chine. Not
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Weight
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2,000 pounds<o:p></o:p></div>
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Outboard motor or motors totaling
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400 pounds<o:p></o:p></div>
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15°<o:p></o:p></div>
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31 knots with twin 50Hp OBs at WOT<o:p></o:p></div>
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1.8 gallons per hour per OB, at 24
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">How much did it cost to build the BW?<span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<i style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">In 2016, it cost me $11,200 USD for the materials to build the BW hull with </span></i><i style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">an anchor well, a forward locker, a fuel locker, a steering system and a pilothouse console with laminated safety glass windows.</span></i><i style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"> I used Hydrotek
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<i style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Here is my 2016 cost breakdown for the hull only, not including a boat trailer, outboard motors, fuel system and USCG-required safety gear:<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">For the hull with an anchor well, a forward locker, a fuel locker, slopwell and a modest pilothouse console, I spent 600 hours
building it. Being that the BW was the tenth boat that I have built, it will
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<i style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">The hours spent working on the boat are not the only consideration. The
calendar time also matters. Due to the curing time of epoxy, it is difficult to
work more than a few hours a day. After a few hours you will have something
glued with epoxy that cannot be disturbed until the epoxy cures. This often
ends the day’s work session. That is why even though it took me </span></i><i style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">only </span></i><i style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">600 hours, it took 15 months to build the BW.</span></i></div>
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<i style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">It is possible to reduce the calendar time by having several things
being fabricated at the same time so that when one item is waiting for the
epoxy to cure, you can be working on another item. However, this takes planning
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<i style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">I built my BW in a shop that was 12 feet wide x 25 feet deep. But the
width available for the boat was only 10 feet due to a 2-foot workbench that
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<i style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">It was tight. I had to build all the big items and hang them from the
ceiling before starting to assemble the hull. Once the hull started being
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<i style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">I put the hull on a wheel dolly so I could push it to one side of the
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<i><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">The BW is a big home-build project. It is larger but not much more complex than the kayaks, dories, drift boats and little runabouts that are common first-time-builder </span></span></i><i><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">stitch-and-glue boats</span></span></i><i><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">. Due to its size, the BW will take time, space, money and patience to complete.</span></span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Some, but not much, woodworking experience is
necessary. There is no complex joinery and only a few compound angles. </span></span></i><i><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">A little ability to read plan drawings is required. </span></span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">However, stitch-and-glue
boats are amazingly forgiving since epoxy is really strong and you can use thickened epoxy to fill in and fair over carpentry imperfections then hide the faired imperfections with paint. This is why shipwrights
hate stitch-and-glue boats and call them Bondo Boats. </span></span></i><br />
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Mo 'Poxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00754976088853653994noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149306715372748896.post-90015926932162624892017-01-27T12:43:00.000-09:002017-01-27T16:02:23.945-09:00Cookie Method<div class="MsoNormal">
So you have decided to treat yourself to a boat. You are the
do-it-yourself type and you are trying to decide between building a boat or
buying a boat. You have the time, patience and space to build a boat and you
are wondering whether to build from scratch or build from a kit. Yet those are
not the only options.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<li>Wing it without plans and build from scratch.</li>
<li>Follow a set of plans and build from scratch.</li>
<li>Build from a pre-cut kit.</li>
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None of the options is any better than the other. All have
merit and which way to go is simply a matter of personal preference. Which
option is best for you?</div>
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Before you decide, you might want to factor in consideration
of the future. When launching or retrieving your boat, someone may ask, “Did
you build that boat?” You may feel different levels of satisfaction when
answering “Yes” compared to when answering “No.” If you answer “Yes” be
prepared for the next series of questions, “Did you build from a kit?” “Did you
use a set of plans?” What answers would grant you your desired satisfaction?<o:p></o:p></div>
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Your decision will require some introspect to determine your
personal preferences. I like to use the cookie method to provide introspect
into myself. Here is the cookie method.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I have decided to treat myself to cookies. I have the time,
patience and space to bake cookies and I am wondering whether to bake from
scratch or buy some cookies? Those are not the only options.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<li>Wing it without a recipe and bake from scratch.</li>
<li>Follow a cookie recipe and bake from scratch.</li>
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None of the options is any better than the other. All have
merit and which way to go is simply a matter of personal preference.</div>
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But before I decide, I factor in consideration of the
future. When sharing the cookies, someone may ask, “Did you bake these
cookies?” I feel far different levels of satisfaction when answering “Yes”
compared to when answering “No.” If I answer “Yes” I am prepared for the next
series of questions, “Did you use pre-mixed batter?” “Did you follow a recipe?”
The answers that grant me my desired satisfaction are factored into my decision.<o:p></o:p></div>
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When I bake cookies I always bake from scratch. I have never
baked from pre-mixed batter. I have occasionally bought ready-to-eat cookies.
When I bake from scratch I usually start with a recipe but I always wing it a
bit by varying slightly from the recipe. I love it when someone asks, “Did you
make these cookies?”<o:p></o:p></div>
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When I build a boat I always build from scratch. I have
never built from pre-cut kit. I have occasionally bought ready-to-go boats.
When I build from scratch I usually start with plans but always wing it a bit
by varying slightly from the plans. I
love it when someone asks, “Did you build this boat?”<o:p></o:p></div>
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As you try to decide between building or buying a boat and
you consider the different options for building, maybe the cookie method will
also help you understand your preferences.<o:p></o:p><br />
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Mo 'Poxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00754976088853653994noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149306715372748896.post-42160848653532328322016-08-12T14:10:00.000-08:002016-08-12T14:10:04.710-08:00PL Failure<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Originally</span> I planned to lay cheap outdoor carpet on the boat
deck without fastening or gluing the carpet to the deck. But trailering caused
the carpet to twist into a trip hazard nightmare so I decided to glue the
carpet down.</div>
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After hearing lots of good things about Loctite PL
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I was a little concerned about the warning on the label “<i><span style="color: red;">Not
Recommended For Underwater applications.</span></i>” I wasn’t sure if that warning meant “<i><span style="color: blue;">don’t
don your scuba gear and dive in with your caulk gun and try to glue two submerged
pieces together</span></i>,” or, “<i><span style="color: blue;">after gluing two pieces together in the dry, do not let
them get wet.</span></i>” Either way, it doesn’t sound good for boating.<o:p></o:p></div>
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PL 3x and 8x - “<i><span style="color: red;">Not Recommended For Water submersion applications</span></i>.” </div>
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picked only sunny days for boating and the only water inside the boat was a few
drops off of our boots during beach launchings. I was impressed that it held
while trailering and the swirling wind inside the boat did not break the carpet
loose. Then we had our first rainy trip.<o:p></o:p></div>
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like Georgia rain. Just looking at the boat from shore it was obvious she was becoming
a large bird bath. When it was time to leave, I paddled the kayak out and
climbed into the boat. In the aft corner where the water ponded up to 4 inches
deep, the carpet was floating. The PL not only disbonded from the carpet but it
also disbonded from the deck and there were pieces of PL free floating in the puddle. Outside of the puddle the carpet was still bonded to the deck.</div>
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may not be able to get the carpet out. I wondered
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">A Summary of Building the Boat BW</span></b></div>
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Having built nine stitch-and-glue boats, I decided to build
a tenth and I
decided to design my own boat using a one-quarter scale model and computerized
drafting.<br />
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See <a href="http://boatbw.blogspot.com/2014/09/building-bw-scale-model.html">Building BW Scale Model</a> for more details</div>
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With the design complete, I compiled a list of materials. As
far as wood, there are only two types of wood in the BW – Hydrotek BS-1088
meranti plywood and clear pine.<br />
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See this blog for more details<br />
<a href="http://boatbw.blogspot.com/2014/10/meranti-and-moose.html">Meranti and Moose</a><br />
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The meranti plywood is not stocked locally but
the quantities are easily estimated so ordering and shipping went smoothly. The
clear pine is available at the local DIY store but finding pieces that are not
damaged, have minimal warp and are attractive, is difficult. Instead of buying
all of the pine at once, I bought a few sticks at a time so I could be picky
and get just the right pieces.<o:p></o:p></div>
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One of the challenges in building the BW was limited shop
space. Building an 8-foot x 23-foot boat in a 12-foot by 25-foot space was
interesting. I knew that once I stitched the hull together, it would occupy all
of the shop space leaving no room to fabricate the rest of the pieces. </div>
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I
fabricated the bottom panels, transom, side panels, knees, lifting strakes,
spray rails and rubrails in advance. After completing each piece, I hung it from
the ceiling to make room for more work. With all the pieces hanging from the ceiling,
the shop looked like a scene from a horror movie - a jungle of guillotines.<o:p></o:p></div>
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See <a href="http://boatbw.blogspot.com/2014/10/biggens-outta-littlens.html">Biggens Outta Littlens</a> and<br />
<a href="http://boatbw.blogspot.com/2014/11/be-sides.html">Be Sides</a> for more details</div>
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With fabrication of the individual pieces complete, it was
time to build a boat. The first step was to build the bottom. When I fabricated
the bottom panels, I stitched the keel line together. Now it was just a matter
of bringing the ½-inch panels down from the ceiling, spreading them open to the
desired deadrise along the length, and taping the keel line.</div>
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At this point, the shape of the keel line is defined and I
can fabricate a keel. Sure, stitch-and-glue boats don’t have a “keel” so to
speak. Well, this one does. I built it with 2x6 and 2x10 hemfir lumber, joined
together with rabbet joints then cut to match the bottom panel keel profile and
deck profile. The final keel piece looks like an Nike swoosh stretched to 20 feet long with a
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With the keel in place, I installed bulkheads and additional
structural members to create flotation chambers and additional connections
between the bottom and deck. The keel and five bulkheads on each side create twelve
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Next step: install the deck. The deck spans from chine to
chine, extending past the bottom panels a few inches to create chine flats and
is made from a series of ½-inch meranti, with scarf joints. This boat requires
five deck panels, plus a few scraps, to complete the deck which provides the
lids for the twelve flotation chambers. I installed one deck panel each day,
using temporary clamping screws to hold the panels in place until the epoxy
cures. I removed all temporary clamping screws, during the entire build process
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After all of the deck panels were
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In order to provide support for the side panels, I installed the transom and some transom knees for extra support of the future outboard motors.<br />
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Here comes the fun part. I lowered the side panels down from
the ceiling, positioned them and stitched them to the transom and deck. The side
panels were pre-drilled for stitching and the stem was stitched before hanging
the side panels from the ceiling. Temporary spreaders were installed to get the
side panels to their final shape and the interior joints were epoxied and taped
with biaxial fiberglass. Typical of stitch-and-glue - after the epoxy cures, remove
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Twenty-two knees, eleven per side, were epoxy-glued to the
inside of the side panels for connection to the future sheer deck. The sheer
deck is comprised of a layer of ½-inch ACX plywood covered by a layer of
3/8-inch meranti. The sheer deck was installed proud of the knees and side
panels then cut and sanded flush with the knees and side panels.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I installed the inwhale and rubrail with the top edges proud
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flush with the sheer deck. The cut edges of the inwhale and rubrail were rounded
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After flipping the boat, the exterior chine joints are epoxied
and taped with biaxial fiberglass and the bottom and side panels are completed
by painting the bottom and varnishing the side. The bottom cannot be finished
bright because the heavy biaxial fiberglass tape at the chines is opaque. The
paint extends up the side as needed to cover the biaxial tape and fairing. The
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For more details see <a href="http://boatbw.blogspot.com/2015/05/the-last-10.html">The Last 10%</a><br />
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Build the pilothouse center console, put her on a trailer and install the motors and controls<br />
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Mo 'Poxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00754976088853653994noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149306715372748896.post-36453974805978848932016-06-26T17:29:00.000-08:002016-06-30T15:43:10.301-08:00Drill a Hole in the Bottom of Your Boat<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
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You stitched the plywood together at the joints and coated both sides of the joints with
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forehead. You once even forget to add the hardener to a batch of epoxy and the
next day, when you saw the uncured mess, you shed a tear. You have given the
proverbial blood, sweat and tears, along with lots of money, to create a
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Something is wrong. You put the drill down and ponder. You
are about to drill a hole in your hull - the hull that you gave blood sweat,
tears and money to make water-tight. If you drill this hole, your hull will no
longer be water-tight.<o:p></o:p></div>
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For some silly reason, you think that you need a drain hole.
But it doesn’t feel right - drilling a hole in the bottom of the boat to let
the water out. It doesn’t even sound right - <i>drilling a hole in the bottom of the boat to let the water out</i>. A hole
in the bottom of the boat to let the water out - <b>now that is ironic.</b><o:p></o:p></div>
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The purpose of your boat’s hull is to keep the water on the
outside from getting to the inside. If you drill a hole in the hull, doesn’t
that defeat the purpose of the hull? To which you answer, “<i>But I am going to put a plug in the drain hole to keep the water on the
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intentionally introduced, with a plug. After which you get to spend the rest of
your life trying to remember to install the plug and hoping that the plug holds.
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Even if you drill a hole in the bottom of the boat to let
the water out, the hole will not let all of the water out. There will still be
a puddle or two that won’t completely drain. So, should you drill more than one
hole? Should you drill five or ten holes?<o:p></o:p></div>
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Before you drill that hole in the bottom of the boat to let
the water out, you might ask yourself, why don’t I simply avoid this the threat
in the first place? You realize that by not drilling a hole in the bottom of the
boat to let the water out, you will avoid a threat to the hull integrity (the
drain hole) and you will not need to rely on mitigation of the threat (the
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But there it is again. For some silly reason, you think that
you need to drill a hole in the bottom of the boat to let the water out. So you
ask yourself, why do I need to drill a hole in the bottom of my boat to let
the water out? Well, for one, if you do not drill a hole in the bottom of your
boat to let the water out, you will have to deal with water inside the boat.
Yes, but don’t tell me that you gave all that blood, sweat, tears and money, to
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the end of the world. If you built a boat that cannot get wet, then by all
means, drill a drain hole. In fact, drill five or ten because one drain hole
surely will not drain all of the water. And, do not put that boat in the water because
if you do, it will get wet. And a boat that can’t get wet - <b>now that is ironic</b>.</span></span></div>
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Mo 'Poxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00754976088853653994noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149306715372748896.post-8307030138256379172016-05-18T09:48:00.000-08:002017-07-03T09:52:59.375-08:00Put 'er in the Water !!<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Time to put her in the water !!</b></span><br />
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On the road for a test float<br />
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I was worried that she might not float off of the trailer at this flat beach launch site. I untied her completely and left her unsecured on the trailer. As I was backing her into the water enough to start the motors, she was so anxious to go that she slid quite easily off of the trailer before I was ready. She had no lines securing her and she floated freely on the lake. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Anchor well bulkhead ready for installation</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Locker top and anchor well bulkhead installed</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Meranti laminated over locker top and drain edge installed<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Glassing the edge of the locker lid</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Locker lid completed with drip edge</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fore locker and anchor well ready for varnish</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Anchor well floor painted with RustOleum Topsides White Gloss</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">Locker floor painted with RustOleum Topsides White Gloss</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Slopwell floor painted with RustOleum<br />
Sand Beige Gloss (Yuck!) Need to repaint<br />
with a different color</td></tr>
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Slopwell floor painted with Pettit Easypoxy </div>
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Bright Work Brown Gloss (much better)</div>
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In front of the pilothouse console will be a locker to house a pair of 19-gallon saddle tanks. The locker will also serve as seats.<br />
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I did not like the flat lid for the fuel locker so I rebuilt it with a curve to match the pilothouse curved roof.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Members for the curved fuel locker lid glassed and<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Members for the curved fuel locker lid </span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">assembled<br />as a frame</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Curved fuel locker lid glued to frame</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Inside of curved fuel locker lid varnished</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Inside of curved fuel locker lid varnished</span></td></tr>
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Four coats of varnish on the fuel locker <span style="font-size: 12.8px;">lid.</span></div>
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this installation is temporary until I<br />
decide how far fore/aft I want the fuel tanks.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Glassing the select pine <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Laminating 9mm meranti to the select pine <span style="font-size: 12.8px;">frame pieces</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Epoxying the 12mm meranti panel into the <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Glassing the rounded edge of the select pine frame</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Laminating two layers of 18mm meranti together the create<br />the bench-front support blocks</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Glassing the <span style="font-size: 12.8px;">bench-front support blocks</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Reinforcing for the hull side panels where the<br />bench-front support blocks will be installed</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Dry fit to determine location of the bench-front support blocks</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Bench-front support block glued installed</span></td></tr>
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Been trying different ideas for clear non-skid surface on bright-work. Found this product "Seymour Good Grip" at Lowes web site and ordered some.<br />
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Tried it on a test varnished panel.<br />
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On the plus side, it is definitely clear and after curing it is non-skid and seems hard to scratch. Unfortunately it takes the gloss off and leaves an eggshell finish. But I guess that should be expected in an non-skid surface. I would probably use it except....<br />
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As soon as I sprayed it on, some areas immediately started to peel/flake before drying and remained that way after drying.<br />
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And the Lowes website did not mention what it says on the can, "Recoat every few months."<br />
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I hate sanding. But it's gotta happen to smooth out the lumps and remove the sheen from the epoxy wherever varnish or paint will be applied.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One coat of <span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Pettit Easypoxy </span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Bright Work Brown Gloss</span> on the deck</td></tr>
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Cables are routed from the console to the transom, above deck, with no deck penetrations.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cables run under the sheer, through <a href="http://boatbw.blogspot.com/2014/10/i-have-my-kneeds.html">holes drilled in the knees</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Completed console. I am not a huge fan of bling (chart plotters<br />
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Looks like the old trailer is too short. Even with the axle as far back as possible, when I install the outboards there will not be enough tongue weight. Time for a new trailer that can handle the new, longer boat.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Run lines from the bow loop to a tree at the stern</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Use the car to pull the old trailer out from under her, placing<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Resting on tires waiting for the new trailer</td></tr>
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This is a great way to test the strength of the new boat, yanking it on and off trailers, in the dry, a couple of times.<br />
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Got the new trailer. A single axle 3100-pound capacity King galvanized trailer.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Starting to wench her on to the new trailer</td></tr>
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Just a little canola oil on the bunks to help the boat slide on.<br />
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Built my own engine lift to move the old Honda 50Hp 4strokes from the old Lady C to the new boat.<br />
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Mo 'Poxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00754976088853653994noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149306715372748896.post-27795636994193144722016-02-18T12:11:00.000-09:002018-12-07T17:12:55.852-09:00Pilothouse Console<b><span style="font-size: large;">Pilothouse Console</span></b><br />
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I ordered more meranti BS1088 plywood, fiberglass and epoxy. While waiting for the orders to arrive, I designed the pilothouse console.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;"> Side view Rear view Front view<br />
Pilothouse console<br />
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Design details...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">Elevation</td></tr>
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Materials have arrived. Time to start cutting and glassing.<br />
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I saved the plywood pieces cut out to make the openings for the side windows and windshield. The glass supplier used the plywood pieces as templates for cutting the 1/4-inch laminated safety glass windows and windshield.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">Exterior window frames cut from select pine and epoxied to the<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">Pilothouse console in final position.<br />
<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Pilothouse v</span>arnish complete (2 coats on interior surfaces,<br />
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4 coats on exterior horizontal <span style="font-size: 12.8px;">surfaces</span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">)</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Column splice and top half</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">fastened </span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">to bottom half </span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">with brass screws</span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">from inside</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Interior of pilothouse console glassed to deck with<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Exterior of pilothouse console glassed to deck</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Vent tube, for venting the bulkhead chamber beneath the deck,<br />
installed on the inside wall of the pilothouse, with a cap.</td></tr>
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It is a sunny windy day so I thought I would drag her outside and do some sanding in the wind.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">She hasn't seen the light of day in a long time.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It is going to be a tight fit...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Oh shit! Gonna have to raise the house 1 inch.</td></tr>
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Mo 'Poxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00754976088853653994noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149306715372748896.post-33995966222033417002016-02-15T10:54:00.003-09:002016-02-15T10:54:39.965-09:00Does Size Matter?<div style="text-align: center;">
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I think, in general, stitch and glue boat builders oversize the fillets. The epoxy is orders-of-magnitude stronger than the wood and especially stronger than plywood. The weak link in a plywood/epoxy joint is the bond between the plies of the plywood.</div>
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I had a few extra sections of a plywood/epoxy joint that were headed for the trash. But, since I love destructive testing, I put them to good use.</div>
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This is a very small epoxy fillet in 9mm BS1088 Hydrotek meranti. The legs of the fillet are maybe ¼-inch. This is way too small for a boat hull but plenty big for a cabinet.</div>
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The outside has 6oz. fiberglass tape set in epoxy.</div>
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I thought I could break them with my hands. I couldn't. I had to whoop 'em with a hammer.</div>
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Notice that the fillet is intact.</div>
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As expected, the mode of failure is disbonding of the plywood plies.</div>
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But, this comes at the expense of large amounts of epoxy. And epoxy ain't free!!! </div>
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Fiberglass set in epoxy will also spread the load over greater plywood area. Pound for pound, a small fillet covered with heavy fiberglass set in epoxy is probably a more efficient use of epoxy than a gigantic fillet.</div>
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<br />Mo 'Poxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00754976088853653994noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149306715372748896.post-74835302397991703482015-11-24T10:09:00.001-09:002017-04-24T13:32:30.156-08:00To Foam or Not to Foam<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><i>So you are building a boat and wondering whether to put foam in the flotation chambers. I'll share my thoughts. But in the end, you have to decide.</i></span></div>
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<i><b><span style="font-size: large;">Are you required to have flotation?</span></b></i></div>
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First, let's ask, "<i><b>Am I required to have flotation?</b></i>"<br />
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Do your own lawyering - review the applicable regulations and decide for yourself.<br />
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Me? I don't mass-produce boats for sale and I don't care what the regulations say.<br />
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Whether required or not, should you have flotation?<br />
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Remember that you boat's hull is it's flotation. The hull is the primary flotation. Hopefully you have built a hull that floats.<br />
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If for some unexpected reason, your hull suddenly stops floating, it would be nice to have other flotation, such as secondary flotation.<br />
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The remainder of this post will use the term "flotation" to mean "secondary flotation."<br />
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I am not concerned with my hull suddenly not floating. I count on workmanship and seamanship to ensure that it floats. I have many boats without flotation and I am quite comfortable motoring, rowing or paddling without flotation. However, if during construction of your boat you encounter a convenient means to provide flotation, why not include flotation? <br />
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If you install lockers for storage, think about installing the locker access on the top and everything beneath being water-tight. That way, the only way water can get into the locker is through the top. If you have water that deep in your boat, you have bigger problems than the locker flotation..<br />
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Storing fishing gear and ropes in the locker reduces it's buoyancy but it still has some trapped airspace that has flotation.<br />
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You can't fill the locker completely with foam, otherwise it cannot be used for storage. Maybe you can fill it partially with foam.<br />
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A common flotation space is between the deck and the hull bottom.<br />
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I decided to use the space between my deck and my hull as secondary flotation. There are twelve separate bulkheaded chambers below my deck. I did not install any foam.<br />
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I also install a forward locker with a lid that will provide some secondary flotation.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>To Foam or Not to Foam</b></i></span></div>
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Foam or airspace? </div>
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Airspace or plastic soda bottles? </div>
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Plastic soda bottles or ping-pong balls?</div>
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First, let's talk about the advantages and disadvantages of foam and airspace...</div>
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If you have a hull breach below waterline, it would be nice to have foam to minimize water intrusion. Of course foam would be nicer than air, obviously foam is the way to go!</div>
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But wait...what if you do not know about the leak? It's a pin hole and is slowly saturating your foam. It has been there for years. Then, one day, you think, "Gee it sure was hard pulling the boat onto the trailer. The boat seems heavier than normal." </div>
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So you launch the boat and notice that the starboard stern seems to be lower in the water than the rest of the boat. This leak and saturated foam is not that bad since, well, you have been motoring around with it for a while and never noticed it until today. And even today was a good day of boating and you did not notice the list until pulling the boat out and re-launching. </div>
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If a tree falls in the woods and nobody hears it, does it make a sound?</div>
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If a boat's hull leaks and it doesn't affect the boat, does the leak matter?</div>
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...<b><i>not until the foam starts to rot. </i></b></div>
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Now you discover that the entire flotation chamber is saturated with water and the foam is doing nothing more than keeping the water in. </div>
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So you drill a hole to drain the chamber and three years later the water has still not completely drained from the foam and the foam is moldy and starting to rot your wooden boat hull.</div>
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As you embark on severely intrusive surgery to remove the foam (in medical terms, a foamectomy) you cuss the foam and wish you would have never installed it. You really wish your flotation chamber was just a sealed airspace.</div>
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You are planing along at 25 knots when you hit a submerged steel shipping container. It blasts a hole 6-inches in diameter in your hull. After picking your teeth out of the steering wheel, you think, "Boy, I sure am glad that I have foam." So, in this case, foam was the right choice, unless...</div>
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You are planing along at 25 knots when you hit a submerged steel shipping container. It blasts a hole 6-inches in diameter in your hull. After picking your teeth out of the steering wheel, you think, "Boy, I sure am glad that I have bulkheaded airspace chambers."</div>
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In this scenario, foam is a good idea if you have no bulkheads. But if you have bulkheaded airspace chambers, is foam a good idea? Yes, until you develop a pinhole leak that you do not know about.</div>
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<b><i>There is no clear-cut answer to the "To foam or not to foam" question.</i></b></div>
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The word "wax" represents many things. The moon has a "waxing" phase. You can "wax" philosophically. There is floor wax and candle wax. Ocassionally one mobster "whacks" another. </div>
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Like the word "wax", "foam" is a generic term for many things. </div>
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If you are wearing shoes, there is probably foam in the sole. If you are sitting, there is probably foam in your chair or sofa. </div>
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Foam is a lattice with air space. Like a house of cards but the cards are glued together for strength.</div>
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The world's neatest foam is Aerogel. Google it or read about it in "<span style="line-height: 1.255;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00E78IFV2?keywords=stuff%20matters&qid=1448396123&ref_=sr_1_1_ha&s=digital-text&sr=1-1">Stuff Matters: Exploring the Marvelous Materials That Shape Our Man-Made World</a>" by </span>Mark Miodownik.<br />
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In "closed-cell" foams, each chamber is surrounded by six cards and there is no way out. Theoretically, water cannot move through closed-cell foams. In reality, regardless of what the foam salesman says, no foam is 100% closed cell.</div>
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In "open cell" foams, each chamber has an opening to other chambers and water can flow through. Although, due to the tiny size of the chambers and the surface tension of water, the water does not move easily through.</div>
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The most common types of foam used for flotation are rigid and flexible foams. Here is a description of the four common boat flotation foams.</div>
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There is lots of technical information on these foams but be leery of the manufacturer's information. They have a way of twisting the facts to enhance sales.</div>
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Often called "urethane," polyurethane rigid insulation is commonly used for boat flotation foam. It is the coolest of all foams because it comes as a liquid aerosol in a can or a two-part liquid mix. You can spray the liquid into odd-shaped spaces and watch it expand. Or, you can mix parts A and B and poor the mix into odd-shaped spaces and watch it expand and fill the space.<br />
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Other than the toxicity of the liquid form, the down side of urethane is that it is open-cell and, over time, it absorbs water. If submerged, it will saturate in a matter of months. Once saturated, it will take months or years to dry out. </div>
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I once took a saturated brick of urethane and dried it in a soil-drying oven. It took six months in the oven to completely dry out. When saturated, the water weighed ten-times the weight of the dry foam.<br />
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Like "wax" and "foam," "styrofoam" can mean a variety of things. With respect to boat flotation, the two common styrofoams are ex<u>pan</u>ded polystyrene and ex<u>tru</u>ded polystyrene. They are quite different.<br />
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Similar to urethane, it is made by mixing chemicals together and allowing the mix to expand and cure. The mixing and curing are done at the factory. The resulting blob is cut with hot wires into rigid boards. The boards are usually 2 or 4-feet by 8-feet and 2 to 4-inches thick.<br />
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Although not as permeable to water as urethane, ex<u>pan</u>ded polystyrene absorbs water. It is kinda open-cell. The voids between the beads are connected for free flow of water. Although no foam is completely water resistant, the beads themselves are fairly water resistant.<br />
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Ex<u>tru</u>ded polystyrene is a type of styrofoam used commonly in wet environments. Although not completely water resistant, it is considered to be "closed-cell" and it is fairly water resistant. It takes years, maybe decades, of submersion to saturate it. It saturates faster under a thermal and vapor-barrier gradient. Once saturated, it practically never dries out.<br />
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It is available in compressive strengths ranging from 20 to 150 pounds per square inch.</div>
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The challenge with rigid board insulations is fitting them into odd-shaped spaces.<br />
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Both expanded and extruded polystyrene foam have very poor resistance to liquid hydrocarbons (oil, gasoline, diesel, etc.). They melt into goo when exposed to gasoline.<br />
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Polyethylene is a soft foam insulation. It is considered to be "closed cell" and performs well in wet environments. It is kinda hydrophobic - water don't like it and it don't like water.<br />
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<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">Alternatives to Foam</span></i></b></div>
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There are many alternatives to foam for flotation. Two that interest me are <span style="text-align: center;">plastic soda bottles and ping-pong balls.</span><br />
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<span style="text-align: center;">Plastic soda bottles are polyethylene plastic and they last forever. They are filling up our landfills and not degrading. They are available in sizes ranging from 4-ounce bottles to 2-liter bottles. You could use a variety of sizes to fit your flotation chamber. The upsides are they will probably last forever and they cost nothing. The downsides are they don't fit snuggly together and removal, if needed, would require intrusive surgery.</span><br />
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<span style="text-align: center;">I don't know much about ping-pong balls but I am intrigued. They are plastic but I don't know about their longevity. They won't fit snuggly together but removal, if needed, would</span><span style="text-align: center;"> </span><span style="text-align: center;">require</span><span style="text-align: center;"> only a small hole and a vacuum hose.</span><br />
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Mo 'Poxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00754976088853653994noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149306715372748896.post-60416542402184660482015-07-20T11:29:00.000-08:002016-07-07T16:35:10.900-08:00Hully Cow!Stitching is an awesome time in S&G boat building since your 2D planar pieces rapidly become a 3D boat. At one moment all you have are several flat panels. A few hours later you have a boat.<br />
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I usually call this moment "Stitch Day". However, working alone with panels that are 3 feet x 24 feet, this stitch job will take more than a day. Maybe I'll call this "Stitch Week"<br />
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Working alone, I am having a bear of a time getting the panels lined up and held in-place then letting go to install a few stitches. </div>
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The top of the 9mm side panels is flimsy so I installed some temporary stiffeners. The future backer, knees and shear deck will provide permanent stiffening. I installed the temporary spreaders then used a level and plumb bob to get the panels and deck symmetrical. The temporary knee braces will hold it that way until gluing is done.</div>
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I decided to install three rubrails on each side panel. The rubrails will serve to stiffen the 9mm panels and add some pretty trim. Two rub rails will be 11 and 21 inches down from the shear line. The last rub rail will be at the shear line. The rub rails will be installed using temporary clamping screws, installed from the inside of the side panel, so no screw holes show in the final rub rail.</div>
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I cut saw kerfs in the rubrails in the area where the rails must curve with the side panel. This makes bending the rails easier, prevents straightening of the side panel and reduces residual bending stresses in the completed rubrails. The kerfs are filled with thickened epoxy after the rail is installed.<br />
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With the lower and mid rubrails installed, the 9mm side panels are not so flimsy and I can remove the temporary top stiffener. This allows access to the top of the side panels and the knees and shear deck can be installed. I put in some temporary spreaders midway between the lower and mid rubrails.</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">A fly in the ointment!</span></b> In my <a href="http://boatbw.blogspot.com/2015/03/uv-captain.html">UV the Captain</a> blog I concluded that I will omit UV protection from the BW. However, I have been approach by a friend who is very interested in buying the completed BW. I am willing to omit UV protection from my own boat but I am not willing to omit UV protection from somebody else's boat. So, with the possibility that the boat will be sold upon completion I have changed my mind and will apply UV protection.</div>
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Construction of the Bottom and Continuous Deck</h2>
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The BW's bottom will be a modified V with 8° deadrise at the transom and 12° deadrise at midship. </div>
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Scarphing Plywood</h3>
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The construction starts with ripping 4-foot x 8-foot x 12mm and 6mm meranti into 30-inch x 8-foot panels. The ends of the panels are cut for scarf joining using the <a href="http://www.johnhenryinc.com/index.html">John Henry scarphing jig</a> mounted on a Makita 4-3/8 power planer.</div>
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Gluing Plywood Panels Together</h3>
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The 30-inch x 8-foot meranti plywood panels with scarph cuts are glued, using marine epoxy, into 30-inch x 24-foot panels. </div>
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Notice that the near panel is 6mm thick This is the front of the bottom.<br />
The far panels are 12mm thick. They are the middle and rear of the bottom.<br />
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After gluing the sheets together into 30-inch x 24-foot panels, they are cut to the dimensions in the boat plan.</div>
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'Glassing the Bottom Panels</h3>
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I chose to apply fiberglass set in epoxy to the inside of the bottom panels, at this point rather than later when the inside will be cluttered with bulkheads.</div>
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Stitching the Bottom Panels</h3>
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Before stitching the bottom panels, I used a router to create ¼-inch radius on the inside edge of the keel. This will accommodate the two bottom panels mating at angles when stitched.</div>
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Holes are drilled for the stitches while the two bottom panels lie on top of each other so that both panels are drilled in the same location.<br />
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Since the deck will be just shy of 6 feet wide, I cut five 4x8 sheets of 12 mm into 4x6 sheets. Then I cut scarphs along the all of the 6-foot edges. The 5 pieces will be scarphed together when installed on the bottom. To provide moisture resistance and eliminate checking, I coated the underside of each 4x6 sheet with 4 ounce fiberglass set in epoxy.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Vacuum after hand sanding is adequate surface preparation<br />
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Before I can lower the bottom from the ceiling and unfold it, I need to get rid of my work surface and bring in some saw horses.</div>
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After hanging from the ceiling for a month and a half, I can lower the bottom panels onto the saw horses and open them up. This is the first glance at the full size version.<br />
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The next steps are to get the panel pieces aligned, tighten the stitches, apply thickened epoxy fillet and biaxial fiberglass tape.<br />
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I pulled some string lines which revealed that the aft portion of the bottom, which should be straight, had a slight sag to it. So I installed a fourth saw horse to provide support and straighten the aft portion of the bottom.<br />
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After straightening the bottom, I tightened the stitches then used a wood block and hammer to knock the arc out of the stitches.</div>
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I prefer to apply fillet and tape in one session with no curing so that I get a primary (chemical) bond between the fillet and tape. Plus, this negates the need for a perfect fillet. I use my hands to smooth the fillet and biaxial tape together, molding them into the desired shape.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">5-inch biaxial tape over thickened epoxy fillet</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Completed taping of the keel</td></tr>
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I cut my biaxial tape about 18 inches too long and since the extra was already saturated with epoxy, rather than discard it, I installed it in the upper front of the keel.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Double layer of tape in forward 18 inches of keel.</td></tr>
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After the keel fillet and tape have cured, it is time to pull the stitches. Diagonal cut pliers cut one side of each stitch then vise grip pliers clamp and pull the stitches. The stitches come out, but not easy. The vise grips need to pry the stitches out. I place a piece of scrap plywood between the vice grips and the hull so the prying does not dent the hull.<br />
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There will be one stringer in the BW. It will be a 2x that runs the length of the keel. I want the top of the stringer to follow the contour of the top edge of the bottom panels. This way, the continuous deck will contact the top edge of the port bottom panel, the top edge of the stringer and the top edge of the starboard bottom panel. So, first I have to plane the top edge of the bottom panels to provide a nice flat gluing surface.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Power planing the top edge of the bottom panel</td></tr>
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Then I put a glob of epoxy in the stem of the bottom to create a flat surface for the stringer. I added wood flour <b><i><u>and wood chips</u></i></b> to thicken the glob of epoxy. I rarely use wood chips as thickener. They weaken the epoxy and result in a non-homogenous fill with a nasty rough surface. However, in a non-structural, compressive filler application like this, I will use wood chips.<br />
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I also had to install the sub-transom...the transom portion below the continuous deck. The sub-transom is a 2x board, glued in place. Then a thickened epoxy fillet is laid. The fillet is covered with biaxial fiberglass tape set in epoxy.<br />
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Now I have reference levels all around that I can use to determine the dimensions of the stringer. I pulled a string line down the center of the bottom, from the top of the sub transom to the top of the bottom stem. I marked the string with stations every 12 inches. At each station I measured the height to the top of the planed top edge of the bottom panel and the inside of the keel.</div>
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I used the dimensions and AutoCad to draw the stringer, determine what size 2x's it will take and develop a drawing with stations and offets for laying out the stringer.</div>
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I cut dados in the 2x's and glued them together with thickened epoxy.<br />
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After the epoxy cured I layed out the stations and offsets, marked the curves with a supple batten and cut the stringer. After cutting, I sanded the faces. I also routed the bottom edges quarter round so the stringer will set in the keel where the inside keel surface is not flat.</div>
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It mates with the keel and stem within 1/8 inch. </div>
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I cut the top edge of the stringer a little low so that it would be lower than the top edge of the bottom panels. This is because, for gluing, I can clamp the continuous deck down to the stringer using screws. But I cannot clamp the continuous deck down to the bottom panels using screws because the bottom panels are to thin to hold a screw with much force. A quick check with the straight edge shows that the top edge of the stringer is about 1/8 inch below the top edge of the bottom panels.</div>
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The 2x12 used to build the stringer was a bit checked and split on one side so I decided to put a heavier-than-usual coat of fiberglass set in epoxy on both sides.</div>
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I temporarily installed the stringer by centering it then running screws up through the keel.<br />
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With the stringer temporarily in place, I measured and cut bulkheads. All bulkheads are 2x fir with fiberglass/epoxy coating.<br />
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I installed temporary guide boards on the stringer to ensure that the bulkheads were perpindicular to the top of the stringer at each bulkhead location. Then I glued the bulkheads in place with epoxy, thickened with silica powder, glass fibers and wood flour. During installation, the excess epoxy that oozed out from beneath the bulkheads was smoothed into a fillet and 4-inch fiberglass tape covered the fillet.<br />
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The bulkheads were held in place by temporary screws installed up through the bottom panel. After the epoxy cured, I removed the screws.<br />
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After the bulkheads installation epoxy cured, I removed the temporary guide boards from the stringer. I installed the stringer permanently using the bulkheads as a guide. The stringer was held in place by temporary screws installed up through the keel. After the epoxy cured, I removed the screws. I glued the stringer in place with epoxy, thickened with silica powder, glass fibers and wood flour. During installation, the excess epoxy that oozed out from beneath the stringer was smoothed into a fillet and 4-inch fiberglass tape covered the fillet.</div>
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The bulkheads were then secured to the stringer with fillets and biaxial tape.<br />
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Since the continuous deck will be 12mm meranti plywood, the 30-inch± span between the stringer and the edge of the bottom panels seems a bit long. I installed 1x substringers about midspan so the deck only spans about 16 inches.</div>
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However, the substringers at the transom were 2x's placed about 12-inches from the boat centerline to coincide with the location of the future transom knees and outboard motors. Also, the foremost pair of substringers were installed about 10-inches from the boat centerline due to the limited bottom width.</div>
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All substringers were coated with fiberglass set in epoxy. Drains or vent spaces were provided where each substringer connects to each bulkhead so that the substringers did not create additional bulkhead chambers. Each substringer was glued to the bottom with epoxy, thickened with silica powder, glass fibers and wood flour. During installation, the excess epoxy that oozed out from beneath the stringer was smoothed into a fillet.</div>
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The aft six substringers are in the portion of the bottom where the bottom is straight and the cut is simple. However, the forward four substringers are in the portion of the bottom where the bottom is curved and is a complex cut. For these forward stringers, I made templates from cardboard.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Making a cardboard template for the f<span style="font-size: 12.7272720336914px;">irst pair of the <br />foward four substringers</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">First pair of the foward four substringers installed and filleted</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Drain hole (AKA limber) at the substringer</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.7272720336914px;">Second pair of the foward four substringers installed and filleted</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stinger, bulkheads and substringers complete</td></tr>
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Before flipping the bottom, I took some measurements and drafted an as-built drawing of the bottom, stringer, bulkheads and substringers. I will need these dimensions for future construction above the continuous deck.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">As-built drawing of the bottom, stringer, bulkheads and substringers.</span></span></td></tr>
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It is time to flip the bottom and do some work on the outside of the bottom. I used a series of overhead pulley and ropes to flip the bottom. The weight was pushing the limits for the ropes and pulleys so I made sure I was out of harms way at all times. But, then, as usual, my dog walked into the shop and laid right where the boat would land if it fell. After chasing the dog away I was able to finish flipping the bottom.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lift to get the saw horses out of the way</td></tr>
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It is time to laminate the second layer of 6mm meranti plywood over the first layer. The first layer is already part of the bottom and is bent to its final shape as shown above.</div>
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Laminating in shape is not common but not a rarity either. It is used occasionally. I used it as directed in the <a href="http://www.clcboats.com/">CLC</a> plans for the <a href="http://www.clcboats.com/shop/stitch-and-glue-kayaks/chesapeake-kayaks/?jm=1">Chesapeakes</a> and as directed in the V-20 plans for LadyC over 20 years ago.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pre-coating of 6mm bottom</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Laminating second layer of 6mm to first layer</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After sanding the port side flush, the starboard<br />
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After sanding out a few rough spots and rounding the sharp vee in the keel, the entire bottom is sheathed with 10 ounce fiberglass and the keel receives a layer of 24 ounce biaxial fiberglass tape.</div>
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<b><i>But Wait!</i></b> If I glass over the keel, I will lose reference to the centerline of the boat and future placement of the lifting strakes will require a guesstimate of the centerline location. So, before glassing, I measured and struck chalk lines to mark the future locations of the lifting strakes.</div>
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So now the keel has both 10 ounce woven and 24 ounce biaxial fiberglass spanning the joint. I guess you could call that 34 ounce fiberglass. In the area of the stem (the front portion of the keel) there is an extra layer of 10 ounce woven fiberglass spanning the joint since I lapped the keel twice with 10 ounce. I'll call that 44 ounce fiberglass.</div>
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When wetting out for the biaxial fiberglass tape, I filled the weave in the underlying 10 ounce beyond the limits of the biaxial tape so that the surface would be smooth for future fairing. After the biaxial fiberglass epoxy cured, I sanded the outer edges smooth. I faired the edge of the biaxial, which is about 3/16 inches thick, with epoxy thickened with silica powder and microballoons. When fairing, my putty knife had two smooth surfaces to ride on - the filled weave of the 10 ounce and the sanded edge of the biaxial - resulting in a fairing requiring very little sanding. </div>
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<li>Mark the temporary clamping screw hole locations on the bottom, every 6 to 9 inches along the strake centerline mark, avoiding the bulkheads.</li>
<li>Drill the holes from the top.</li>
<li>Install guides to set the lifting strake in the correct location and keep it straight.</li>
<li>Dry fit the lifting strake and clamp it in place.</li>
<li>From underneath, re-drill the previously drilled holes so that they continue into the lifting strake without penetrating the full depth of the strake.</li>
<li>Remove the strake.</li>
<li>From underneath, install temporary clamping screws through the bottom plywood panel. Overturn the screws so that they strip the thread in the plywood. That way they will suck the strake down tight to the plywood without the threads hanging up on the plywood. Leave the screws sticking up out of the bottom panel as high as possible</li>
<li>Vacuum the mating surfaces.</li>
<li>Pre-wet the mating surfaces with unthickened epoxy.</li>
<li>Mix a batch of epoxy thickened with silica powder, glass microfibers and wood flower. The thickened epoxy should be just a bit thinner than peanut butter but it won't taste as good.</li>
<li>Layout a healthy bead of thickened epoxy on the bottom panel (i.e. butter the bottom panel) along the strake centerline mark. This bead should use up the entire batch of thickened epoxy and extend about 4 to 6 feet along the strake centerline mark.</li>
<li>Position the strake in the guides so that the holes in the strake line up with the temporary clamping screws.</li>
<li>Screw-clamp about 3 feet of strake, squeezing out lots of excess epoxy.</li>
<li>Blade the excess squeezed-out epoxy off and use it to butter another 3 or 4 feet of bottom panel.</li>
<li>Screw-clamp another 3 or so feet of strake, again squeezing out lots of excess epoxy.</li>
<li>Blade the excess squeezed-out epoxy off and use it to butter another 3 or 4 feet of bottom panel, so on and so forth until the strake is completely installed.</li>
<li>Use the left over thickened epoxy to create a fillet at the edge of the strake for a nice smooth transition to the bottom panel.</li>
<li>After at least a day, remove the clamping screws.</li>
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It is time to fill the weave in the 10-ounce fiberglass. A consistent one-color layer will show flaws better than the current multi-colored layer so I filled the weave with pigmented epoxy. Since the bottom of the boat will be painted, the pigmented epoxy will not be seen. White pigment was available locally. Any flaws could be filled with fairing compound. I tried not to obsess over perfecting the bottom since when the BW is not on the trailer, half it's time is spent dry on a rocky beach.<br />
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The pigment does not thicken the epoxy and the epoxy applied to the steep portions of the bottom near the bow would run like Forrest Gump without thickening. So I thickened the epoxy with silica powder to fill the weave in the steep portion of the bottom near the bow.<br />
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It is time to flip the boat again. I think this build will require 4 flips and this is the second flip. Before flipping, I built a wheeled cradle. The hull will sit on the cradle so I can wheel the hull outside for future cutting, sanding and flipping.</div>
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The second layer of 6mm meranti laminated in the bow area was installed about an inch proud. It is time to cut and sand the excess.</div>
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Which is the next step. The continuous deck is five sheets of 12mm meranti (underside previously coated with 4oz, fiberglass) joined by scarph joints and glued to the supports. The bulkheads were positioned so that they would be beneath the deck's scarph joints. This way the bulkheads provide anchors for the screws that will clamp the scarph joints.<br />
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It looks kinda boxey. After the last scarph joint cures, I'll cut the deck to its final dimensions.<br />
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Layout the plan stations and offsets and connect the dots with a supple batten.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The inspector arrived to check on my work</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Free-hand cutting of the curves</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ahhh! It looks like a boat again</td></tr>
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Since the scarphs in the deck would be covered, I was not meticulous about making a pretty joint. But, I learned a lesson. The 12mm meranti sheets were stored outside for weeks. I cut the scarphs then brought the sheets into the shop to warm up and dry out. After several weeks in the shop, I glued the deck sheets to the bottom, gluing the scarph joints at that time. While warming and drying in the shop, the thin feathered edges of the scarph cuts curled, splintered and some pieces broke off. A pretty joint could not be obtained without re-cutting the scarphs. No need for re-cutting since the scarphs will not be seen after applying the non-slip surface, spilling several beers and gutting halibut.</div>
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After two months of attaching the side panels to the continuous deck and working on the hull, we flipped the boat upside down so I could finish the bottom.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">A fly in the ointment!</span></b> In my <a href="http://boatbw.blogspot.com/2015/03/uv-captain.html">UV the Captain</a> blog I concluded that I will omit UV protection from the BW. However, I have been approach by a friend who is very interested in buying the completed BW. I am willing to omit UV protection from my own boat but I am not willing to omit UV protection from somebody else's boat. So, with the possibility that the boat will be sold upon completion I have changed my mind and will apply UV protection.</div>
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Since the BW is a day-sailer (lives on a trailer, not in a slip in the water) the bottom paint does not need to be anti-fouling. For bottom paint, I have decided to use Rust-Oleum Topside paint. </div>
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Mo 'Poxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00754976088853653994noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149306715372748896.post-30269970067312409862015-04-02T16:48:00.000-08:002015-04-02T08:14:13.603-08:00I Have My Kneeds<br />
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Knees are braces. They are located on the inside of the side panels, at the top of the side panels. They provide a horizontal member for support of the sheer deck. They also connect the side panel to the sheer deck to make the panel and deck an integrated structure. This is how I built the Lady C (V-20) over twenty years ago. This system accommodates a bright finish and leaves few plywood edges exposed. I used AutoCad and designed the knees and deck.</div>
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I designed the knees so that they could be cut with a pattern cutter in a nested arrangement.</div>
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I ripped a sheet of meranti plywood to 1'-2½" x 96". Then coated both sides with 10 oz. fiberglass set in epoxy.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The excess F/G will be cut and sanded away after the epoxy cures</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cutting jig used to cut blanks out of epoxied meranti.<br />
Each blank will be pattern-cut into a pair of knees.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cutting of the pattern knee. <br />
The cuts were made outside of the lines.<br />
The pattern knee was then sanded to the lines.</td></tr>
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I used a flush trim bit in a router to pattern-cut the knees.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pattern cutting of knees. Pattern knee is on the bottom.<br />
Due to the shape of the blanks, one pass with the router creates two knees.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Twenty knees. One, the pattern, was cut with saber saw.<br />
Nineteen were cut with flush trim bit following the pattern</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The final cut of the knees is the vertical edge for the inwhale.<br />
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Knees are great places to route cables, wires, fuel lines etc. beneath the shear deck. The largest item to pass through the knees will be the steering cable. The helm end of the cable requires a 2-1/8 inch diameter hole. The engine end of the cable requires a 1½ inch diameter hole. However, I recall that the engine end of the cable has a long stiff rod that does not pass around corners so I am prepared to route the helm end through the knees.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Drilling 2-1/8 inch diameter hole in each knee.</td></tr>
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After some sanding to clean them up, the edges of the knees, that will be exposed, were coated with unthickened epoxy.</div>
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This is my first time working with meranti. It is beautiful, and without any stain, the epoxy darkens the meranti to a rich red-brown color. This will contrast wonderfully with the honey-colored rubrails, inwhales and spray rail.<br />
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After 5 months of hanging from the ceiling, it is time to install the knees. But, first, the backer must be installed.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gluing of backer to side panel.<br />
Temporary screws from the outside<br />
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the screws to grip. The temporary<br />
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and the holes will be covered<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Completed gluing and clamping<br />
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After the backer epoxy cures, the clamping screws and blocks are removed.<br />
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Now the knees can be installed.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Knees dry-fit before gluing</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Close-up of knee and side panel with backer</td></tr>
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"><a href="http://www.tracyobrien.com/Marine_Design-Boat_Plans.html">Tracy O'Brien's</a> V-20 design has the top edge of the forward knees cut at increasingly flatter angles to provide a flat sheer deck for the length of the boat. I decided to leave all knees with a 20° angle, which will cause the sheer deck in the fore of the boat to slope outward. Let's wait and see how this looks. If I don't like it, I won't do it on the next boat.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="line-height: 18.4799995422363px;">At this point I realized that I was short by two knees. Originally, the BW was designed to be 22 feet long and would require twenty knees, ten per side. So I fabricated twenty. But, when stitching the hull, I realized that I could not bend the 9mm meranti plywood side panels as radically as needed to achieve the steep stem that I desired. So, I had to make the stem less steep, which added nearly a foot to the length of the BW. With the BW a foot longer than planned, I need two more knees, one for each side.</span></span><br />
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I used one of the twenty knees as a pattern to cut two more knees. They were cut on the router table with a flush trim bit.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">22 knees filleted in-place</td></tr>
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Then I began installing the ACX. The ACX was epoxied to the top of the side panel which is about an inch wide thanks to the backer. Epoxy fillets were place on the underside. Temporary clamping screws secure the ACX until the epoxy cures.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">ACX layer pre-coated before laminating<br />
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Eight-foot segments of meranti were scarphed into 24-foot segments previously. Now the 24-foot segments of layer of 9mm meranti can be laminated to the ACX to form the top and final layer of the sheer deck.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Placing 24-foot pieces of 9mm meranti</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">Placing 24-foot pieces of 9mm meranti</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Top layer being fit around curve of sheer deck</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Laminating used all of my deep throat clamps, <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I decided to leave Hydrotek's stamp on the sheer deck</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some of the meranti was no fiberglass previously and<br />
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Well, I am sure UV is more and more of an issue as you get closer to the equator. But how much of an issue is it in Alaska, at latitude N60°, in a boreal rain forest?<br />
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With my last two boat builds, and on my current build, I have decided not to protect the epoxy from UV. The finish is bright, with no top coat to protect the epoxy. I am not recommending this to anyone else, but I am going to give it a try. Worst comes to worstest, the epoxy will dull and I will sand the dull layer off and apply a UV-protectant layer. But until then, <b><i>I'm going commando!</i></b><br />
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Epoxy manufacturers are pretty straight forward about the need to protect epoxy from UV.<br />
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From System Three's Epoxy Book...<br />
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But the epoxy manufacturers are selling their products world-wide, from the arctic to the equator. And their products are not used solely in stitch-and-glue wood boat building. Their products are used in fiberglass boats and aircraft where the integrity of the epoxy is far more important than in a stitch-and-glue wood boat. So, they have to be conservative in their recommendations lest some airplane falls out of the sky and the lawyers get involved.<br />
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But me? With my boat made with plywood that is orders of magnitude weaker than epoxy?<br />
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"<i>six months of intense tropical sunlight on horizontal surfaces</i>"</div>
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What about in Homer Alaska, latitude N60°? When I visit family in southern California, they can't stop reminding me of how pale I am. Well no shit! They get lots of UV. I get none.<br />
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So I ran some numbers. <b><i>Yeh, I did the Bill Nye the Science Guy thingy</i></b>...<br />
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My boat will be under a tarp on the trailer 335 days per year. Of those 335 days, 180 days will be in the woods, under snow, in the darkness of the Alaskan winter.<br />
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Of those 30 days outside of the tarp, the boat will be in Sadie Cove, a fjord so steep that, if it isn't raining or fogged-in, direct sunlight is available only about 180 hours. <i style="font-weight: bold;">And that is if we have an unusually sunny summer!!!</i> The rest of the time the sun is either behind Sadie Peak or behind Grace Ridge. I'm thinking those mountains provide a better barrier coat than 30 mils of paint.<br />
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So the BW will be exposed to direct sunlight 2% of the time.<br />
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According to System Three, the initial effects of UV are noticed after six months of tropical sunlight. The six months of sun are three months of daylight and three months of night.<br />
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Therefore, the BW, seeing direct sunlight 2% of the time, will take three months divided by 2% (3/0.02) or 150 months for the initial effects of UV. 150 months? <b><i>Dude, that is like, 12½ years!!!</i></b><br />
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Then, after 12½ years, the horizontal surfaces will begin to dull. Total breakdown will take over 30 years.<br />
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I'll update this post in year 2027 and let you know if the horizontal surfaces have begun to dull.<br />
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Until then, you decide whether or not your epoxy needs to be protected from UV. <b><i>You be the captain of your boat.</i></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Update 04/25/15: </b></span><b><span style="font-size: large;">A fly in the ointment!</span></b></div>
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I have been approach by a friend who is very interested in buying the completed BW. I am willing to omit UV protection from my own boat but I am not willing to omit UV protection from somebody else's boat. So, with the possibility that the boat will be sold upon completion I have changed my mind and will apply UV protection.<br />
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<br />Mo 'Poxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00754976088853653994noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149306715372748896.post-30211425263557813702015-03-09T10:12:00.000-08:002017-11-16T14:57:45.725-09:00Glob BlogThe epoxy glob, it starts off so innocent...<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I have considered reinforcing the stem in the area of the bow loop with a rod, like a stainless steel or bronze rod set in epoxy and fiberglass. Then I thought, "Why not make a fiberglass/epoxy reinforcing rod?" I have specified fiberglass grating and structural members for structures in corrosive environments. Why not make my own fiberglass rebar? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />So I did. I used epoxy to saturate some 24oz. 5-inch biaxial fiberglass then rolled it. I used a strip of polyethylene sheeting as a compression wrap. I could have taken the biaxial to the sushi bar and had the chef wrap it with his bamboo wrapper thingy, like he does with sushi rolls, but the plastic sheet worked fine.</span></div>
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Then the glob begins to grow. Whenever I do some work with epoxy, any excess gets added to the glob. It just keeps growing.</div>
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When the glob is complete, I drill the hole for the bow loop. I have always wanted to drill a curved hole, so that the bow loop rope lays around a smooth curve, but never I knew how to drill a curved hole until now.<br />
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I drilled 1¼-inch diameter holes in the side panels and put a chunk of 1-inch PEX tubing in. I coated the PEX with paste wax so I can (hopefully) pull it out after the glob is complete. If I can't pull it, I'll simply run the bow loop rope through the PEX.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1-inch PEX tubing for future bow loop</td></tr>
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I left the PEX stick out on the outside so I can get a hold of it and hopefully pull it out later.</div>
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Now I'll just keep piling excess epoxy over the PEX and let the glob grow and grow...<br />
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It's getting downright disgusting.<br />
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Each little bit of excess epoxy gets smeared onto the glob. I added a layer of biaxial fiberglass tape around the PEX.<br />
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Add some more excess thickened epoxy and start to coat with excess un-thickened epoxy to smooth out any sharp spots.<br />
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The PEX tube pulled out OK. It was fairly difficult to get it in there with a bend in it. It was just as difficult to get it out. But, the epoxy did not bond to it so I got it out.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Building of the Transom</span></div>
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My first deckhand job was on the boat RB in Petersburg, Alaska. Glen, the skipper, yelled, "Go to the bow and fetch that buoy." I looked towards the front of the boat, towards the back of the boat, towards the front of the boat, towards the back of the boat...Then Glen yelled "The pointy end! The pointy end! The <b><i>bow</i></b> is the pointy end!"<br />
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The transom will be cut from 1½-inch meranti plywood. The 1½-inch plywood will be made by laminating two layers of 3/4-inch plywood.<br />
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I was wondering how I would pre-saturate the two surfaces with un-thickened epoxy, apply thickened epoxy to one surface and flop the wet pre-saturated 4x8 sheet onto the gooey thickened epoxy surface without getting epoxy in my eyes, ears, nose and mouth. Then I thought, "Use your brain, not your back."<br />
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So I decided to pre-saturate the two surfaces with un-thickened epoxy and let them cure before proceeding. That eliminates flopping of a wet surface. The flopped sheet will be dry by then.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Install guides so the top layer will be positioned precisely<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Transom Design</span><br />
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With a transom angle of 12° on the Lady C, I am unable to use the outboard motor tilt to trim the boat and lower the bow. I had to be travelling fast on step to keep the boat from porpoising and keep the bow down. As one can imagine, this creates quite an uncomfortable condition for a flat-bottom boat in chop.<br />
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Following <a href="http://www.tracyobrien.com/Marine_Design-Boat_Plans.html">Tracy O'Brien's</a> advice, I mounted a set of permanently installed trim wedges at the base of the transom to lower the bow and put the Lady C on plane at lower speeds. In particularly nasty chop, I put 35 gallons of sea water in the anchor well in the bow so that the Lady C does not porpoise at 10 knots and I can safely navigate the chop at slow speeds without the bow blocking visibility. You should see the looks on the faces of other boaters at the launch ramp when the see me dump bucket after bucket of water <b><u>into</u></b> the Lady C.<br />
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The BW will have a 15° transom angle. Hopefully, this will allow me to use the outboard motor tilt to trim the boat and lower the bow. The BW's semi-V hull and lifting strakes should also minimize the need for as much trim as the flat-bottom Lady C required.<br />
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Since my twin Honda four-stroke 50hp engines on the Lady C will be mounted on the BW, the engine cutout of the BW transom will be the same as the engine cutout on the Lady C. After measuring the Lady C engine cutout, I laid it out on the design of the BW hull.<br />
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I ran into a design challenge. I laid out the transom on an orthogonal cross-section of the hull but the transom will not be installed orthogonal. It will be installed at a 15° angle. I need the transom dimensions in a 15° cross-section so I can lay it out on the 1½-inch plywood. With a little searching of the catacombs of my memory, I recalled my high school class, Drafting 101, Lesson 23, <i>Projecting Onto a Different Plane</i> and overcame the challenge using graphical drafting techniques.<br />
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Then I determined where to lay out my cutting fences/guides for cutting the transom out of the 1½-inch plywood.<br />
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I laid out the lines on the transom in the nice warm shop then moved it outside for cutting<br />
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Move the transom back inside and coat both sides with 4 ounce fiberglass set in epoxy.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Laying up fiberglass/epoxy</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fill the weave with un-thickened epoxy. Rough spread<br />
the epoxy with a cheap window washing squeegee<br />
then fine spread and tip out with a foam brush.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Almost looks like a piece of furniture. <br />
It won't look as nice after a few trips across the bay</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After the final coat of epoxy cures, cut away the dross<br />
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The transom hung from the ceiling for over 2 months while the bottom and continuous deck were constructed. Now the deck is ready for the transom. I installed some guides to brace the transom at 15°.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Guides to set transom at 15°</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dry fitting of transom on deck</td></tr>
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Then I installed a fillet of thickened epoxy (epoxy resin with hardener, silica powder, glass micro fibers and wood flour) and a layer of 4-inch biaxial fiberglass tape set in epoxy.</div>
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Since I will be hanging two 200-pound outboards on the transom, I want a good sturdy connection between the transom, the deck and the bottom. I will install knees between the transom and the deck. The knees will go on top of the location of the substringers that were installed between the bottom and deck. The knees and substringers were all positioned to fall on the centerline of the outboard motors.<br />
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First I roughly designed the slopwell...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Transom knee design</td></tr>
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I cut the transom knees from the 1½-inch meranti cut out of the transom for the motors. The knees were pre-coated with un-thickened epoxy then coated with 10oz. fiberglass.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pre-coating of transom knees</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Knees coated with 10oz. fiberglass. The un-coated aft portion will<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Now comes an interesting twist....</span></b><br />
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The compartments between the bottom and the deck are sealed air-tight. What happens when the temperature swings from 70°F in the shop to 45°F in the water? The air trapped in the compartments will contract creating a vacuum. Will that suck water into the compartments? It could be worse. What if the compartments very slowly breathe as if permeable to air but not water. Then the compartments could experience a temperature range of 70°F on a warm summer day to -30°F on a cold winter day. Too many issues for me to resolve so I will simply vent the compartments so they can breathe. I don't want to just drill a vent hole in the deck otherwise rainwater and snowmelt water will get into the compartments. Instead, there will be vent tubes from the deck to somewhere above water line.<br />
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The first vent tubes were installed on the transom knees. These will vent the aft 2 compartments below the deck. The vent tubes are select pine corners. I will drill a vent hole in the deck and the vent tubes will be filleted and taped over the vent hole.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Vent tubes on transom knees. Filleted and fiberglassed to the knees</td></tr>
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Without fiberglass tape, the end grain of the plywood that is exposed on the top edge of the transom will split. Finally, the transom is installed and I can access both sides. I sanded the top edge, routed the top edge corners quarter round and applied fiberglass tape to the top edge.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Taping top edge of transom</td></tr>
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<br />Mo 'Poxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00754976088853653994noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149306715372748896.post-75369792073151407622015-02-18T11:15:00.000-09:002017-04-01T12:50:29.422-08:00Put Some Lead in Your Pencil<br />
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That is not actually lead in pencils. It is graphite.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>What Graphite Is and Is Not Doing for the Bottom of Your Boat</b></span><br />
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Graphite is so soft that when you drag it over paper, rather than the graphite scratching the paper, the paper scratches the graphite leaving that black trail known as a pencil mark. If graphite is so soft that even paper scratches it, why do boat suppliers claim that it increases scuff resistance when added to epoxy?<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #555555;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">"Hardness" is the resistance of a material to being scratched. In 1812, </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555;">Friedrich Mohs, a German mineralogist, developed his hardness scale. He selected ten minerals of distinctly different hardness that ranged from a very soft mineral (talc) to a very hard mineral (diamond). He tested how each scratched one another, or didn't scratch one another, and developed this scale</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555;">Graphite is fairly soft, about 1.5 on the hardness scale, somewhere between Talc and Gypsum.</span></span><br />
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Graphite is soft, relatively susceptible to being scratched and not likely to scratch other minerals. </div>
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Don't confuse hardness with strength. Hardness and strength are different properties. Diamond is the hardest natural substance known to man but if you put your wife's diamond wedding ring on an anvil and hit it with a sledge hammer, the diamond will be crushed to smithereens. That is part of the reason she divorced me.</div>
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The diamond will be crushed to a powder because its compressive strength was exceeded. It failed in compression when the hammer fell. The hammer and anvil are fine because they are made of steel and steel's compressive strength is much higher than the compressive strength of diamond. But if you look closely, the steel hammer and anvil are scratched in the area of the powdered diamond. And if you could look close enough, you will see that the diamond powder has no scratches. That is because diamond is harder than steel. The diamond scratched the steel and the steel did not scratch the diamond. </div>
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Hardness and strength are different properties. Hardness is the resistance to being scratched, the resistance to being scuffed. </div>
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I tried to explain all this to my future-ex-wife, but she wouldn't stop crying and listen. All she did was look at the anvil and scream, "How could you?"</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #555555;">Surprisingly to those of us who have toiled at sanding it, e</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">poxy itself is not very hard. It is about the same hardness as copper, around 3 on the hardness scale. However, it is harder than graphite. So, theoretically, it is not </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555;">physically </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">possible to harden or </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555;">increase the scuff resistance of </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: inherit;">epoxy, at a hardness of 3, by adding something at a lower hardness, such as graphite, at a hardness of 1.5. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: inherit;"><b><i><span style="font-size: large;">However, if you have one foot in a fire and one foot in ice, theoretically you are comfortable.</span></i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #555555;"><span style="background-color: white;">So I mixed up samples of three scenarios:</span></span><br />
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<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555;">Epoxy resin and hardener with no additive (un-thickened), and</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555;">Epoxy resin and hardener with about 20% silica powder.</span></li>
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After letting them cure for a few weeks, I stole the durometer from work.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rex model 1700 durometer complete with way cool calibration certificate</td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #555555;">I used the durometer to measure the hardness, on the durometer scale, of each scenario. For each scenario, I took several durometer measurements, at clock positions 0:00, 1:30, 3:00, 4:30. 6:00, 7:30, 9:00 and 10:30.</span><br />
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The first thing I notice is that I am pushing the limits of the durometer. It's scale is 0 to 100 and all of the measurements were over 96. However, when I used the durometer on a glass beer bottle, I spilled beer in my lap. The glass pegged the durometer's meter at 100 so the epoxy scenarios are not as hard as glass and the durometer is sensing the difference between glass and the epoxy scenarios.</div>
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The next thing I noticed is that there is very little difference in hardness between the three scenarios. Yes, the graphite makes the epoxy a hair softer. Yes, silica (silica is quartz and has a Mohs' hardness of 7) makes the epoxy a hair harder. But the difference is pretty much negligible.</div>
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So I employed Moh's method. I attempted to scratch each scenario with the other two. In no case did any of the scenarios scratch the others. This indicates that they are all about the same hardness.</div>
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As a boat building geologist pointed out, you really can't increase the hardness of epoxy with an additive that is only 20% of the whole. The result is still 80% epoxy and will have the hardness and scuff resistance of epoxy, regardless of additive.</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><i><u>Graphite powder does not increase the scuff resistance of your boat bottom.</u></i></span></b></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #555555;">What about surface tension, in other words, the friction with water? Does graphite reduce the friction as your boat glides over water? Oh no. Not again!!!</span><br />
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<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Epoxy thickened with silica powder, and</span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">System Three Linear Polyurethane (LPU) topcoat.</span></span></li>
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After the panel cured for a few weeks, I placed a drop of water on each scenario. Each water drop was the same volume as measured with an eye dropper. The water was dyed green so it would show well on the white panel.<br />
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After placing the water drops, the drops will naturally spread further and have larger area, on the surfaces with less surface tension. The drops will naturally spread less and have smaller area, on the surfaces with more surface tension.</div>
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As far as I can tell, the only scenario with a different water drop size is the epoxy thickened with silica. It is a smaller drop area, indicating higher surface tension. I am not surprised since it was the only surface with any roughness despite the fact that I sanded it vigorously with fine sand paper.<br />
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<b style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><u>Graphite powder does not decrease the friction of your boat bottom.</u></i></span></b></div>
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<span style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">So why the hell am I dealing with the mess of the black graphite powder and the even messier sanding of graphite-thickened epoxy?</span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />Call me a heretic and charge me with blasphemy but I'm not dealing with graphite powder anymore, with one exception...</span><br />
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I think the graphite powder has value as a pigment. It creates an opaque epoxy layer and is a lot more effective at pigmenting epoxy than epoxy pigment which is not opaque and requires multiple coats. Due to the minimal direct sunlight at latitude N61° and the presence of a UV inhibitor in my epoxy hardener, I am not worried about UV exposure. A boat bottom top coated with graphite powder-thickened epoxy will be pretty, shiny and easy to maintain. There is no primer and no paint. Just slap on some graphite powder-thickened epoxy over your dings and nicks. And, graphite powder thickens the epoxy, reducing the likelihood of runs in the top coat.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">The only use I see for graphite powder is as a pigment and thickener for a top coat.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>Coating experts will tell you that the coating is only as good as the surface preparation. You could have the world's most awesomest coating, like Unobtainium Enpregnated Epoxy, that requires no mixing, has infinite pot life, is unaffected by temperature and humidity, applies itself perfectly with no runs or sags, flows out to an auto showroom finish, cures completely the instant that you snap your fingers and is harder than the hubs of hell. But, if it doesn't stick to the surface, it is worthless. Surface preparation is very important if you want that coating to Bond, James Bond, to the surface.<br />
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I always hand sand and vacuum my wood surface before gluing with epoxy or laying-up fiberglass set in epoxy. The hand sanding removes any unseen contaminates and gives it a nice sanded wood grain look. The vacuuming removes the dust and wood particles. However, even after vacuuming, I notice that there is still a film of dust. How much does that last little bit of dust affect the strength of the bond between the epoxy and the plywood? I dunno, so I decided to find out.<br />
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Some internet searching revealed a little. But since the internet is either porn or BS, I was skeptical. Thanks to the internet, anyone with a big mouth and a modem can get published world-wide. I found a boat building forum where someone posted that you should always wipe the wood surface with tack cloth before applying epoxy.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Wait a minute!!!</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>I seem to recall learning </i></span><i style="font-size: x-large;">over 20 years ago...</i></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>NEVER USE TACK CLOTH WITH EPOXY!!!</i></span></div>
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So I went back to my old early 1990's text book, <a href="http://www.systemthree.com/reslibrary/m_published-literature.asp">The Epoxy Book</a> by <a href="http://www.systemthree.com/">System Three Epoxy</a>. And sure enough, right there on page 12.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From page 12 of The Epoxy Book</td></tr>
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Instead of being uninformed and posting BS, I decided to find out for meeself. I thought, "<i>I'll prepare some test swatches, like <a href="http://seascull.blogspot.com/2014/02/testing-stains.html">I did with wood stains</a> when building the <a href="http://seascull.blogspot.com/">Sea Scull</a>. I'll do my own little pull tests. And while I'm at it, some of the test swatches will be placed on a surface wiped with tack cloth</i>."</div>
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So I cut a little piece of plywood, hand sanded and vacuumed it, as usual. Since I am also interested in the effect of pre-coating (applying unthickened epoxy and letting it cure before applying fiberglass set in epoxy) I divided the piece of plywood into two halves, pre-coated and not pre-coated. Then each half was divided into three sections:</div>
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<li>Hand sanded, vacuumed and wiped with tack cloth, </li>
<li>Hand sanded, vacuumed and wiped with a dry paper towel and, </li>
<li>Hand sanded and vacuumed.</li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Notice how the plywood gets darker with additional dust removal. But, the tack <br />
cloth section is a bit too dark. That is probably residue left by the tack cloth</td></tr>
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Then I pre-coated half of the plywood piece.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pre-coated plywood sample</td></tr>
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Before I get too far along, please note that this test was conducted using West System 105 epoxy resin and West System 207 epoxy hardener. The 105/207 system is blush free and there was no sanding of epoxy between coats. The only sanding was of the plywood surface.<br />
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After the pre-coat cured for a day, I applied 10 ounce fiberglass. But first I masked the outer 1/8-inch with wax paper so epoxy could not bond to the exposed edge grain of the plywood. This would affect the bond and skew the results of the pull test. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">10 oz fiberglass saturated with unthickened epoxy</td></tr>
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After the fiberglass epoxy cured, I divided the plywood into 18 samples so I would have 3 samples of each scenario.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Plywood divided into 18 samples</td></tr>
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I made a clamp to grip the un-epoxied fiberglass at the end of each sample. Each sample was secured in my vice. Then, I pulled the fiberglass until it failed and recorded the pull force with a scale. This is a highly precise experiment using only the most accurate fisherman's scale in my tackle box.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Recording pull force with a fish scale.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So what are the results?</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">The Envelope Please...</span></div>
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Well, interestingly, or as interesting as pulling fiberglass off of plywood can be, I first observed that there were two modes of failure. The first was just what I wanted to test, the fiberglass disbonding from the plywood. That is, the fiberglass peeled off of the plywood like so...</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fiberglass disbonding from plywood as expected. <br />
Note the disbonding of both samples (above and below the vise jaws).</td></tr>
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The second failure mode was the fiberglass tearing at the start of its bond with the plywood. My test method bent the fiberglass at 90° and in some cases the fiberglass tore before any disbonding. The epoxy/plywood bond was greater than the bent fiberglass strength. Thus these torn samples provided no bond strength results.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Fiberglass broke at the start of its bond with the plywood <br />with no disbondment</span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>The Moment You Have All Been Waiting For...</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Data Please</span></h3>
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For the numerically inclined...<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Conclusions</span><br />
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First of all, please realize that due to the hokey testing method, the numerical values have no absolute meaning. There are actual ways to determine bond strength but I didn't have the wherewithal to pull off (pun intended) a real test.<br />
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However, the numbers are good for relative meaning. In other words, the numbers tell me which is stronger and which is weaker. And that is all I wanted to know. I don't really care <b><i>how strong</i></b> the bond is, I just want to know <b><i>what surface preparation is weakest and what is strongest</i></b>.</div>
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The first thing that jumps out is, <b><i>pre-coating had the same failure load in all three surface preparation methods</i></b> and the failure load is about as high as any. <b><u>Looks like pre-coating is a good idea</u></b>.<span style="font-family: inherit;"> Without pre-coating, <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;">10-ounce fiberglass absorbs so much of the epoxy that the wood does not get enough epoxy. This is known to epoxy-smiths as "starving the lay up". The result is a less-than-optimal bond between the fiberglass and the wood. So, when working with 10-ounce fiberglass, I pre-coat the wood with unthickened epoxy and let the epoxy cure before applying fiberglass. This allows the wood to soak up as much epoxy as it wants and seals the surface so the wood will not suck future epoxy out of the fiberglass. With 4 ounce fiberglass, I do not pre-coat because the </span></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;">4 ounce fiberglass is not as thirsty as 10 ounce fiberglass.</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"> </span></div>
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The use of tack cloth provided no additional bond when pre-coating, and as expected, greatly reduced the bond when not pre-coating. <b><i>Well, what do you expect when you leave a residue of sticky wax on the wood surface? Epoxy hates wax!</i></b> The use of tack cloth appears to offer no advantage and can offer a significant disadvantage. <u style="font-weight: bold;">The use of tack cloth is a rookie mistake.</u> </div>
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<i><b><span style="font-size: large;">Hey! Isn't that odd? A reputable published source was right and some zero on the internet was full of baloney. What a revelation!!!</span></b></i><br />
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Surprisingly, wiping the surface with dry paper towels reduced the bond strength somewhat. Maybe the paper towels leave a residue or microscopic paper pieces behind. Also, wiping the surface with dry paper towels rakes up a bunch of checks in the plywood surface and if you do not wear leather gloves when wiping, you will be picking microscopic splinters out of your palm. And how do I know this? ...<u style="font-weight: bold;">The use of dry paper towels </u><u style="font-weight: bold;">is probably a bad idea.</u> </div>
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Just sanding and vacuuming, without pre-coating, resulted in the highest failure load. Although the failure load was not tremendously higher,<b><u> sanding and vacuuming, without wiping, works just fine.</u></b><br />
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<b><u><span style="font-size: large;">From here on out, I'll just sand and vacuum. I'll pre-coat when using 10 ounce fiberglass, but no pre-coating when using 4 ounce fiberglass.</span></u></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Don't Make Me Blush!</span><br />
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So here's another question...how important is it to remove the blush? Well, I use blush-free epoxy so it doesn't matter to me. But, for many years when blush-free epoxies did not exist, I suffered the agony of constant blush removal. So, for grins, I decided to look into blushing epoxies.<br />
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Blush, or technically amine blush, is a wax that forms on the surface of epoxy. Here is an excerpt from System Three's Epoxy Book.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From page 4 of System Three's <i>The Epoxy Book</i></td></tr>
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The blush forms near the end of the curing process so it is best to wait a while before removing it. If you try to remove it too soon, some more blush will likely form after your first try at removal. More from System Three's Epoxy Book</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">From page 11</span><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;"> of System Three's </span><i style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">The Epoxy Book</i></td></tr>
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However, System Three's Epoxy Book suggests that maybe that blush is not so bad afterall...</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Enough of the research and speculation. Here is another experiment.</b></span></div>
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I decided to test the bond strength of four scenarios as follows:</div>
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<b>Primary bond</b>: The wood base is coated and the specimen is glued all in one session with no curing between coating and gluing. The joint is allowed to cure at least 72 hours<br />
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<b>Secondary bond - 72 hours</b>: The wood base is coated and allowed to cure at least 72 hours. Then, the base is sanded and the specimen is glued to the base and allowed to cure at least 72 more hours.<br />
<b><br /></b><b>Secondary bond - tack-free</b>: The wood base is coated and allowed to cure only until tack free (about 2 hours) then sanded and left to cure at least 72 hours. Then, with no further sanding, the specimen is glued to the base and allowed to cure for at least 72 more hours.<br />
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<b>Secondary bond - no sanding</b>: The wood base is coated and allowed to cure at least 72 hours. Then, the specimen is glued to the base with no sanding and allowed to cure at least 72 more hours.</div>
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Theoretically, the <b>Primary bond</b> should be strongest. The <b>Secondary bond - no sanding </b>should be weakest since the blush was not removed at all. The <b>Secondary bond - 72 hours</b> and <b>Secondary bond - tack-free</b> should be somewhere in between the <b>Primary bond</b> and the <b>Secondary bond - no sanding</b>, with <b>Secondary bond - tack-free</b> should be weaker than <b>Secondary bond - 72 hours</b> since some blush should have formed after the initial tack-free sanding.<br />
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I used West System 105 resin with West System 206 hardener. I prepared a wood base and 12 specimens (3 specimens for each scenario).<br />
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I waited about 2 hours for the wood base coating to be tack-free then sanded the area where the three specimens for the <b>Secondary bond - tack-free</b> scenario would be glued. This was a gooey mess, clogging and ruining the sand paper.<br />
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I waited at least 72 hours then sanded the area where the three specimens for the <b>Secondary bond - 72 hours</b> scenario would be glued. No gooey mess, no clogging and ruining of sand paper.<br />
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Then I glued the all specimens for the <b>Secondary bond - tack-free</b>, <b>Secondary bond - 72 hours</b> and <b>Secondary bond - no sanding</b> scenarios.<br />
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After at least 72 hours, I conducted pull tests with a weight scale to measure pull force.<br />
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My intent was to measure the failure forces of the bond between the base and the specimens in purely tensile loading. However, after my first attempt, I was unable to pull hard enough to fail the specimen in purely tensile loading. So I switched to pulling to create bending stress.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>As expected, the <b>Primary bond</b> scenario exhibited much higher bond strength than the other 3 scenarios.<br />
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I was quite surprised by the strength of the <b>Secondary bond - no sanding</b> scenario. The strength is fairly high. I think it indicates that very little blush formed. This is not surprising since the curing occurred at 65°F in very dry air. However, I was not surprised that it was the weakest of the four scenarios.<br />
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I was not surprised by the <b>Secondary bond - tack-free </b>and <b>Secondary bond - 72 hours</b> scenarios. Both should have strengths between <b>Primary bond </b>and <b>Secondary bond - no sanding. </b><br />
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A primary bond is preferred whenever possible. But there are many instances in stitch and glue boat building where a primary bond is not achievable and a secondary bond is required. Since other temperature/humidity/epoxy resin/epoxy hardener combinations could result in drastically different results, I will always sand between coats when using blushing epoxies in secondary bonds and I will allow at least 24 hours of curing before sanding.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Easier yet, I simply avoid blushing epoxies all together, making this whole discussion moot!!!</span></b></div>
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The side panels will be cut from 4-foot x 24-foot 9mm (3/8-inch) meranti.<br />
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Since the BW will be finished bright (natural wood) I spent some time selecting which six 4x8 sheets will be used. I laid all ten sheets out, removed the ugly ones then tried to mate similar grain patterns and colors.<br />
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Then, as usual, <a href="http://boatbw.blogspot.com/2014/11/another-lovely-bottom.html">cut the scarphs</a>. Even though the final side panels will be only 32 inches wide, I chose to scarph, glue and 'glass the full 48-inch width since I can use the excess 16 inches x 24 feet boards for other parts such as the side panel backers under the knees.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Thickened epoxy oozing out.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After the excess epoxy is done oozing out, which can take<br />
up to 30 minutes, remove the excess before it cures. That is a<br />
lot easier than removing it after it cures.</td></tr>
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When gluing the scarph joints, I kept the outside of the side panel up. That way, I could do my best to make the final scarph joint look nice since the finish will be bright. I can't access the other side of the scarph joint and it will probably be an ugly scarph joint. However, the ugly scarph joint will be on the inside of the boat and the inside of the boat will be so busy with knees, fuel tanks, helm, lockers, etc. that the ugly scarph joint will not be noticed.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">'Glassing the Side Panels</span></h3>
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I chose to glass the side panels now, while they are conveniently laying on my work surface. I 'glassed the full 48-inch width of one side but I 'glassed only 32 inches of the other side so that both sides of the side panels have 'glass set in epoxy. </div>
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The extra 16-inch x 24-foot piece will have 'glass on one side only. The un-glassed side will be laminated so 'glass is not needed on both sides of the 16-inch x 24-foot piece .</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Layout of 'glass using dry method. This side gets 'glass on<br />
the full 48-inch width. The other side will get 'glass on only<br />
32 inches of width. I use the full 50-inch width of the 'glass<br />
and will cut the dross off after the epoxy cures. If you try to cut<br />
the 'glass before applying epoxy, you'll get a bunch of annoying<br />
stray 'glass strands in the epoxy.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Saturating the glass with un-thickened epoxy and being<br />
vigilant about squeegeeing the epoxy on thin so the<br />
'glass does not float off of the plywood.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After the epoxy cures I will remove the dross and fill the weave. </td></tr>
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<span style="text-align: center;">After the epoxy cures, I use a utility knife to cut away the dross. That leaves a </span><span style="text-align: center;">really sharp serrated knife edge in the 'glass/epoxy that needs </span><span style="text-align: center;">to be sanded to avoid cutting yourself. I learned this the hard way long ago.</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">Also, do not fill the weave until after the </span><span style="text-align: center;">first epoxy layer is cured. </span><span style="text-align: center;">If you try to fill </span><span style="text-align: center;">the weave before the first epoxy layer is cured, you </span><span style="text-align: center;">will </span><span style="text-align: center;">float the 'glass off of the plywood leaving ugly waves in the</span><span style="text-align: center;"> </span></div>
<span style="text-align: center;">finished 'glass.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">While using the overhead pulley system to flop the <br />
4-foot by 24-foot panel, I took this photo to demonstrate<br />
the resilience of the meranti and the strength of the scarph.<br />
The entire panel is being held up by a single lift point at the scarph joint.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Filling the Weave</span><br />
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After the epoxy has cured the weave of the fiberglass is still providing relief to the surface. After filling the weave with unthickened epoxy, the weave is invisble and the surface looks like varnished natural wood.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Before filling the weave, I placed boards to mark the 32-inch<br />
portion of the panel that will become the final side panel. There<br />
is no need to fill the weave in the remaining 16 inches that will<br />
end up in an unseen location.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pour un-thickened epoxy on the surface, roughly spread it with<br />
a squeegee, fine spread it and tip with a foam brush. Use small<br />
batches of epoxy so it does not start to cure before tipping.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Filling the weave on the side that received fiberglass on the<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Flopping Panels</span><br />
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Working alone, I rigged overhead pulleys and ropes to help with lifting. Here is a sequence of photos showing flopping a 4-foot by 24-foot panel.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Cutting the Side Panels</span><br />
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Weave is filled and it is time to cut the side panels to the plan dimensions.<br />
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The factory edges of the plywood sheets were not aligned perfectly since I elected to align the sheets as needed for nice looking scarph joints. So I need a straight edge for the baseline.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I struck a chalk line, set a straight edge and cut a baseline.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Measure off of the baseline and cut the side panel to<br />
its final 32-inch width.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Since this boat is a prototype, I need the stations to be permanently<br />
marked in order to record adjustments to the plans, if needed.<br />
So, the stations are permanently marked on the inside of one panel.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lay out offsets at each station according to the plans and use<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lay the panels together, in mirror image (inside out), and cut the <br />
curve with a jig saw. The curve will be sanded fair later.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Separate the panels and cut a 20° bevel on the bottom<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">While the panels are separate, route a curve on the inside<br />
edge of the stem. Lay the panels together in their final<br />
configuration, (inside in, pretty side out). Then the stem<br />
is drilled and loosely stitched. The stitches are 16 gauge steel<br />
coated with paste wax so epoxy will not stick to the stitches.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">While the side panels are still atop each other,<br />
drill the stitch holes for future stitching <br />
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Mo 'Poxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00754976088853653994noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149306715372748896.post-71762899203206872142014-10-06T14:36:00.000-08:002014-10-15T18:38:08.264-08:00Meranti and MooseMy meranti plywood arrived over the weekend. I towed the snowmachine trailer down to Hardware Specialties and loaded up. I towed the trailer home and started unloading.<br />
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All of a sudeen my dog goes ballistic and I look around to find this fella visiting<br />
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I missed the best photo. It was when all three were lying around eating this rhubarb. By the time I got my camera to the window, two of the moose had wandered to elsewhere in the garden.</div>
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Mo 'Poxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00754976088853653994noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149306715372748896.post-43369581412388858122014-10-03T08:15:00.000-08:002014-12-04T17:15:20.547-09:00Biggens Outta Littlens<h2>
Gotta Think Ahead</h2>
<i>I hate that...having to think ahead...I always forget something...but here goes.</i><br />
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Once I stitch the boat panels together, the boat hull will occupy most of my shop space and I will have no room for other work. So, I need to fabricate all of the big items before stitching.<br />
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The big items are the long pieces like inwhales, rubrails, sole battens and spray rails.<br />
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I found some very nice clear select pine at Lowes. I have used select pine before. Although it is kinda soft, it has a pretty grain and plays nice with epoxy. The 1x10x8-foot pieces were the most economical. I can scarph 8-footers together to make 16 and 24-footers. Well, they will be almost 16 and 24-feet. I will lose 4 inches at each scarph joint. <i>I mean, the boards will lose 4 inches at each scarph joint.</i><br />
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Some of the 1x10s were cupped. This makes scarphing a challenge. So I ripped the cupped 1x10x8s into 1x5x8s. I clamped them down and lined them up for scarphing. Not trusting the factory end, I cross-cut a straight line across all of the boards at once.<br />
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Then I broke out the Makita power planer with <a href="http://www.johnhenryinc.com/index.html">John Henry scarphing jig </a>and cut the scarphs.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">John Henry scarph jig cutting 1x5x8s</td></tr>
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I struck a chalk line on my work surface and lined up three 1x5x8s for gluing into 1x5x24s.These will be inwhales and rubrails. Once aligned, I clamped and screwed the pieces in place.</div>
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I removed the clamps and screws from the middle board to reveal the mating surfaces. Then I precoated the mating surfaces with unthickened epoxy. The end grain of the pine sucks up lots of unthickened epoxy so I was very generous with the unthickened epoxy. Then I applied epoxy thickened with silica powder.<br />
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I add a dash of wood flour to the thickened epoxy so that the epoxy is (hopefully) about the same color as the epoxy-coated pine. <i>The resulting epoxy is the same color and consistency as peanut butter but does not taste as good as peanut butter. </i><br />
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The excess epoxy does not go to waste. I have many joints ready for gluing and the excess epoxy is scraped off and used in the next joint.<br />
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The 1x10x8s that were not cupped are scarphed together whole.<br />
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After the epoxy cures, the inwhales and rubrails can be taken outside for sanding and routing. It was threatening to rain/snow so I did not take the time to photograph the sanding/routing session. <i>Besides, photos of a sanding and routing session would be way too much excitement for one blog.</i></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.7272720336914px; text-align: center;">Laminating </span><span style="font-size: 12.7272720336914px; text-align: center;">1x2x24s into 2x2x24s</span><span style="font-size: 12.7272720336914px; text-align: center;">for spray rails and sole battens</span></h2>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Buttering with thickened epoxy.<br />
For the spray rails, I only laminated the aft 10 or so feet.<br />
The fore 10 or so feet will be laminated on the boat hull to<br />
accommodate the bending of the hull</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Clamped and screwed with excess thickened epoxy oozing out</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Excess epoxy removed before curing</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">When plugging holes, I have tried to level the uncured thickened<br />
epoxy with a putty knife but the plug always ends up <br />
concave, not flush with the surface, dished below the surface.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ripping the spray rails and sole battens</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.7272720336914px;">Spray rails, inwhales, rubrails and sole battens<br />ready for 'glass</span></td></tr>
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Starting to fiberglass</h2>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cutting sections of 10oz. fibergalss</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sole batten is elevated off of work surface so<br />
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Notice the polyethylene sheeting on the work surface.</td></tr>
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It is likely that I have forgotten some pieces and will need additional shop space for fabrication after the boat hull is stitched together. I have a two car garage. <i>When I need to use the garage for shop space, should I put my car or my wife's car out in the snow?</i><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Lifting Strakes </span>(12-04-2014)<br />
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About two months after fabricating the sole battens, I decided that instead of two sole battens on the bottom, I will install four lifting strakes, two on each side of the bottom. Hopefully I'll find another use for the sole battens.<br />
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I started by scarph joining four 1x4x8foot select pine boards into two 1x4x16foot boards.<br />
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Then I laminated the two 1x4x16s together to form a 2x4x16<br />
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Then I set the table saw blade at 45° and ripped the lifting strakes out of the 2x4x16s.<br />
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After sanding out the saw marks, the corner of the strakes was routed quarter round. Then I coated the two sides that will be exposed. The third side will be laminated to the boat bottom.<br />
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In a previous blog, I ranted that pre-coating before applying fiberglass was unnecessary. That was before I worked with 10-ounce fiberglass. I have since learned that 10-ounce fiberglass absorbs so much of the epoxy that the wood does not get enough epoxy. This is known to epoxy-smiths as "starving the lay up". The result is a less-than-optimal bond between the fiberglass and the wood. So now, when working with 10-ounce fiberglass, I pre-coat the wood with unthickened epoxy and let the epoxy cure before applying fiberglass. This allows the wood to soak up as much epoxy as it wants and seals the surface so the wood will not suck epoxy out of the fiberglass.<br />
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Pre-coating today is much easier than twenty years ago. Twenty years ago, non-blushing epoxy was not available. Thus, sanding was required between the pre-coat and the fiberglass installation. With non-blushing epoxy, sanding is not necessary.<br />
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<br />Mo 'Poxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00754976088853653994noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149306715372748896.post-34419558002390864112014-09-28T16:20:00.000-08:002015-01-31T14:25:26.267-09:00Building the BW Scale ModelDirectly on top of the modified V bottom will be the deck, which will extend beyond the bottom to provide chine flats. I referred to this previously as a "continuous deck." There will be a support structure between the bottom and the deck. The support structure will be created during construction of the actual boat.<br />
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I would like a steep stem (bow), for more of a Nova Scotia look.<br />
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The side panel's shear line (top line) will be straight to accommodate <a href="http://www.seascull.blogspot.com/2014/03/wubwails.html">an inwhale and a rubrail</a> with a 7-inch wide shear deck between them. The inwhale and rubrail with a shear deck between them will be like an inverted C-channel beam along the top of the side panel. However, unlike a steel C-channel beam, the shear deck will curve from midship to bow, matching the side panel's curve. The shear deck provides structural strength to the top of the side panel. This is how I constructed the V-20 shear over twenty years ago and that boat is still doing fine.<br />
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I decided to construct a quarter-scale model of the BW to check the dimensions before cutting expensive BS1088 meranti plywood. I laid out the new side panel dimensions in quarter-scale on a scrap of <a href="http://www.patriottimber.com/plywood-lumber-products/revolutionply-2/">RevolutionPly</a> and mounted them on the continuous deck model that I built previously.<br />
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From the side panel dimensions on paper, I could not tell what the final 3D stem would look like. The model shows that the new side panel dimensions will not provide a stem as steep as a Nova Scotia stem. But, I like this stem and will continue with the stem as designed. The model also showed me where I should modify the chine line dimensions (bottom of side panel) to reduce bending stresses in the plywood.<br />
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Many moons ago, my brother and I were about to build a tool shed. I was over thinking it and my brother walked out of the house saying "It's time to stop planning and time to start pounding nails."<br />
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Well, it is time to stop planning and time to start building a boat.<br />
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