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Now your making me feel ashamed of how long it has taken me to build mine :oops: :oops:

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Rule number 3:

Never be ashamed. You have built a boat. Millions of human beings haven't and most never will.

You really meant to say "I'm proud I have built a boat. Next time I'll build one better and faster than I have built this one." 8)

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I'm with you, Steve. I feel inadequate.

Tony, it may take awhile to embrace Rule number 3.

Nice work, Joel.

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:lol: :lol: :lol:

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Great build.

Why is the fill for the transom plug green? I see you used fiber glass strands but that should not make the epoxy green...

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dborecky wrote:Great build.

Why is the fill for the transom plug green? I see you used fiber glass strands but that should not make the epoxy green...
I put in a bit of pigment so it would be easier for be to locate the epoxy plug through all the glass that going on soon :)

The fillers in the plug are milled fibers, chopped glass, and a little wood flour

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That's a neat idea :idea:
Completed GF12 X 2, GF16, OD18, FS18, GF5, GF18, CL6
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After stitching up the hull on Friday we "tack weld" the panels together. We started by brushing epoxy (neat epoxy) in the gap to seal the end grain of the plywood. We then used mix of epoxy/wood flour to fill the gaps. A heavy duty zip lock bag makes this a fast job.

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After the epoxy cures we removed the zip ties and most of the screws. Then with a grinder we knocked off off the messy spots and put a very rough edge on the joints. A grinder saves a lot of time vs. a sander at this point, just be careful not to go too far 8O

With the 6" DA sander and 80 grit paper we round off the joints to tight radius.

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The next step is to glass the entire bottom. I want to do it all wet on wet in one work period - so it will probably have to wait until Thursday or Friday when we have more time. I am guessing it will take two of us 3
hours from start to finish.

Anyone want to come and help with some epoxy work :?: :D

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Post by mecreature »

I tried that ziplock bag thing... that stuff heats up way to quick for me to be any good with it...

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