Bottle drip pad measures 4.75x4.75 and is made with 2 layers of uhaul. Comes with 2 removable pads with 2-ply uhaul sewn into each. you can even rip composite panels into strips and strip plank it over widely spaced framing for compound curvature if you so desire. Tunnel made with high density foam and anti-pill fleece. foam works either way just as well if you think outside the box and apply appropriate fibres to get the stiffness you need before you work them into your desired shapes. Or you could do it in the same less efficient manner as plywood, using closely spaced framing to form your shapes. Take it a step further, and you can torture your composite panels around your bulkheads, not needing temporary frames at all because the panels are so stiff, let them naturally fair themselves. Then to get it right around, a few ratchet straps are needed and viola, the bilge of a 35ft hull is done Here is a flat foam cored panel in the process of bending it. In fact foam cored panels are a bit more versatile than ply. Here is a hull being tortured into shape using flat sandwich panels (both sides e-glass) being tortured into shape from flat developments, the frames are about 10feet apart for this 40ft hull - try that with plywood and see which one needs a longboard i challenge you. I wrote in an earlier post, if you pre-glass your foam panels, they end up stiffer than plywood and thus can be worked in the same manner as plywood. You should have a flats hull built in pretty short order this way.Ĭlick to expand.If you bothered to read a little you might learn something.
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if you go this route, you will need nothing more than some simple jigs and ratchet straps to torture the panels into shape whilst you tape them together.
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It makes working with fibreglass and resin so much more enjoyable. a major breakthrough in foam core panel technology The Process Tunnel® is a new generation Foamboarder® production line for the manufacturer of urethane, isocyanurate, phenolic and reinforced foam core panels. If you have the help of your friend, definately look into resin infusion, if he is into aircraft he will be interested in infusion if he is not already doing it. I would definately recommend a design that doesnt have compound curvature, simple curvature only - this will make the build so much less time consuming. Strip planking is also time consuming and then you still need to laminate both sides and hold everything in alignment whilst your doing so each side. Compound curvature complicates everything, you need molds or formas and the latter restricts you laminating 1 side at a time. I infuse foam cored panels and tape them together, its a suitable and efficient method for building any boat if you design it without compound curvature. He is also teaching himself resin infusion at the same time. A corecell foam core epoxy laminate flats boat. another forum member is building exactly this at the moment.