A learning day

Categories: Bulkheads
Today was filled with a lot of learning. I’ll start with the simple stuff and move into the more complicated. I’m not sure how I feel about Gorilla Glue in certain applications. Right now we’re using it to piece together the chainplates and the bow-web. It seems to work pretty well – in a distructive test it was stronger than the foam – and it sands easily enough. What bothers me about it is the nature of the glue – it foams and expands as it cures.

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Finished setting up float frames

Categories: Bulkheads Floats
Finished cutting out the rest of the float form frames and mounted/braced them. I forgot how dusty MDF gets. When we cut the main hull frames, I’m going to remember a dust mask. Will be ready to start planking floats as soon as we get some batten material, but bulkheads are going to come first — they need to be done anyway, and I need the practice with this vacuum pump so anything that gets screwed up will be as small as possible.

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