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No pictures today but I did manage to get the inwales glued & screwed. I mixed the epoxy pretty thick (roughly 2 parts epoxy to 1 part sawdust) so that it wasn't runny but would still "squish" out.
I screwed up a little since, having done the Bloodvein the previous day, I knew almost exactly how much epoxy it would take and I mixed a double batch so I could do both sides without mixing again. Note: Don't do that. Larger quantities of epoxy "kick" faster and thickening it seems to accelerate the process even more. I got one side done, threw the rest of the epoxy away and mixed a fresh batch for the other side.
Screws were again placed 6-8 inches apart where the sheer rose away from the waterline and about a foot apart where it ran more parallel. I find that the screws really help in pulling the inwale square to the sheer.
I had to return to the boat shop about 3 hours afterward and might have saved myself a lot of work on future builds.
Up until now, I've always returned the next morning and cleaned up any runs while the epoxy was still green. Today, however, when I checked the runs, they were still soft enough to scrape away. I pulled all of the clamps, used a discarded piece of strip to scrape away the squeezed-out epoxy and it cleaned up in less than 1/2 the time.
I'll be at my buddy's woodshop tomorrow fixing the broken Bloodvein seat and machining this one according to the updated design.
I screwed up a little since, having done the Bloodvein the previous day, I knew almost exactly how much epoxy it would take and I mixed a double batch so I could do both sides without mixing again. Note: Don't do that. Larger quantities of epoxy "kick" faster and thickening it seems to accelerate the process even more. I got one side done, threw the rest of the epoxy away and mixed a fresh batch for the other side.
Screws were again placed 6-8 inches apart where the sheer rose away from the waterline and about a foot apart where it ran more parallel. I find that the screws really help in pulling the inwale square to the sheer.
I had to return to the boat shop about 3 hours afterward and might have saved myself a lot of work on future builds.
Up until now, I've always returned the next morning and cleaned up any runs while the epoxy was still green. Today, however, when I checked the runs, they were still soft enough to scrape away. I pulled all of the clamps, used a discarded piece of strip to scrape away the squeezed-out epoxy and it cleaned up in less than 1/2 the time.
I'll be at my buddy's woodshop tomorrow fixing the broken Bloodvein seat and machining this one according to the updated design.
