OK, don't any of you get too excited about another composite build, this one's a ways off yet.
Not to get too far off of my own topic but...
MDB and I have sold our house. We're building a new one next year, along with a 30 x 40 detached garage/workshop. In the meantime, we're finishing a bonus room over my daughter and SIL's garage.
Granddaughter has requested, for two years now, a canoe of her own. And it HAS to be pink. However, with no work space for the next year or so, this build be a thought experiment for the time being. Sorry.
The plan:
An all composite build, with 2 layers of 4 oz inside and outside of some 1/8" thick Divinycell foam. Glass wrapped foam gunnels. Hopefully end up with a light, stiff canoe, sized just right for a strong 6 year old girl.
The process:
Cut foam into wide strips, of sorts, and epoxy their beveled edges together in a female mold set. Kind of like a stripper build from the outside in. Glass the inside, part the pattern set. Sand and glass the outside.
The dilemma:
How to keep the foam in place??? I've seen videos of big sailboat hull builds, similar to what I've described, but with much thicker foam. The temporary fastening of the foam is less challenging with 1/2" foam...
If you've managed to read this far down, and have some input, I'd be pleased to absorb it. I really want to avoid building a plug or mold.
Not to get too far off of my own topic but...
MDB and I have sold our house. We're building a new one next year, along with a 30 x 40 detached garage/workshop. In the meantime, we're finishing a bonus room over my daughter and SIL's garage.
Granddaughter has requested, for two years now, a canoe of her own. And it HAS to be pink. However, with no work space for the next year or so, this build be a thought experiment for the time being. Sorry.
The plan:
An all composite build, with 2 layers of 4 oz inside and outside of some 1/8" thick Divinycell foam. Glass wrapped foam gunnels. Hopefully end up with a light, stiff canoe, sized just right for a strong 6 year old girl.
The process:
Cut foam into wide strips, of sorts, and epoxy their beveled edges together in a female mold set. Kind of like a stripper build from the outside in. Glass the inside, part the pattern set. Sand and glass the outside.
The dilemma:
How to keep the foam in place??? I've seen videos of big sailboat hull builds, similar to what I've described, but with much thicker foam. The temporary fastening of the foam is less challenging with 1/2" foam...
If you've managed to read this far down, and have some input, I'd be pleased to absorb it. I really want to avoid building a plug or mold.