I have not been as diligent about keeping this blog up and I'm determined to do better in the future but here is what I've accomplished. I made a makeshift 16' work table by placing 2 16' 2x4's across 3 sawhorses then laid 2 4x8 foot sheets of CDC on top of them. After scarfing the edges of the sheets of plywood I coated each scarfed edge with unthickened epoxy then added thickened epoxy to the facing up edged. I used a 48" steel ruler as a straight edge to align the sheets prior to adding the epoxy and used a small finishing nail about a 1/4" in from each edge to nail thru the lined up sheets then pull off the top sheet and replaced the nail from the bottom up on the bottom sheet then once I added the thickened epoxy all I needed to do to get the two sheets aligned was put the top sheet back with the nails going thru the two holes on the edges. Once that was done I placed a 2x4 on edge right across the middle of the scarf joint and clamped it down to the table. (Oh yeah don't forget to put down some plastic or wax paper under the joint the last thing you want is your expensive marine plywood epoxied to the CDC table top!)
Once the scarf joints had dried for 24 hours I could then make the side panels pretty easy here measure 22" down on one of the 48" edges of my 6mm 48"x16' panel and 22" up on the opposite end and snap a chalk line then cut along that line the entire length of the panel what you end up with is 2 panels 22" on end and 26" on the other 16" long, the 26" or tall end becomes the bow the 22" end is the stern. I lost a few pics somewhere between but below is a pic of the two sides once they cut and the angles added for the transom and stern.
No comments:
Post a Comment