Laminate thickness question?
#12
Registered
Thread Starter
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Posts: 28
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Well, I figure either rebuild the Motor Mount, or add a peice of plywood to the striner I already built. By the way the stringer from the bulk head back to the transom is already 1 1/2 thick ( 2 pieces of 3/4 laminated together), thats the way it was from the factory. another 3/8" surely would be a strong core.
#13
Its easy to get drawn into the hype of epoxy, its fantastic to use but far beyond what many of us really need and many times not worth the hassle. I cant say anything bad about the process its just over marketed in my opinion. The reason why stringers and transoms fail 99.9% of the time is not because of what was used but rather how it was used.
__________________
Throttles- Cleveland Construction 377 Talon
08 OPA Class 1 National Champion
08 Class 1 Geico Triple Crown Champion
08 OPA High Points Champion
10 OPA Class 1 National Champion ( happy now Ed! )
Throttles- Cleveland Construction 377 Talon
08 OPA Class 1 National Champion
08 Class 1 Geico Triple Crown Champion
08 OPA High Points Champion
10 OPA Class 1 National Champion ( happy now Ed! )
Last edited by glassdave; 05-29-2012 at 11:06 PM.
#14
Registered
Thread Starter
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Posts: 28
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Thanks Dave, Youve made my mind up Im going to make up the differnce in the mounts, Im happy with my decision to use epoxy, somehow I just feel better about it. must be a mental thing.
Thanks to everyone who responded to this thread.
Thanks to everyone who responded to this thread.
#15
Registered
iTrader: (1)
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Spring, Texas
Posts: 450
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
I will apologize now, cause obviously i am a moron when it comes to this....but uhhh what to you use to secure the stringer to the transome and to the bottom of the boat? i re-read over both pages here and every bit of that was greek to me...think i followed the ply wood part and yeah i was lost..
#16
Registered
Join Date: May 2012
Location: Hot Town, Texas
Posts: 3
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
I have been recruited to help out 38 X with his fiberglass work, lol.
He has a hole that is rotted around the edge. Would it be okay to cut out all the rot and fill in the hole with a 2 part foam and then use 2 layers of polyester resin and 18oz E-Glass? Or should we fill in the hole we cut out with layers of plywood like is in there now?
He has a hole that is rotted around the edge. Would it be okay to cut out all the rot and fill in the hole with a 2 part foam and then use 2 layers of polyester resin and 18oz E-Glass? Or should we fill in the hole we cut out with layers of plywood like is in there now?
#17
I will apologize now, cause obviously i am a moron when it comes to this....but uhhh what to you use to secure the stringer to the transome and to the bottom of the boat? i re-read over both pages here and every bit of that was greek to me...think i followed the ply wood part and yeah i was lost..
__________________
Throttles- Cleveland Construction 377 Talon
08 OPA Class 1 National Champion
08 Class 1 Geico Triple Crown Champion
08 OPA High Points Champion
10 OPA Class 1 National Champion ( happy now Ed! )
Throttles- Cleveland Construction 377 Talon
08 OPA Class 1 National Champion
08 Class 1 Geico Triple Crown Champion
08 OPA High Points Champion
10 OPA Class 1 National Champion ( happy now Ed! )