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> Garland and others discussed making sheets of stripped panels for use in
> the S&G method of construction. I understand how certain glues would tend
> to stress beyond their capacity to hold strips together on a difficult
> bend, but has anyone tried using epoxy as the glue? Better yet, has anyone
> paneled strips together using epoxy (assembled on a flat surface with pipe
> clamps) then coated at least one side with epoxy/glass prior to using it
> (i.e., bending it) as a panel? For my hybrid - idea of stripping a panel
> for a deck on a S&G hull, I would think that if I used epoxy on the bead
> & cove joints and glassed the underside of the strip deck with one
> coat of epoxy/glass, and assemble the deck while the surface epoxy (the
> epoxy in the strip joints would already be cured solid) is still in a
> pliable curing stage, then I might avoid the problems of splitting strips.
> This assumes that the deck is not as tortured as the 16 inch radius on my
> Ches. 17 but something less so. Paul C.
Hi Paul,
I'm afraid I don't know much about this, but there was a thread back in August, titled "What if, How Many, and Other Ramblings", 8/9/99. You can find it in the archive section of the bbs. There is some interesting commentary by some of the more experienced builders about this. I think it would work out well, if epoxy was used for the whole process, as you suggest. I think that 'glassing only the side that will be the inside of the panel is the best choice. Then do the outside 'glassing after the deck is in place. What design are you thinking of doing this on? I'm thinking of a S&G next (a Birder II, with a bit of a cockpit modification), but using strips for the deck. I've thought about attempting to glue up a composite panel of strips like the ones in the thread that is mentioned here. Be sure to post how it works out for you.....You can be the guinea pig on this one! One advantage to stripping the deck in a more conventional way is that the strips can be laid out in very attractive patterns, like so many of the boats that are built here. good luck and........... Merry Christmas to All! gar
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