Taavi wrote:
Hello.
I have a question about stitch and glue.
I have been reading about it for some time now but I donīt understand
one thing.
After you have stiched the panels.
http://bateau2.com/images/stories/ho...D_w_Frames.jpg
And then glued and glassed everything.
Do you then take the stitches out? Because they will be visible
under the glass.
Or donīt they? And if you are going to sand it then you will sand off
the glass
I'm building a stitch & glue pram now. I used #14 copper wire for
stitches...cut the twisted, outside ends off flush after filleting the
inside, filled the outside gap with epoxy + Cabosil, ground that down
smooth and fair, glassed the outside seams. Yes, they are visible under
the glass but not after painting.
Someone mentioned that wire left on the inside would interfere with
filleting there. I didn't find that to be the case...the holes for the
wire were quite close to the ply edges and tightening the wire pulled it
down so very little protruded upwards. I suppose - had the wires been
removed - that the fillets could have been smaller but personally I
wouldn't want them smaller.
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dadiOH
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