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Heikki Heikki is offline
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Default foam under bulkheads
wrote:

I am attaching plywood bulkheads to the hull of my boat to provide
support for fuel tanks on a Morgan OI41. Best info I have been able
to assemble says to put foam under the plywood before tabbing them to
hull. Question is: What sort of foam? Thickness of foam? Seems to
md that this application would require something denser than the
standard sheet foam available in home supply stores. Any suggestions?

Well, I am certainly no expert, but as far as I have understood it, the foam
does not matter much at all. The important thing is that the tabbing does
not try to make a sharp 90 degree turn, but a round curve, or at least two
45 degree turns. Doesn't matter so much what is underneath, as long as the
tabbing gets in the right shape.

I'm sure someone will correct me if I am talking total nonsense...

-H
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