Fairing/leveling chines
 

Hello, I've built a Ken Hankinson design LaPaz22 in 24', in my haste, and lack of a good belt sander my reverse chines/strakes have some serious "roller coastering" any suggestions on what to use to build up low spots, they are epoxied on so i'm doomed.
Regards,

You haven't described the construction of these joints, so this is a guess.
Do not use a sander away for the remainder of the project.
Plane what's left of the members to a fair profile, even if they're
significantly skinnier than designed.
Bond to the members a strip of stock sufficiently thick to reach designed
dimension. Clean squeeze-out carefully.
Plane the members to designed dimension and profile.

ReelBros wrote:

Hello, I've built a Ken Hankinson design LaPaz22 in 24', in my haste,
and lack of a good belt sander my reverse chines/strakes have some
serious "roller coastering" any suggestions on what to use to build up
low spots, they are epoxied on so i'm doomed.
Regards,

--
ReelBros

Fairing compound?

--
Ron White
Boat building web address is
www.concentric.net/~knotreel

ReelBros wrote in message ...
Hello, I've built a Ken Hankinson design LaPaz22 in 24', in my haste,
and lack of a good belt sander my reverse chines/strakes have some
serious "roller coastering" any suggestions on what to use to build up
low spots, they are epoxied on so i'm doomed.

Install a batten or thin plank along the wavy edge. Cover batten with
plastic (polyethylene), pour any putty, microballoons would be fine.
remove batten, coat with resin, finish.
See the URL in my signatu it is our tech. support site. Some of our
builders may have pictures of the method and will post if you ask the
question there.

Jacques
http://bateau2.com

[Jim , They are from S.Y.Pine , were ripped on table saw a few degrees off then I did my sanding after they were glued and screwed.
Regards, Todd
QUOTE=Jim Conlin]You haven't described the construction of these joints, so this is a guess.
Do not use a sander away for the remainder of the project.
Plane what's left of the members to a fair profile, even if they're
significantly skinnier than designed.
Bond to the members a strip of stock sufficiently thick to reach designed
dimension. Clean squeeze-out carefully.
Plane the members to designed dimension and profile.

ReelBros wrote:

Hello, I've built a Ken Hankinson design LaPaz22 in 24', in my haste,
and lack of a good belt sander my reverse chines/strakes have some
serious "roller coastering" any suggestions on what to use to build up
low spots, they are epoxied on so i'm doomed.
Regards,

--
ReelBros[/quote]

That's a good idea. You can get long trim pieces from the local h/w store
that make good battens. I think most boats slope down (upside down hull)
towards the bow, so you couldn't just pour the filler in. You'd have to mix
it thicker and knife it off level with the top of the batten. The hard part
would be the holding of the putty knife (etc) at the right angle so you
don't introduce more roller coaster waves along the way.

I was going to suggest filling with fairing compound or wood flour/silica
mix and using a long fairing knife to scrap it off. Something like 36" to
48" should be OK. My local h/w store sells them for drywall folks. It may
take 2 or 3 passes. Doing what Jacques said first might be necessary. I
did a little of this on my boat, then followed with some long-boarding on
the chine flat (and filled things again ...just a little at that point). It
turned out pretty good. See http://www.reelboats.com .

Brian D



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Hello, I've built a Ken Hankinson design LaPaz22 in 24', in my haste,
and lack of a good belt sander my reverse chines/strakes have some
serious "roller coastering" any suggestions on what to use to build up
low spots, they are epoxied on so i'm doomed.

Install a batten or thin plank along the wavy edge. Cover batten with
plastic (polyethylene), pour any putty, microballoons would be fine.
remove batten, coat with resin, finish.
See the URL in my signatu it is our tech. support site. Some of our
builders may have pictures of the method and will post if you ask the
question there.

Jacques
http://bateau2.com