Home |
Search |
Today's Posts |
#1
![]()
posted to rec.boats.building
|
|||
|
|||
![]()
Thanks to everyone for the replies to my prior questions about epoxy
and fiberglass (discounting the use of polyester). You help and experience is appreciated. I'm planning to build a dodger for my sailboat, still researching and discovering.. After photographing hundreds of hard dodgers, and studying them carefully, I know that hard angular corners will not look good on my boat. I need to round the edges/corners to match the rest of the boat. What techniques should I research for changing the hard corners where two ply surfaces connect? How do I shape those round edges smoothly to have a professional looking curve? Plywood seems to be a good core for the large surfaces. I may use two or three 1/4 ply layers glued with epoxy. 1/4 inch ply will allow some curve to the sides and top, and having multiple layers will provide strength. This is a 50 foot boat, so 1/2 to 3/4 inch thickness would not look too flimsy, and the boat can accommodate the weight. My question at this time is how do you make a smooth tidy round corner where the sides and top meet, and where the sides and the front of the dodger meet. It seems that connecting the ply large surfaces together would add structural strength, but that would cause a hard angular appearance. Thanks for your input, (and please forgive my lack of experience). -Koos. |
Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
Display Modes | |
|
|
![]() |
||||
Thread | Forum | |||
heat forming fiberglass | Boat Building | |||
lately, pins burn between hot corners, unless they're short | ASA | |||
there, counters promise through hot corners, unless they're full | ASA | |||
Albin O-22 Aux. Engine Owner's Group Forming | General | |||
New OT group forming | General |