Wednesday, January 8, 2014

jan 8. stems

well, tonight  jennifer and i flipped her over so i could glass the stems from the inside. 
before i started mixing, i made sure she was square and true again, this time right-side-up. she looks pretty good!

i filled the gaps with epoxy paste made of mostly wood flour, silicone, and epoxy. i used a tongue depressor from the office to shape the fillet. 
then i covered it with a 3 inch fiberglass tape strip. then over that with clear epoxy. 

this is the bow. it actually looks better than the one in the instruction book!

and the stern. also looks good. had to cut a few holes in the fiberlglass to let keep the copper wire from tenting (ill cut the wire later). 

i also glued the rubrails tonight. 16 feet long in 3 sections. hope they hold!







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