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Project Finish ( floats and ribs) |
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| 06-04-2006 - Here is a picture of the numbered foam strips what will be the structural ribs of the canoe bottom. |
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| Before attaching the foam for the rib to the hull of the canoe I trimmed away the layup that extended above the gunwales. There were sharp protrusions which I did not want to scrape against. |
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| 07-02-2006 - I considered wrapping the foam ribs with the kevlar/carbon fabric prior to gluing them to the hull. After attempts to keep the fabric in place and still bend the rib to the shape of the hull, I decided to just glue in the ribs using spacing sticks. You may notice that the ends each rib are tapered. |
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| 07-04-2006 - After attaching the foam ribs with the hot glue gun I cut the strips of Kevlar / Carbon fiber fabric. |
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| Here is a picture of the foam ribs installed, covered with Kevlar /Carbon fiber and S-glass and wetted out. |
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| 07-13-2006 - Here is the first fitting of the foam which will be the bow float of the canoe. I bet you noticed there is a whole in the center of the foam, I will get to that later. Yes it is a feature not an error. |
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| I painted bow float because the color would show since there was going to be no Kevlar / Carbon fiber cloth over it. Notice in the picture the cap of the paint can is darker than the end result. I wish it had been darker. Just call it another mistake but one that is only cosmetic in nature. |
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| 07-16-2006 - I decided to take a bit of s-glass create a cylinder by molding it to around a plastic cup. |
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| Here is my molded cup trimmed for the next step. |
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| 07-17-2006 - I Attached my molded cylinder to the bottom of the bow float, no it is not a mini- surfboard. I figured my wife deserved a cup holder. I should have made it larger. |
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| I taped the s-glass to the back of the bow float before putting it in place in the hull of the canoe. |
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| Here is the bow float in place before I epoxy it to the hull. |
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| 07-18-2006 - I had thought that the angle on of the
foam was just right when I started to epoxy the bow float in place,
however I must have shifted it a bit and needed to use a bit of silica
filler around the edges. The cup holder turned out fine anyway.
The stern float was placed the same way (without a cup holder). |
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| 07-19-2006 - project on hold (again) while I figure out how I want to do the seats of the canoe | |||||||||||
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- The Mold (part 1) - The Mold
(part 2) The Layup (part1) - The Layup (part 2) - The Layup (part 3) - Project Finish (gunwales) - Project Finish (floats) - Project Finish (seats) |
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