Tuesday, July 2, 2013

Making the plank seams watertight and strong

I've finished putting in all of the epoxy fillets. It took a lot of epoxy and was fairly messy work.

These are some of the fillets.


Then I took a break and went to the gym to let the epoxy set up a little bit.

Upon my return I laid the glass on it.  Most of the pieces I had previously cut.

Then it got wet out with epoxy, which took a long time and a lot of epoxy.  I've used up what I have, so I need to order more before I can finish glassing in the bow sections.

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3 comments:

  1. B.BirdJuly 2, 2013 at 6:29 PM

    I saw a beautiful wooden kayak on top of someone's car yesterday and it made me think of you.

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  2. NoryBJuly 8, 2013 at 11:18 AM

    It looks like you're making really good progress. How much more time do you have to put into it before you'll finish? Will you get to sail it this summer/fall?

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  3. W.E.July 8, 2013 at 5:35 PM

    I'm closing in on 100 hours into the build. I figure it will take around 300. Finish work takes a lot of time. I'm planning on getting it in the water sometime next summer. I'm probably not going to get too much done on it once school starts, especially since during cold weather epoxy won't set up.

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