Friday, May 29, 2009

2nd float half

Spent the week getting the foam planks laid on the 2nd hull half so not to many exciting pictures this week. This time I put a skim of fairing compound over the deck flange to create a small radius where the hull and flange meet. This was a bit of a problem area when I glassed the first float 1/2 as the fibre glass didn't like the sharp step where the flange and hull meet. The small amount of bog will make a nice smooth transition from the hull to the deck flange so I shouldn't have any problems with the cloth not wanting to sit down on the foam properly.


Also made up a cradle to suport the joined floats or just a half after they come out of the frames. Seem a little bit extravagant but should make it easy to fair and glass the floats as I can stand each float up in the cradle or lay it down on either side. I will also make up some wheels to put under each end of the cradle to make it easy to move around.





















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