Pontoon rebuild / redesign

[Corjen1]

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Arch, hope your are fairing well, heard you guys had at least a half an inch of ice.....bout .2 here and snow.

 

[archbuilder]

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Still have the ice, wish it would melt! Its supposed to be 60ish on Saturday....go figure its 26 right now! Here is a little update on the bathroom.

Hope everyone has a Merry Christmas!

 

[Decker83]

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Another good vid..

Hope the weather warms up for you..

Wishing you and the family a very Merry Christmas..:joyous:

 

[GT1000000]

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Thanks for sharing the vids, arch...
Merry Christmas!

 

[Woodonglass]

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[archbuilder]

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Merry Christmas GT! Thanks for the "card" Wood!

 

[archbuilder]

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Flew a few trusses today....not bad for one day, went pretty smooth.

 

[zool]

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Awesome progress..shes taking shape....

 

[sphelps]

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All right ! Really starting to look like a barn now .. Using metal for the roof also ?

 

[archbuilder]

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Thanks Zool, amazing what trusses can do in a day! sphelps I does get a metal skin on the roof and walls.

 

[Decker83]

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Great days work.. Looks good.. Looks like the weather was nice today..

 

[ShowMeGuy]

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2 thumbs up my man!

 

[archbuilder]

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Thanks guys, hopefully I can make some progress on the 1st. Getting back to "boat stuff", has anyone used c-flex planking before. Apparently it is still made, but I haven't been able to find much info on it. I did find this from glen-l

Building Methods: C-Flex page 1

Looks like it might work well for the toon.....although I'm still not crazy on fairing it.

 

[jbcurt00]

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Looks like it's still available from the maker that Glen-L sourced it thru:
View attachment C-Flex.pdf

Rolls are 12" wide, and run $2.99 or 3.38 per linear foot depending on the glass weight you buy, unless you need more then a 1000LF :faint2:

 

[Woodonglass]

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Way back when I was a kid, I helped an old man at the Marina in Ponca City build a Splashwell using C-Plank as he Called it. He stapled it in place and then Resined over the staples and everything. It worked GREAT as I recall. We finished up with CSM and Roving. Turned out Really nice. I learned a lot from that old man. Didn't know it at the time but now I Do!!!!

Shed is looking Good Arch!!!

 

[archbuilder]

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I wish there were some good application photos and information on it. Thanks for the link JB...I will try to give them a call at some point in the future. I would like to at least buy a small amount to experiment with. Wood, it looks like it lays down real nice, is that typical, or did they work for hours to make it look nice for the pics?

 

[jbcurt00]

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Might give David a ring:
Sintes Designs

A 12 yr old interview about C-Flex

Small Tri-maran maker that uses C-Flex

 

[archbuilder]

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Thanks for the links JB.

 

[Woodonglass]

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From what I recall, Now remember I'm OLD and it was almost 50 yrs ago, it conformed fairly well and he used staples onto wood. I kinda reminded me of roven woving but it had like small glass rods in in it and it crackled. The base glue was almost like PB fairly thick and was trowled on first and then followed up with basic resin. That's kinda what I remember if I'm remembering right. Heck I dunno, I might be thinkin of sumthun else.

 

[73Chrysler105]

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That looks like a great way to build custom builds without molds