Saturday, January 29, 2011

Re: [Electric Boats] mounting motor on glassed ply?

 

Tim, the finish thickness is about 1/2 inch and if I remember correctly about 24 layers of 17 oz. cloth.   Questions email me at   inganear1@yahoo.com    Dave K


From: tmalcolm <tim@xmfi.org>
To: electricboats@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sat, January 29, 2011 7:40:01 PM
Subject: Re: [Electric Boats] mounting motor on glassed ply?

Hi Dave.

Very interesting site!

Quick question(s) - how many layers of cloth/mat? and how thick is the finished board?

Any help/advice would be appreciated. I have tons of general questions but will contact you directly after things are a bit more specific.


--Tim.



--- In electricboats@yahoogroups.com, Dave Kellogg <inganear1@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Tim,
>
> The site your referring to is mine, unfortunately I have had some difficulty
> with the Web provider causing it to be down at the moment.  The Ply that you
> see in the photos is just a pattern, the actual board is solid layup of Epoxy
> and 17 oz. uni directional cloth with a mat backing.  It was done under vacuum
> and is solid as a rock.  The mounts to the hull are also solid layup, a little
> bit of an over kill but I wanted it that way so that's the way we built it...
>  one of the reasons I used a solid layup of glass was to eliminate the salt
> water and salt air from the use of any aluminum and stainless fasteners, I also
> decided not to use any ply coring because of the crush factor and movement of
> the hull.  Since my website is not up at the present time, if you have
> questions that may be answered by photos please let me know and I would be happy
> to connect with you off list... 
>
> Dave K
> S/V  Redeemed
>



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