Yes, it warmed back up last week but down a little this. I finally made the connection that you took Barry from Adventures of an old Seadog on a flight around your area. You do have a beautiful country to fly and video from. If I didn't already have one expensive hobby would consider taking up yours.Best to you, Merry Christmas.
Wow this is the first I heard of James Wharram passing away, just ten days after my 62nd birthday. Let's all let that be a reminder to get on our bucket lists asap.
Great vid! So nice to fiberglass a flat horizontal surface, not much of that in boatbuilding. :) By the way, what type of roller were you using? I wasn't sure if it was a standard foam roller or something Thanks.
I've seen others use little metal rollers for the epoxy spreading over the fiberglass. Have you used those? Are you trying to get the minimum amount of epoxy in place while still fully wetting the glass through? The sound is definitely ASMR. You probably hear that in your head when you fall asleep at night at this point!
Also have you ever played with vacuum bagging or vacuum infusion methods? Those look like a real challenge for setup and added material costs but I'm sure the result is good.
The metal rollers have small fins to get air bubbles out of thicker fiberglass. The lightweight 6 or 7 ounce cloth we use goes down better using a squeegee or rolled out real well and then tipped with a partial roller in the vice grips.
Ben, The center platform has the triangular piece on the side that will be the ledge that the side platform pieces will lay on, one on each side. The other side will be a ledge that will be attached to the cabin top. We still have to fit the shape of the hull to the side platforms, there will be blocks above the ledge with a small gap so the side platforms will not rise up above the ledge on both hull cabin sides. The center platform will have a toggle turn to cover the side platforms and will keep them from rising. The ends of the platforms will rest on the bottom lips of the center and aft crossbeams, or that is the theory anyhow. We haven't arrived at the fitting part yet but others have proven the method before. Thanks for watching.
