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Giving you a close up here, because...

Posted By: Gary, Santana 2023, Milwaukee
Date: 5/17/08 3:35p.m.

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In Response To: Framing the Edge-Out (pic) (Gary, Santana 2023, Milwaukee)

While wrecking my spine last week, I got pretty DAMNED tired of the fillits. Seemed like excess work, had to think of a better way. So, while the CB trunk was slowly destroying my lumbar vertebrae's, I thought "Wood fillits!" I am cutting each piece of this edge out 'free hand'. Keep bouncing my circular saw from 90 degrees, to 45 degrees, and back again. Extra work, 'gotta stay pretty focused due to making some cuts upside down (to get the right angle), etc. Some pieces, well, there's a number of angles. Anyway, you can see some of this, especially right there in the inner corner. Because of this, I don't have to mess around building up any more of those frigging fillits. That makes me happy!
Remember, even though I have the fore and aft bulkheads, and the entire seams, fore-to-aft, each side, fiberglassed with epoxy and shredded 'glass, I am still going to layer a second coat of West Marine 'epoxy-fiberglass-epoxy' over it all. And it's because of this final layer, specifically the cloth, that I'm doing the fillits. Without the fillits, I'll have nothing but air pockets where I try to bend the cloth into (and then out of) a 90 degree corner.
Ah... sorry, for the lecture guys, I'm sure you understand.

Messages In This Thread

Santana 2023 WB Tank: fiberglass 101 -- Gary, Santana 2023, Milwaukee -- 5/13/08 10:46p.m.

Filling the port & starboard seams -- Gary, Santana 2023, Milwaukee -- 5/13/08 10:56p.m.

Oops! Wrong pic above, here it is... I hope! -- Gary, Santana 2023, Milwaukee -- 5/13/08 11:08p.m.

Aft Starboard corner, though they all look similar. -- Gary, Santana 2023, Milwaukee -- 5/13/08 11:20p.m.

overview of a bulkhead in progress -- Gary, Santana 2023, Milwaukee -- 5/13/08 11:27p.m.

broken corner of removed sole piece, repaired and sanded -- Gary, Santana 2023, Milwaukee -- 5/13/08 11:34p.m.

Overview of completed bulkhead -- Gary, Santana 2023, Milwaukee -- 5/20/08 11:09p.m.

you're getting good at this, eh? -- Seth Dabney, 2023-C, Oxford, MS -- 5/16/08 5:07a.m.

Only half as good as you, Seth. Thanks for your help. -- Gary, Santana 2023, Milwaukee -- 5/17/08 3:03p.m.

A completed (covered) corner. -- Gary, Santana 2023, Milwaukee -- 5/20/08 11:17p.m.

I am well pleased with my finished seams. -- Gary, Santana 2023, Milwaukee -- 5/20/08 3:15p.m.

You get the prize... -- Tom Cannon, 2023A, Coupeville WA -- 5/20/08 3:50p.m.

I know what you're REALLY saying, Tom! -- Gary, Santana 2023, Milwaukee -- 5/20/08 10:45p.m.

That's pretty much what I did. -- Seth Dabney, 2023-C, Oxford, MS -- 5/20/08 5:24p.m.

OK Seth -- Bob Frak -- 5/20/08 7:45p.m.

only one of two pieces had been put back -- Seth Dabney, 2023-C, Oxford, MS -- 5/21/08 1:18p.m.

Did you use straight 5200 the length of your trunk? -- Gary, Santana 2023, Milwaukee -- 5/21/08 6:08p.m.

To do what? I didn't use any? -- Seth Dabney, 2023-C, Oxford, MS -- 5/21/08 9:21p.m.

Your immediate reply, third pic from the bottom, may answer it. -- Gary, Santana 2023A, Milwaukee -- 5/22/08 7:16a.m.

Gary / itchy -- Bob Frak -- 5/22/08 8:11p.m.

Hey, Bob. Well, easy to 'jump' on the epoxy/glass, but -- Gary, Santana 2023A, Milwaukee -- 5/23/08 7:41a.m.

Maybe?? -- Bob Frak -- 5/23/08 11:51a.m.

Also, your last picture suprised me. -- Gary, Santana 2023A, Milwaukee -- 5/22/08 7:20a.m.

What you see on the trunk is the rigit hard putty -- Seth Dabney, 2023-C, Oxford, MS -- 5/22/08 3:21p.m.

Ah, understood. -- Gary, Santana 2023A, Milwaukee -- 5/23/08 7:56a.m.

I was told on the main board to epoxy the screws in. -- Todd-2023C-SFBay -- 5/24/08 8:18p.m.

Don't be so sure, Todd. Not as easy as 'they' make it sound. -- Gary, Santana 2023, Milwaukee -- 5/25/08 7:57p.m.

I'm humbled, Seth. Awesome work. Here's a great tool I discovered. -- Gary, Santana 2023, Milwaukee -- 5/20/08 10:42p.m.

Same seam, couple hours later, completed. -- Gary, Santana 2023, Milwaukee -- 5/20/08 11:02p.m.

Framing the Edge-Out -- Gary, Santana 2023, Milwaukee -- 5/17/08 3:15p.m.

Giving you a close up here, because... -- Gary, Santana 2023, Milwaukee -- 5/17/08 3:35p.m.

Nothing of major interest here. -- Gary, Santana 2023, Milwaukee -- 5/17/08 4:09p.m.

Awesome job -- Liv, CS22, Karma 22, Ottawa River -- 5/18/08 5:32a.m.

Liv, don't be offering my services out (unless it's a hot friend of yours) -- Gary, Santana 2023, Milwaukee -- 5/18/08 2:13p.m.

Are you going to glass the underside of the edge outs? -- Seth Dabney, 2023-C, Oxford, MS -- 5/18/08 12:34p.m.

If I understand you, Seth, maybe this will clear it up? -- Gary, Santana 2023, Milwaukee -- 5/18/08 2:26p.m.

Seth, after a little sleep, here's the better answer! -- Gary, Santana 2023A, Milwaukee -- 5/19/08 6:23a.m.

A dry fitting. Just checking things out. -- Gary, Santana 2023, Milwaukee -- 5/20/08 10:53p.m.

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