Including building the mold, fabricating the two 19ft. bow beam sections has taken about 16 hours. Considering that I am paying myself 0 dollars / hr, that comes to a total labor cost of 0 dollars. Shown here, after popping it out of the mold, is the 2nd half of the bow beam section. Next step will be trimming it down to spec, bonding the two halves together and skimming the beam with a mixture of micro spheres and epoxy to smooth down the seams and minor imperfections. To eliminate bonding prep work I placed peel ply into the mold top and bottom. Peel ply is my friend.
10.02.2008
poping the 2nd bow beam section out of the mold
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Gotta love that peel ply. Looking good Allen. Hey I'm curious, approximately what are the dimensions of your shop?
Curt Sturm
30ft.W x 60ft.L X 14ft.H and it's still a bit of a challenge juggling these big hull sections in , around and over each other. If you didn't mind keeping some of the big sections out side under cover, a smaller shop could be used but it wouldn't be ideal.
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