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Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Fiberglass

Yes, that's just the kind of structure I'm talking about. Does somebody make 4 x 8 sheets of fiberglass? Much snottier to work with than plywood, but solves the problem. How would you go about bonding prefabricated fiberglass structures? Rough up the surfaces and slather with resin? Slap in an extra mat or two? Thanks. - Joe
----- Original Message -----
From: Dan J. Rice
To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org
Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2000 9:39 AM
Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Fiberglass



I used to work for a yacht builder, 29' to 41' cabin cruisers.  They used
plywood stringers and cross pieces inside the laid up hull (which was in a
mold).  They fiberglassed over the plywood and the result was very strong, for
that application. As for the pressures at 300 meters I think starting with wood
might not be the best, but if you start with fiberglass or something else
fiberglass would bond to, to frame it out, fiberglass layers could be added for
strength and to attach the frame to the hull.

Dan




"Marsee Skidmore" <heyred@email.msn.com> on 01/15/2000 12:19:45 PM

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Subject:  [PSUBS-MAILIST] Fiberglass



Gentlemen,

I've recently been pondering my fiberglass exoskeleton. Since I'm diving to 300
meters, I don't want to use wood for substructure. Can I glass over aluminum?
Would fiberglass structural sections (tubes, I-beams) work? How would you build
a 30 foot fiberglass cabin cruiser hull without wood?

Thanks,

Joe