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Doug,
Thanks for info. I've
learned woodworking from my father, so I have a tendency to fallback on that.
He's a retired antique restorer from NYC - quite the craftsman, unfortunately
that's a dying trade. He's used to bring home beat up antiques and they'd
leave looking gorgeous. I remember once he brought a small table home with about
75% of the ivory inlays in a plastic bag.
I'll look into the
plastic board! My original plan was to use thin plywood that could be bent
somewhat to shape and then put the fiber on top of that.
Unfortunately I have zero
metal working skills, so I'm planning on either having someone fabricate
the frame or I take classes on it. At this point I'm still working out the
design and layout.
Ambient: Dry.
Marten
From: owner-personal_submersibles@psubs.org [mailto:owner-personal_submersibles@psubs.org] On Behalf Of DJACKSON99@aol.com Sent: Monday, May 24, 2004 11:16 PM To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Fiberglass over marine plywood Hi Marten
You might consider a high density plastic board for the core. They
make it in 4 x 12+ sheets and you can get 1 or both sides with a fiberglass
bonding layer molded into the surface. There will be no problem with water
absorbsion and delaminanting and it comes dense enought to be
neutrally buoyant.
If your considering other hull material ideas, the look at the
kayak, surf board, and custom car body building pages. You can carve
your shape out of foam and cover it with fiberglass and then reinforce it with
an aluminum frame where needed. Or just build an aluminum frame and
stretch canvas or aluminum sheeting over it like the fuselage of an air
plane. Or heat and shape acrylic over the frame. Paint the top
decks and leave the bottom clear for visibility.
Ambient: Wet, Dry or Semidry?
Hope it helps a little..
Doug Jackson
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