Re: A New Boat to Check Out
I used 2 mil plastic sheeting (visqueen). The mold is simple. Two pieces of 3/4" MDF screwed together with the edges rounded over with the router.
The angle between the transom and the deck was taken and I used my miter saw to cut that angle into the end of the tube section that mates up the the base (which makes the flange).
I covered the base of the mold with a piece of plastic and then wrapped the tube section with the plastic just like you would wrap a birthday present (I just made sure I wrapped it tightly). Then I screwed the wrapped tube section to the covered base.
I start by glassing the junction between the base and tube with little hunks of mat. I just tear hunks off of a sheet of 1.5 oz mat and place them on the spot and dab them to place with a brush of resin. I built it up pretty thick. Then you can see in the first pix that I cut a full piece of mat to fit around the tube and that makes the flange. Once I get the flange glassed and the mat working its way up the tube (about 1" up or so), I start wrapping it in layers of 6 oz cloth. 5 or 6 wraps and its about 1/8" thick.
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