While waiting for the edge glue to cure I made up a jig for cutting the track for the sail.
It is not easy to show the mnolded pre bend in a picture, but here's the two pieces joined.
Friday, February 11, 2011
Joined
I finally decided to just do it. I lined up the two pieces the best I could and made parallel marks on the sides. Then cut them with my Bosch GOP oscillating saw. Mixed up epoxy and cotton chop and end joined, using a drill bit inside the sail track to align. After curing I sanded the outside of the mast and laminated a 10 cm wide tri axial fabric over the join, using the poor man's vacuum bag method. This will make an airtight join and I will laminate the inside with regular vacuum bagging.
While waiting for the edge glue to cure I made up a jig for cutting the track for the sail.
It is not easy to show the mnolded pre bend in a picture, but here's the two pieces joined.
While waiting for the edge glue to cure I made up a jig for cutting the track for the sail.
It is not easy to show the mnolded pre bend in a picture, but here's the two pieces joined.
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Hi Tor,
Was not actually sure what you were joining but now I get it.
We have also used SSteel rod in just like the drill bit. Worked ok for us.
Andrew
www.andrew-mcleod.com
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