Re: egads

Posted by paul on Oct 10, 2005

Lets talk a bit about the desire for small fillets and the stitch wires.

When I built my first S&G, a CLC 16LT, this past spring I had read about the option of putting down small fillet tabs between wires to allow for their removal then going back to finish the fillet gaps after the wires are pulled. (How this actually works is still a mistery to me since the fiberglass tape is to be set in green fillets, but the wires can't be pulled until the tabs are cured. So the tape is only set into the very short infill fillets between the original tabs. Evidently this is sufficient?) A technique that Lenny might like to consider to minimize fillet size/weight.

Anyway, I was content with the appearance of the wires left in and was not looking to add to the build time with additional steps on my first boat, but was then faced with the fact that the curve of the wire on the inside of the hull was dictating the minimum thickness of fillet to fill the joint and bury the wire. I therfore ended up with fairly wide fillets. Not a problem and they don't bother me, but for the first time builder hoping for a narrow fillet, you'll eventually bump into the wire issue.

Any insights for our new friend, and for my next CLC 17lt coming this winter?

In Response to: Re: egads by Laszlo on Oct 9, 2005

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• Re: egads by Jim S on Oct 10, 2005
  • Re: fillets by paul on Oct 10, 2005
    • Re: fillets by Laszlo on Oct 10, 2005
      • Re: fillets by Mislav on Oct 11, 2005
        • Re: fillets by Mark Camp on Oct 11, 2005
    • Re: fillets by LeeG on Oct 10, 2005
      • Re: fillets by Mac on Oct 11, 2005
        • Re: fillets by clark tuttle on Oct 11, 2005
• Re: egads by RogerJ on Oct 10, 2005
  • fillets by paul on Oct 10, 2005
    • Re: fillets by Lenny Flank on Oct 11, 2005
  • Re: egads by WaltB on Oct 12, 2005