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puzzle joints

Submitted by rpiuze - Mon, 6/1/09 » 8:21 AM

I just started to build my Passagemaker and in glueing the first sets of strakes ther is a slight gap, .020-.025 in some areas. (it looks like the bad joint in the pictures) The joints are filled except in a couple of areas where this is a 1/4 inch long gap I can put a fingernail in.

Will the couple of coats of clear epoxy coat fill these; or is there something else I should do?

Thanks,

Ron

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RE: puzzle joints

» Submitted by toolboxtoons - Mon, 6/1/09 » 10:01 AM

you should be fine once you fill the weave. i made my own puzzle joints when i built my WD-12 from plans and had some gaps. after 3-coats of epoxy inside and out to fill the weave. i can see some spots of daylight through the tiny gaps but its water tight. i guess you could mix up a bit of thickened epoxy with the woodflour and fill but it i would think its not required (before you apply the glass).

Jon

RE: puzzle joints

» Submitted by rpiuze - Mon, 6/1/09 » 10:07 AM

Jon,

Thanks for the reply. These are above the water line and will not be glassed. I think I will "touch up the joints when I do the next set with the thickened epoxy.

Ron

RE: puzzle joints

» Submitted by toolboxtoons - Mon, 6/1/09 » 10:14 AM

if you use the thickened epoxy just fill the crack try not to get it on the deck surface...its not fun to sand and you end up sanding through the ply-layers...take it from one who did.

good luck