But your wife is not complaining about fiberglass dust over everything in the garage! The leaf blower is my new friend.
Joel On Mon, Apr 16, 2018 at 12:10 PM, Della Barba, Joe via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > It cost me $250 to get my Bimini resown at Bacons. It came out fine, but > it surely won’t last anywhere near as long as this project will. > > > > Joe > > Coquina > > > > *From:* CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] *On Behalf Of *Joel > Aronson via CnC-List > *Sent:* Monday, April 16, 2018 11:26 AM > *To:* cnc-list <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > *Cc:* Joel Aronson <joel.aron...@gmail.com> > *Subject:* [EXTERNAL] Re: Stus-List Building a hard bimini - part 1 > > > > Danny, > > > > I also expect to add solar, so this made more sense than new canvas. > > > > For $300 worth of materials I took a shot! > > > > Joel > > > > On Mon, Apr 16, 2018 at 11:15 AM, Danny Haughey via CnC-List < > cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > It makes really good sense too, I never take my Bimini down. I'm > considering a solar panel install there. I just have too many projects > underway at the moment > > > > On 4/16/2018 9:28 AM, Joel Aronson via CnC-List wrote: > > Thanks! This was way beyond any project I had tackled. > > > > Joel > > > > On Mon, Apr 16, 2018 at 8:52 AM, Danny Haughey via CnC-List < > cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > looking really good Joel! > > > > On 4/16/2018 8:51 AM, Joel Aronson via CnC-List wrote: > > The hard bimini is almost done! Did the test fit Saturday, marked the > corners, but the curves, filled the edges. Final sanding, and painting, > hopefully this week. > > > > Photos are on the link: > > https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1jQwPE06SOaWaLx- > EAU-yQpnJv5BP0UwU?usp=sharing > > > > Joel > > > > On Wed, Apr 11, 2018 at 3:53 PM, Joel Aronson via CnC-List < > cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > I started building the hard bimini with the FRP panels from Home Depot > after speaking to the guys at Jamestown Distributors. > > Day 1 > > assembled the bits - MAS epoxy, 2x6s sheet of plywood, foam core, glass > cloth, and 2 4x8 sheets of FRP panel from Home Depot to use as skins. > > Took a 2x6 to the boat and clamped it to the existing frame and marked the > curve. Realized that a 2x6 was not wide enough. > Cut the 2x6, screwed 'extensions' on the end so they were 2x12, clamped it > to the rail. Cut the rest of the curve. Verified that the 2 bows had the > same curve and repeated the process. > > > > Then came the evil FRP. It has a bubble finish on one side that needed to > be sanded. This stuff is hard as a rock and creates a fine white powder > that goes everywhere. You MUST wear a mask! It also consumes sandpaper. I > got frustrated with 80 grit, so tried 60. 80 was marginally better. Did the > sanding on the garage floor. Spent more time on my knees than a cheap > hooker. > > Set aside the FRP and screwed the sheet of plywood to the 2x6s to get the > shape. > > > > Realized I was short of foam, so I cut about a 48 x 5 inch piece of 1/4 > inch PVC sheet. MAS sticks to PVC, unlike West. > > > > Day 2 - part 1. Trimmed the excess off to get the size to its proper size > 48 by 76. > Cut G10 into squares for the attachment points as recommended by Jamestown > distributors. > Cut holed in the foam core sheets for the G10 to fit in. Measured distance > from the edges. > > > > Did the layup of bottom FRP panel, glass cloth and foam. Epoxied in the > G10. > > > > Will add more epoxy, cloth and the top FRP panel tomorrow night. > > > > Right now it is fairly flexible. I'm hoping it stiffens as I go. The > good news is that if my measurements are slightly off it won't matter. > > Photos of intial work: > > https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1jQwPE06SOaWaLx- > EAU-yQpnJv5BP0UwU?usp=sharing > > > > -- > > Joel > 301 541 8551 > > > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each > and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - > use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > > > > > > -- > > Joel > 301 541 8551 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and > every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each > and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - > use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > > > > > > -- > > Joel > 301 541 8551 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and > every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each > and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - > use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > > > > > > -- > > Joel > 301 541 8551 > > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each > and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - > use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > > > -- Joel 301 541 8551
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