John, I fabricated mine in 3/32 plywood by cuttin out a oversized pattern, bending it [by tieing rope around it], spraying it wirh water and drying it. It retained it's shape. Then I trimmed it to fit after adding another longeron to anchore the plywood to the fus.
Ron Eason ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: Bavo <[email protected]> Reply-To: KRnet <[email protected]> List-Post: [email protected] Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2006 13:13:07 +1000 Chris & Co., I've been toying with the idea of wooden turtle deck for some time. I'm not that far advanced yet, but am keen to go that way. Partly due weight & cost, but also as I figure it will save time. I'm doing my fuse in Hoop Pine ply (being an Aussie also, it's easier to get here than Spruce). Have you got a web page, or any pics? Thanks, John. -- John Bavington Secretary SAAA Chapter 20 P.O.Box 759 Sunbury 3429. http://www.saaa.com/ http://au.geocities.com/johnbavington On 7/30/06, Chris Johnston <[email protected]> wrote: > > If any one is interested, my wood turtle deck finally came out at about > 9 lbs, which is a little bit heavier than I was hoping for. Just for the > record, if I were doing another one, I would use 1.5/2.0 mm Hoop pine for > the ply frames and skin, ( hoop pine seems to be very springy stuff, but it > is a certified engineering material ), omit one 5/8 thick wood rollover > frame instead of having two, fit the skin as three separate peices, instead > of two, for a total cost of about $70, and probably about 7 pounds. The > equivalent foam version would cost about $100 for foam sheet, foam block > would be about $400-$500 if not more if used, $40 dollars for resin and > about $150 for glass and peel ply, so about $300 or so. If cost were not > critical, then Gary Morgans core mat decks would be the way to go. > > > > > > Chris Johnston > > North R ichmond NSW > > Australia. > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to [email protected] > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > _______________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to [email protected] please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html ________________________________________________________________ Sent via the WebMail system at jrl-engineering.com
