Re: Epoxy/Glass Triton Liner to Cabin Trunk @ Dead Lights
Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2011 10:26 am
Thank you for starting a thread for this - much appreciated.
I think I see where/why I couldn't picture what you were doing before. I think my brain was "stuck" on the way I would have done it (in my head anyway), and so I couldn't get past that on one part. I still do want to ask one clarification on that, if you don't mind.
I probably would have tried to run the opening-reducing glass first, so that the tail end of it went down into the gap between the cabinside and the liner, and then filled the gap between the cabinside and liner afterward. It seems like you did it the opposite way (which was obviously fine or maybe even preferable), but what I still can't quite wrap my mind around is where the opening-reducing 'glass "went." I can see it ran up onto your plastic-covered 1 x 2 to actually reduce the opening, but where did the other "end" go to give it enough purchase on the boat? Once I figure this out my mind will be able to rest.
(My mind may be "stuck" because I just did a similar job on my fiberglass camper, but in that case the outer wall and the liner were over an inch apart, so I just built up the wall to reduce the wall opening (which was also for a window) by laying in glass against a taped ply mold I had clamped to the outside. So in other words, the "tail" of the glass was able to run down the wall and bond to it in the gap between wall and liner. I had previously used thickened epoxy to put in a "rib" that stiffens that gap, but it was far enough down inside to not be involved at all in the window-opening-reducing operation.)
Also: Great idea for keeping the cabinside and liner spaced perfectly! I love that sort of shop jig that is clever and inexpensive and of which it is easy to quickly make a whole bunch. I'm going to tuck that away in my mental file cabinet. The only thing still rolling around in my head about that is was that initial cut a dado or a rabbet?
Thanks again for the new thread. I take it you were able to get new fasteners that were ALL the SAME length? And it must feel reassuring to have a nice, uniform, wide-enough mating area between port frame and boat.
I think I see where/why I couldn't picture what you were doing before. I think my brain was "stuck" on the way I would have done it (in my head anyway), and so I couldn't get past that on one part. I still do want to ask one clarification on that, if you don't mind.
I probably would have tried to run the opening-reducing glass first, so that the tail end of it went down into the gap between the cabinside and the liner, and then filled the gap between the cabinside and liner afterward. It seems like you did it the opposite way (which was obviously fine or maybe even preferable), but what I still can't quite wrap my mind around is where the opening-reducing 'glass "went." I can see it ran up onto your plastic-covered 1 x 2 to actually reduce the opening, but where did the other "end" go to give it enough purchase on the boat? Once I figure this out my mind will be able to rest.
(My mind may be "stuck" because I just did a similar job on my fiberglass camper, but in that case the outer wall and the liner were over an inch apart, so I just built up the wall to reduce the wall opening (which was also for a window) by laying in glass against a taped ply mold I had clamped to the outside. So in other words, the "tail" of the glass was able to run down the wall and bond to it in the gap between wall and liner. I had previously used thickened epoxy to put in a "rib" that stiffens that gap, but it was far enough down inside to not be involved at all in the window-opening-reducing operation.)
Also: Great idea for keeping the cabinside and liner spaced perfectly! I love that sort of shop jig that is clever and inexpensive and of which it is easy to quickly make a whole bunch. I'm going to tuck that away in my mental file cabinet. The only thing still rolling around in my head about that is was that initial cut a dado or a rabbet?
Thanks again for the new thread. I take it you were able to get new fasteners that were ALL the SAME length? And it must feel reassuring to have a nice, uniform, wide-enough mating area between port frame and boat.