Filleting/taping order, battens, gunwhales, etc.
Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 12:45 pm
Hello - I'm new to canoe building, and just finished stitching the panels together for the 15' Iroquois. I've read and re-read the instructions, tutorials/post and still have a few minor questions about the next few steps. Sorry if this is redundant ..
The main question is the order for gluing things together now. It seems I should put the masking tape over the interior seams, then flip the hull upside down on the sawhorses and fillet the exterior seams between the stitches. Let cure, then remove the stitches and fill in the gaps and holes. Then I wasn't clear if I should fiberglass tape the exterior seams next or flip it right-side up and fillet the interior seams. I was going to fillet the interior next, then flip it back to fiberglass the exterior then flip it again to make taping the interior the last step. Does that sound okay?
Before doing the above, it looks like the battens are placed right over the temp frames, but as the frames are as high as the hull, can I just put them right in front of the frames?
Finally, the instructions call for 1" x 1" gunwhales, but I can't find wood that size, could I use a 1X 2 or something close, similar to what I used for the battens?
Thanks in advance for any suggestions!
Alex
The main question is the order for gluing things together now. It seems I should put the masking tape over the interior seams, then flip the hull upside down on the sawhorses and fillet the exterior seams between the stitches. Let cure, then remove the stitches and fill in the gaps and holes. Then I wasn't clear if I should fiberglass tape the exterior seams next or flip it right-side up and fillet the interior seams. I was going to fillet the interior next, then flip it back to fiberglass the exterior then flip it again to make taping the interior the last step. Does that sound okay?
Before doing the above, it looks like the battens are placed right over the temp frames, but as the frames are as high as the hull, can I just put them right in front of the frames?
Finally, the instructions call for 1" x 1" gunwhales, but I can't find wood that size, could I use a 1X 2 or something close, similar to what I used for the battens?
Thanks in advance for any suggestions!
Alex