An other "P" Sport on the table.

[Shooter]

I want to be in the woods! ��

[TRUCKPULL]

Bottom skin lined up and glued on.
Not as many clamps, but lots of Lead blocks. (weight)

Larry

[TRUCKPULL]

Front part of bottom glued and clamped.
Turn fin mount in sponson.
Carbon fiber plate in the inside of boat for third leg turn fin mount.
Turn fin mount in position.
Checking location for motor, ESC and Batteries.

Larry

[Shooter]

Looks great, Larry. I'm really digging the aluminum plate. I do the same. That fin takes a lot of load. Also like the weights you used to glue the bottom down.

[ray schrauwen]

Quite the attention to detail. Go Larry!

[ray schrauwen]

Bottom skin lined up and glued on.
Not as many clamps, but lots of Lead blocks. (weight)

Larry

At first when I looked at this I thought you were gluing the front part of the bottom skin at the same time but I figure you did that so you knew it was in the right place.

[TRUCKPULL]

Quite the attention to detail. Go Larry!

Thank You Ray.

Larry

[TRUCKPULL]

How to bend plywood to make it easier to clamp and glue.

Heat it with a hobby heat shrink gun, add clamps so it will bend the way you want to. More heat.

Then let cool all the way down to room tempter, so the glue inside the layers can return to a solid.

Larry

[ray schrauwen]

You're having way too much fun with those clamps. Cool

[TRUCKPULL]

You have got to watch, if it is not drooping enough,
You have to add more weight, or more heat.
Watch out for too much heat, the plywood will start to turn brown. (that means that you need more weight)
If you end up with a few brown spots, make sure that you scuff them up with a coarse sandpaper. (the epoxy will stick much better)

Larry

[ray schrauwen]

Sounds good. I typically use steam/boiling water to bend instead of dry heat.

Age old methods

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/m9bPbMPpVOo

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/WozOTZ43h44

[longballlumber]

I've always heard that soaking in mixture of water and ammonia will help soften things up enough to bend.

[TRUCKPULL]

Bending with water or steam works very well, as long as you are going to screw it into place right away.
Or put it into a jig until it dries out to be able to glue it together.

Larry

[TRUCKPULL]

Sponson ride pads, glued and clamped.

Larry

[ray schrauwen]

Bending with water or steam works very well, as long as you are going to screw it into place right away.
Or put it into a jig until it dries out to be able to glue it together.

Larry

Yep, jig it up for about an hour to 6 hours in my dry apt.