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by Bruce Niederer and Bill Bertelsen Building stuff, especially boats, with wood is much like a religious calling; once you hear the call, there’s no turning back. Those who’ve heard the call will not suffer fools willingly, so when I decided to conduct some white oak adhesion and shear testing and report the results in Epoxyworks 31, […]
By Bill Bauer On July 15th, 2006, a friend and I took my 1958 Flying Dutchman out for a sail in the Saginaw River. This was only the third time the boat had sailed in 30 years and the first hard sailing since my six-year-long restoration. We set both sails and made several runs in […]
Testing Epoxy’s Adhesion to White Oak By Bruce Niederer — GBI Technical Advisor People have been building boats using white oak for centuries, sacrificing blood, sweat, and tears to engineer wonderful and enduring vessels of all shapes and sizes. Oak was often used because of its desirable properties and behavior. It is dense, strong, rot-resistant, holds […]
By Jeff Wright — Vice President of Technical Services WEST SYSTEM® Six10 is a two-part, pre-thickened epoxy adhesive formulated with properties that make it perfect for many adhesive applications. Compared to other ready-to-dispense adhesives, its particular physical properties make it ideal for stitch and glue boat construction, fiberglass laminate repair and general bonding. This new […]
by Jeff Wright — Vice President of Technical Services Above: Mixing G/flex with other WEST SYSTEM Epoxies increases the versatility of these epoxy systems. WEST SYSTEM 105 Resin-based epoxy is a very versatile system. For years, experienced users have been mixing and blending the various product combinations in countless ways. For example, users may blend […]
