Cedar and Cherry Strip Canoe This cedar and cherry strip canoe was built by Rex Southwell of Port Charlotte, Florida.
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Courtesy of Wessex Resins & Adhesives, Romsey, England Peter Warner has always been interested in old cars. Late in 1990, he saw an old Citroen 2CV in a car scrap yard. After some negotiation, he paid about <£60 to have the “donor” vehicle delivered to his home. He wanted only the chassis, tires, wheels and the […]
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by Brian Knight—GBI Technical Advisor Adding a coloring agent to WEST SYSTEM® Epoxy is frequently done to make colored castings, highlight an epoxy coated surface, act as a colored base coat for paint, etc. Most powdered pigments are satisfactory, as are acrylic paste pigments and universal tinting pigment.
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By Meade Gougeon — GBI Founder It was after eight months of building that we originally launched Adagio, our 35-foot cruising trimaran. It was on July 6, 1970, and she was then a unique boat in three respects. First, she was the first large wooden boat entirely bonded together with epoxy using no permanent fastenings. […]
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By J.R. Watson One of the original experimental components of Adagio was the rotating wing mast. In 1970, a plywood mast (a fore runner to our 050 mast design) was stepped on Adagio. The rotated airfoil-shaped wing mast makes a smooth transition from mast to sail on the leeward side. This provides cleaner airflow around […]
