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by Tom Pawlak — GBI Technical Advisor Above: Three 8″ plywood supports isolate the mold from the mold strongback. Back in the 1980s, Gougeon Brothers, Inc. was one of the largest producers of wind turbine blades in the US. The blades were built of wood veneer and epoxy, and varied in length from 10′ to […]
by Brian Knight—GBI Technical Advisor Above: This strongback table is used to assemble airplane wings in John Staudacher’s shop. It must not twist or sag. Jon Staudacher, of Staudacher Hydroplanes and Aircraft, has been using a long, very flat, work table/strongback that is mounted on casters. The table was originally 32′ long, but because of […]
Signmaker Bill Boudreau of Maria, Quebec, uses WEST SYSTEM® epoxy to build conventional laminated cedar signs, as well as rather unconventional signs like the big bicuspid. He also uses epoxy for projects that go beyond conventional signmaking—like this 15 ½’ guitar and an 8′ tall tooth. The monster molar was built of wood, chicken wire, […]
