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    1995 Larson 214 LXI... Floor and stringers

    Made a sled then used my table saw to cut two pedestal seat mount bases out of 3/4" ACX plywood. Was not sure it would work to cut the angle and the circle but they came out nice. I will epoxy these to my 1/2" deck then glass over them and paint them. My stainless screws will be potted in...
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    1995 Larson 214 LXI... Floor and stringers

    Thanks ACon977.... Last night I decided to epoxy up some raw edges and to seal up the top of my stringers. I wanted to cap them and the floor with a piece of fiberglass tape, but I did not want to make a big fillet as my fuel tank bay cover needs to sit between the floor edges on top of the...
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    1995 Larson 214 LXI... Floor and stringers

    I made up a simple tool to sand out the foam pour holes to proper depth so that I could re-install the plugs with epoxy. I just made an extra plug out of the same plywood and then put a bolt in it along then added a large fender washer and nut. I then superglued a disk of 36 grit sand paper to...
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    1995 Larson 214 LXI... Floor and stringers

    1st race cancelled this past weekend due to weather so I got my 4lb foam poured. Cut all my holes then did some rough calcs on volume of each bay. My shop was about 70 degrees so to get to 80+ (as recommended for proper foam cure) I put my heat gun in each bay for about 5 minutes to preheat...
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    1995 Larson 214 LXI... Floor and stringers

    Unfortunately I spread this boat repair out too long.... Racing season starts this coming Saturday and I now have to spend the next week getting my car ready instead of pouring foam and glassing my floor. Hopefully the first few weeks will be drama free allowing me some free time from...
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    1995 Larson 214 LXI... Floor and stringers

    Finally got the fuel tank center bay glassed last night. New starboard stringer and bulkheads each got several overlapped 6" strips of 17 oz bias to the hull and all corners then I glassed over the entire bay with an additional layer of 17 oz bias. Ate up a bunch of epoxy in this session. It...
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    1995 Larson 214 LXI... Floor and stringers

    Ski locker floor and gaps filled in with PB then glassed in with 17 oz biax. This will get painted with Nason Fulthane. Came up with a simple lever type jack system to lift the bow floor enough to remove the carpet that was trapped beneath it. Used a sharpened steel strip and hammer to cut...
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    1995 Larson 214 LXI... Floor and stringers

    New keel cap board replaced and got the floor tabbed to the hull with two layers of 17 Oz cloth.
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    1995 Larson 214 LXI... Floor and stringers

    New starboard floor screwed down for test fit.... Will epoxy the bottom side then glue it down tonight!
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    1995 Larson 214 LXI... Floor and stringers

    Got the rear bulkhead in and glued on some cleats etc to glue the floor down to. Rear floor piece is fit.... will cut/fit front piece this week.
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    1995 Larson 214 LXI... Floor and stringers

    Interesting tip regarding pantyhose and fiberglass... have to remember that one. WOG, I have never had an issue with epoxy running out of wetted cloth on vertical surfaces. With that said, my past limited experience was with West System epoxy in the construction of a couple airplanes. In those...
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    1995 Larson 214 LXI... Floor and stringers

    Anyone have any tips on best way to wet out the non mat 17oz biax with epoxy. I have two layers of tabbing on but it took forever. I am using a short chip brush and laying the cloth in wet epoxy then brushing and prodding it to remove air. There are always some spots that take a bunch of work...
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    1995 Larson 214 LXI... Floor and stringers

    Stringer and bulkheads epoxy PB'd to the hull this morning. I then filleted the outer surface of the stringer and the bulkheads. Now I will start start laying in some 17 Oz biax tabbing prior to the inside fillets full cure. On top of that I plan to glass the interior of these bays with one...
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    1995 Larson 214 LXI... Floor and stringers

    Stringer and a couple bulkheads cut and fitted.... Hopefully this coming weekend I will have all framing PB'd in and start glassing/taping it in.
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    1995 Larson 214 LXI... Floor and stringers

    I HATE GRINDING FIBERGLASS!!!!! There, I said it. Have to do about one more session and then I can start the task of cleaning fiberglass dust from every nook and cranny of my boat and my workshop. @a&#!!!!
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    1995 Larson 214 LXI... Floor and stringers

    Glass/epoxy/foam ordered from US Composites... should receive on Friday (shipping cost was brutal!). Thinking about adding some sort of hull stiffening to help the 4lb foam in resisting long term deformation on my roller trailer as these Larsons only have stringers 11" on each side of keel. I...
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    1995 Larson 214 LXI... Floor and stringers

    Bought my wood tonight at Menards. 3/4 and 1/2 ACX ply. Will start cutting this weekend. ​​​​​​​
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    1995 Larson 214 LXI... Floor and stringers

    Do you mean this stuff? DB170? If so, can one just use one layer of it for the tabbing? Does it matter which direction it is layed down in? It would cost me less to use this stuff than the 10 oz.
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    1995 Larson 214 LXI... Floor and stringers

    HELP!!!! Need to order glass, epoxy and foam from US Composites TODAY. Can anyone offer any advice on my glassing schedule? I intend to epoxy coat all wood and then apply at least one layer of 10oz e-glass to all the wood surfaces. I would like to cut my tabbing from this same 10 oz glass in...
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    1995 Larson 214 LXI... Floor and stringers

    Got the remaining tabbing and bulkheads cut out today. Just need to do a bit of grinding and I should be able to start cutting plywood. I am going to leave the center keel board in place and replace that after I get the starboard stringers/deck/foam back in hoping to minimize flexing/warping...
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