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Wooden Countertops
The February/March 2010 issue of Fine Homebuilding magazine features a great article by Dan Vos with step-by-step instructions for building beautiful, durable wooden countertops with WEST SYSTEM® Epoxy. It has everything you need to know from selecting the wood to final installation.
Stephens, Waring & White
Stephens, Waring & White Yacht Design has an excellent blog post about their W-37 daysailer design, now being built by Brooklin Boat Yard in Brooklin, Maine.
Getting the most out of G/flex
Are you the kind of person who just can’t get enough of a good thing? Looking for a better way to squeeze out that last little bit of G/flex adhesive from your tube rather than resorting to pliers, a vise or maybe even Grandma's rolling pin? Maybe you’d like to get a fatter bead of adhesive or your tube is a bit clogged. Boy do we have the some easy and inexpensive tricks for you!
So stands the mighty oak
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| The Druids waved their golden knives and danced around the Oak when they had sacrificed a man; but though the learned search and scan no single modern person can entirely see the joke. But though they cut the throats of men they cut not down the tree, and from the blood the saplings spring of oak-woods yet to be ... from ‘The Song of the Oak’ G.K. Chesterton |
Wood-Epoxy Demystified
You can tell a book's importance and value by where you find it. The Gougeon Brothers on Boat Construction is no exception. Tattered, stained copies are found in the shops of virtually every boatbuilder or repairer worth his salt. It's found in libraries and reference rooms, and within easy reach of a legion of amateur boatbuilders and repairers. My own copies, a 23-year-old, dog-eared fourth edition, and the newly released fifth edition, are tucked in with my prized Oxford Companion to Ships and Seas, Nigel Calder's Boatowner's Mechanical and Electrical Manual, and Chapman's Piloting, Seamanship & Small Boat Handling.
Zogo
 Zogo underway. Photo by Billy Black |
PVC Pool Pump Repair
Ron Shantos's pool pump had been installed incorrectly. The PVC was slightly misaligned, so that the threading was not exact. This resulted in very slight water seepage around that connection when the pump runs. This always bothered him. Properly repairing the leak/seepage would require replacing the PVC pipe and several expensive filters and valves. He would have to cut these product out and replace them with new.
Six10's inner workings
Lately, a few concerned folks have taken the time to call our tech staff to ask why the plunger in their cartridge of Six10 Thicken Epoxy Adhesive stops about halfway up from the end. Quite understandably, some wanted to knowwhy their Six10 cartridge was only "half-full" and wondered if we'd shorted them on epoxy. Others wanted to know (also quite understandibly) why their cartridge "broke" at the halfway point and wondered if they could they get "the rest of the epoxy" out of it.
Stocking Stuffers
Has Santa been stuffing your stockings with the same old tired candycanes, aftershave and soap-on-a-rope? Drop him a hint this year; link him to these WEST SYSTEM epoxy products that are small on size, but big on adhesion and handy for all kinds of boat construction and repair needs. They're great for repairs large and small around the house, too.
Glue U, The School You Shouldn't Skip
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| Technical Director Jeff C. Wright explains vacuum bagging; Tech Advisor Randy Zajac demonstrates. |
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