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I don't know Flatbroke, first I have that cat book to do, then the one on Tranvestites................ Thanks for the nice words though.

Brad, thanks. Denny was one of the guys that I first noticed when I joined the forum, because he obviously knew his stuff and backed it up with all these cool charts and graphs. How anyone could find fault with someone who goes out of their way, and is always the Gentleman, is beyond me.

BTW, I got a little more fiberglassing done today. I laid up two layers of mat in the rear pocket area. By tomorrow it should be cured enough for me to lay the body upside down and start on the underside of the floor. That will be a piece of cake compared to what I did today. The angles in that pocket were tough to get right, but a little more grinding and filling with body filler, and it should be fine.

Here is a picture of the pocket now. I know it looks just like yesterday's picture, but this time the plywood is covered with mat.

Don

PS: Yep, Brad, it was a relief to hear that Ken had good results with the same battery. One less thing to worry about.

Hi Don, a little update on the garage had help today got the plywood up, going to order my metal siding and metal roof tomorrow. Might get this done before winter.......LOL
Brad

Bet you can't wait. What's the plywood, the roof underlayment?


Don

Yes Don, on a pole barn style I'm doing with a steel roof, most of the time you use a banding board, but because I'm a little nuts I like to use plywood for strength. I sometimes over engineer, rather it be extra strong.
Brad

Better to overengineer than to do it the other way. Sounds like you are gonna have a nice shop there, Take some more pictures for us.


As for me, all weekend I have been doing the fiberglassing on the underside of the floor. Yesterday I flipped it upside down and started grinding away, and about an hour later I remembered I didn't put my paper suit on, and was starting to feel that familiar fiberglass itch. I went home, took two showers with baby oil, a scrub brush, then used duct tape to try to pull some of the fibers out. No luck, so last night I paid the price when I tried to go to sleep.

Today it was pretty well gone, and you can bet I closed myself up in the paper suit, goggles, and a mask. Wasn't going through that again. I thought about the pantyhose trick Bob mentioned one time, but I just didn't feel like going through the check out line at the grocery store with them. Been too many years that I have been single, I guess.

Anyway, I spent the entire day laying glass mat on the underside of the tunnel area and the rest of the floor. Some areas got one layer, and others got two or three, depending on the strength I wanted in that area. It is now as solid as a rock, and tomorrow I can DA the entire bottom and sand it smoother. A little filler in the spots that show (the front of the tunnel shows for about 3 inches ) and then I can flip it back over and finish up the cockpit.

Here are a couple of pictures of the work I got done today. The green stuff you see in the first picture is Tiger Hair filler. I used it to get the front of the tunnel faired in so that it would make a smooth transition, and also fill some low spots. Then I laid mat over the filler.

Don

Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

I thought about the pantyhose trick Bob mentioned one time, but I just didn't feel like going through the check out line at the grocery store with them. Been too many years that I have been single, I guess.
Don

Oh my God................................it's not like you'd be buying tampons!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sheeeeshhh!!!!

But just in case, tampons are useful for plugging bullet wounds until you can get to the emergency room.

But just in case, tampons are useful for plugging bullet wounds until you can get to the emergency room.[/QUOTE]

Time to move?

Ron

Don does the lower edge get tied to anything to reinforce it or filled with something. I never worked with a fiberglass body except corvette's till I got fiberglass poison. My throat swells up if I get near any fiberglass being worked. I know the itch, I would use baby powder or gold bond powder before I worked fiberglass.........LOL most not have worked so well.
Body looking good.
Brad

Originally Posted by BradC

Don does the lower edge get tied to anything to reinforce it or filled with something. I never worked with a fiberglass body except corvette's till I got fiberglass poison. My throat swells up if I get near any fiberglass being worked. I know the itch, I would use baby powder or gold bond powder before I worked fiberglass.........LOL most not have worked so well.
Body looking good.
Brad

Thanks Brad. Yeah, I tabbed pieces of mat in an L shape from the lower edge of the body to the underside of the plywood, all along the length of the body. I laid up two layers there, extending several inches into that lower edge. It served to join the bottom of the floor to the sides. I may lay up a couple more layers of mat just to thicken that area, but it is already pretty substantial. I'm considering glassing some small pieces of wood to the very lower edge too. Probably doesn't need any of that, but you know how we over build stuff.

Bob: Er, ah, thanks for that bullet wound tip. If I should ever find myself in that position I'll try to remember that, before I pass out.

Don

Bob is that what all those strings are hanging out of your shirt...........LOL
Brad

Originally Posted by BradC

Bob is that what all those strings are hanging out of your shirt...........LOL
Brad

Resist the temptation to pull the strings...................please!!!

Lmao..........

Your bottoms starting to look good . No punt intended . Don i don't get those at the store either i just tell them , your going to die .

Don

geez..First super glue now tampons! The medical miricles are just stacking up!