Garage Works - 6/4/2023

I want to move the boxes up on this one (No.31) to even out the pressure on the boxes.  I cut the old stuff out yesterday - this morning I cleaned it all up, made sure the blocks fit, and cut out the carbon fiber liner.  I Gorilla Glued in another piece of EPS to firm things up.

Tomorrow I'll laminate the carbon liner on to the recess.  There is supposed to be a significant bump up in the swell height... maybe this will get delayed....

And here is the Greedy Beaver back in the garage - this time with a ding towards the rail (but still on the top deck - way easier to fill/repair).

I put the vacuum on the ding to pull what water I could out.

I'll let this one air dry a little more also before I fill it.  I'm just going to use progressively bigger patches to fill this in.  

It's Been a Really Long Time...

- Since I've used a vacuum bag in surfcraft construction.  Yesterday evening I got back on this horse.  Prepping is everything with this technique.

Here's the board under vacuum.

A few hours later - it came out of the bag all cured up.  The press got the dcell on nice and tight, but the 6oz and 4oz layers I placed beneath the dcell were not thick enough to make up for the depth I routed out.  I'll put in an extra layer or two of carbon fiber before I laminate the top deck with fiberglass.  Next will be getting the dcell blocks set for the mast track/finboxes.

Vacuum Tank and Fittings

I got the tank (for extra volume and to serve as a sump if epoxy ever did get into the line) all glued up and the fittings installed.

I just need to get some more vacuum pump oil and I'm ready to bag the 4'10"

Furthering the 4'10"

Did some fine sanding.

Also routed out the area where my front foot will most likely land for the divynicell sheeting (I'm doing this because I can't stand pressure dings).  I'm going to finish off the vacuum press also.

Almost time to bag!!!

Vacuuming

Trying to pull more water out.

I think I got most of it.  I'll start the repair today.