Hello Everyone!
I?m an unfamiliar face but have been a member here for approx 20 years. I don?t post much because my interests evolved way from homemade boats but like the old Jim Beam commercials, ?You always come back to the basics. So, 20 years after my first home built boat, I?m considering building a Devlin Bluebill or maybe a Clark Craft Broadbill to meet my current needs.
My questions revolve around the Carbon-Core laminated panels. They appear to be a dream material plywood replacement for these small watercraft. My understanding is that they are a plastic honeycomb core laminated to glass on both sides. These sheets are lighter than ply, water proof, chemical resistant, structurally sound, etc..
I did speak with a salesman and he was familiar with stitch and glue construction as well as framed construction of theses small craft. He told me that I could basically substitute these panels 1:1 for the ply called out in the plans.From what I can tell the only drawback is price and with a BOM as small as a 14? boat, the potential benefits may out weigh the additional cost.
Does none here have any experience with these panels or would I be the Gehenna pig?
https://www.carbon-core.com/...osite-panels-sheets/
I?m an unfamiliar face but have been a member here for approx 20 years. I don?t post much because my interests evolved way from homemade boats but like the old Jim Beam commercials, ?You always come back to the basics. So, 20 years after my first home built boat, I?m considering building a Devlin Bluebill or maybe a Clark Craft Broadbill to meet my current needs.
My questions revolve around the Carbon-Core laminated panels. They appear to be a dream material plywood replacement for these small watercraft. My understanding is that they are a plastic honeycomb core laminated to glass on both sides. These sheets are lighter than ply, water proof, chemical resistant, structurally sound, etc..
I did speak with a salesman and he was familiar with stitch and glue construction as well as framed construction of theses small craft. He told me that I could basically substitute these panels 1:1 for the ply called out in the plans.From what I can tell the only drawback is price and with a BOM as small as a 14? boat, the potential benefits may out weigh the additional cost.
Does none here have any experience with these panels or would I be the Gehenna pig?
https://www.carbon-core.com/...osite-panels-sheets/
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