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Date: Fri, 30 May 1997 17:19:35 -0300
To: baidarka@lists.intelenet.net
From: "Craig O'Donnell" <dadadata@friend.ly.net>
Subject: Re: Laminated ribs, etc..
*> > I visualize the laminations running the shape of the rib,
*> > not as if cut out of plywood. That is, if you look at the
*> > rib, it would look as if it was cut out from a tree trunk
*> > with that shape around, with all the growth rings following
*> > the shape of the rib.
Sure, you can do this. A friend of mine just made a laminated sprit-boom
for a small sailboat. Four or five small thicknesses of wood were bent to
the appropriate curve, epoxy-clamped together. On the inside curve, in a
groove, he epoxied a bunch of carbon-fiber string ("tows"). The 5th layer
of wood is simply a covering over this groove.
I think this sort of thing is what you're suggesting. You don't need the
carbon of course.
Craig O'Donnell
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