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Chine Rails
Hi Dan,
Have started fixing the various rails, but I am really struggling to get the 32mm x20mm chine rail to bend correctly towards the bow. At the point where the rails are snapping. I'm using Maranti, so perhaps this is not flexible enough. Any suggestions?
Hi Mike
For this timber you will want a nice straight grained section with minimal runout (grain that runs diagonally off the edge of the timber) especially in the section where the bend is most extreme. What is the grain typically like in your stock? Meranti can contain quite short random grain sometimes. Feel free to post some picture if you can of the timber and also where the breaks are happening.
Bonjour Mike et Dan,
de mon coté , pour les rails, j’ai au préalable taillé les encoches des cadres pour leurs faire suivre la forme du carénage afin de ne pas faire de points durs qui les font se casser …! Je les ai divisé en deux pour les rendre plus souples… avec cette méthode pas de casse ! Je les ai lamellé-collé comme pour la quille.
N’hésite pas Mike si tu as besoin de plus de détails !
Hello Mike and Dan,
For my part, for the rails, I first cut the notches in the frames to follow the shape of the fairing so as not to create any hard points that would cause them to break! I split them in two to make them more flexible... with this method, no breakage! I glued them together like I did for the keel.
Don't hesitate to ask, Mike, if you need more details!
Hello Tony & thank you for your response. I actually though about doing it that way, as in splitting them in two and then gluing back together. In the end I selected better pieces of timber and brought some new tie down ratchet strops for better leverage, as my clamps just weren't strong enough. Chine rails are now all dry screwed in place and I will glue them in a day or so.
I did mention timber and specifically grain types in my live stream at the weekend, you might find that useful if you didn't catch it at the time. You can find it here: https://www.youtube.com/live/z3_-X1VLSgY and the grain demo is from 12:00 onwards.