I've made a little bit of progress since the last post. The day after gluing the panels and sheer clamps (along the scarf and puzzle joints), I inspected them and sanded the little epoxy that squeezed out of the joints. Plastic between all the layers made them work a breeze.
Earlier today, I prepared the side panels for the sheer clamps.
It was quite warm, however, so I chose not to mess with epoxy as it would have cured too fast. Instead...I took TipSea out for a quick spin :)
By the time I got back in it was cool enough start messing around with glue... The 2 side panels are stacked with packing tape applied in between so that they don't get glued together. I marked a line where the sheer clamp should go (it needs to be glued on 1/4'' proud) and applied a generous amount of epoxy thickened with Cab-O-Sil (Cell-O-Fill). At first I only put the glue on about 1/3 of the length of the panel on top and bottom and clamped the 2 sheer clamps (again, top and bottom) in the middle. After that, I just added glue to the rest of the panels and started clamping it down with the PVC pipe clamps I made the other day.
It went relatively well. When I was done, there was a little thickened epoxy left so I applied a small bead between the panel and what will be the bottom of the sheer clamp with my finger where I didn't see any squeeze out (I wore gloves...of course).
Hopefully there's enough glue in there to make it stick!
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