Oct 6, 2003 · The panels were joined with Scarfs on the proper boat and the template boat (Miss ACX) 6" wide butt blocks were epoxied to the interior to join the panels. Well, both boats float, …

Oct 10, 2013 · 2) The plans call for 1/2" acx ply glass covered, but thinking of using 3/8" mdo ply and adding a stringer or two for structural support. MDO could save me from glassing the hull, …

Feb 21, 2004 · Marine Tech or XL boat building plywood is an inexpensive type of marine ply ideal for stitch and glue construction. It cost, on the average, less than $20.00 a sheet in 1/4" (6 …

Feb 8, 2011 · The 1/2" ACX sheet will be 3 veneers, hopefully equal thickness, lots of voids, overlapping internal veneers, internal and external veneer defects, etc. all making the plywood …

Nov 1, 2007 · I plan to use ¼ Okume ply (which I can get for about 60 bucks a sheet at Yukon Lumber in Norfolk). My question concerns sheathing (excuse me, “ENCAPSULATING”) in …

Jan 3, 2004 · I came across a plywood at Lowes made by Arauco in Chile. The stuff I looked at was 5 ply 15/32 ACX and was $23.00 a sheet. There were no voids on any...

Dec 2, 2011 · If you cannot afford Marine Ply for your bulkheads find a quality ACX or ABX PTS plywood (plugged, touched, sanded) plugged means all voids in the ply are filled with wood or …

Apr 17, 2009 · The reason there are no voids in this ply is as follows: If a 150 # woman walks across a vinyl/kitchen floor with 1/4" spiked high heels, she exerts 600'#s per sqr. inch to the …

Jul 16, 2012 · Wow, a bit dramatic aren't we? Your answer is simple, it's a boat and what is used is good enough for the average boat.

Sep 30, 2004 · It won't change anything about stability or maybe increase it a little cause your hull must be lighter . For structural point of view there is probably no issue, the only critical point is …