What is the Best Material to Build a Wheelhouse From?

[jezza]

Wood as a construction material for boats is a thing of the past given the variety of composites and adhesives available today .
However some folk just refuse to live in today's world !
Cheers , Jezza

"Exhilaration is that feeling you get just after a great idea hits you, and just before you realize what's wrong with it."

[cat man do]

Originally Posted by jezza

Wood as a construction material for boats is a thing of the past given the variety of composites and adhesives available today .
However some folk just refuse to live in today's world !
Cheers , Jezza

"Exhilaration is that feeling you get just after a great idea hits you, and just before you realize what's wrong with it."

I'm imagining that someone with a "Hedley Nichol Cat"???? would probably have a cat made of wood.

Dave

[GordMay]

Right, you are, Mark:
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[cat man do]

Another version of

POLYCORE -HONEYCOMB- POLYCORE LIGHTWEIGHT POLYPROPYLENE HONEYCOMB BUILDING PANELS -POLYCORE -HONEYCOMB- POLYCARBONATE HONEYCOMB POLYCORE POLYPROPYLENE HONEYCOMB POLYPROPYLENE HONEYCOMB PANELS POLYCORE POLYPROPYLENE HONEYCOMB CORE

no one has told me how to get it to hold it's shape if pulling a compound curve into it.

Foam you can get some bite into it and it can be held with chipboard screw's.

Nida/poly/ plast/core you are trying to get the screw's to bite into air.

Also on some samples I have seen some of the cells get filled with resin adding marginally to weight.

It is also prone to print through from the air contracting and expanding in hull's. Pretty pattern though.

As a flat panel internal product, i'd use it over foam anyday.

Still dearer than ply though, 2 skin's of heavier glass and resin after all.

Dave

[colemj]

Originally Posted by cat man do

It is also prone to print through from the air contracting and expanding in hull's. Pretty pattern though.Dave

They sell a punched-felt type of fabric to prevent this.

http://www.nida-core.com/english/nidaprod_matline.htm

Mark

[Alan Wheeler]

Wood as a construction material for boats is a thing of the past

That maybe true in some hull designs. But wood still has it's place.
But remember, the main concern here is Sean building an extension to his cabin top. Glassed ply would still be the easiest material to do this job with.

[cat man do]

Originally Posted by colemj

They sell a punched-felt type of fabric to prevent this.

Nida-Core Honeycomb Structural Materials - Products - Matline

Mark

Defeat's the purpose a bit, use a light core and then put this on to suck a pile of extra resin, adding weight and no strength.

The very first breed of polyprop honeycomb came out with a thicker furry binder layer, but it was soon removed in favour of the thin scrim, I would suppose due to weight concern's

Dave