bottom side where the old thruhull was. this plug is holding a piece of the glass panel I made up from the bottom so it can be feathered in
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panel in the bottom of hole
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core ready for hole
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coring with thickened epoxy over
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bottom after removing the 3d printed plug and bottle jack
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ready to bond in place
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clamps
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clamps
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bonded
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epoxy starved areas
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epoxy starved areas
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TEST PANEL: rolled epoxy onto top of balsa
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TEST PANEL: immediately after rolling epoxy on
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TEST PANEL: after 30 min or so, epoxy starting to soak in. not really any bubbles forming
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TEST PANEL: used a small notched trowel to put on a thin layer of 'lightly thickened' epoxy
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TEST PANEL: 1708 wetted out and ready to go on to balsa/ thickened epoxy
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TEST PANEL: 1708 on top, used a fin roller to roll bubbles out. hard to see voids/ bubbles because the thickened epoxy is kind of milky colored
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TEST PANEL: looks pretty good, no starved areas. a few very small bubbles
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TEST PANEL: 10 min after rolling out 1708
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TEST PANEL: hard to see. it looks like there are lots of microscopic bubbles. no large voids or epoxy starved areas.
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voids ground out
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