Tantrum1
Well-Known Member
Good day fellow builders! Well I’m looking for a bit of advice... I’m getting ready to bond some ribs to the spars. The rib is designed with a cut-out to straddle the spar, and once it’s done you sand off the straddle portion. Also a good point to mention, there is also corner blocking to be bonded in at all corners of the spar at every joint of the rib to spar. Leaving a nose rib, center rib, and tail rib. So these are placed in a fashion that the joints being bonded are vertical. The rib is also sand to fit on 2 of the 4 sides to give the best fit possible. Also important note, I’m using T88.
My my question is, since it’s a custom, sand to fit type of joint, what is the optimum spacing gap to have before bonding? I don want to have to big of a gap that the epoxy runs out of the joint, but not to tight of a joint that results in a starved joint. I’ve gone through the ANC but didn’t see anything, although it’s possible I missed it. Thanks for any and all help,
Mark
My my question is, since it’s a custom, sand to fit type of joint, what is the optimum spacing gap to have before bonding? I don want to have to big of a gap that the epoxy runs out of the joint, but not to tight of a joint that results in a starved joint. I’ve gone through the ANC but didn’t see anything, although it’s possible I missed it. Thanks for any and all help,
Mark
