fiberglass a caber?
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Topic: fiberglass a caber?
Posted By: s00ner
Subject: fiberglass a caber?
Date Posted: 8/04/11 at 9:17am
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Has anyone ever fiberglassed a caber? My last practice caber broke and I'm starting to carve up a new one... It's alot of work and I'm trying to think of ways to strengthen it without adding alot of weight. It's a 5x5 pine post that I trim and round the bottom 4-5 feet into a nice handle.
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Posted By: vonguinness
Date Posted: 8/04/11 at 9:55am
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Wayne Hill.
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Posted By: s00ner
Date Posted: 8/04/11 at 10:10am
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I should have used google first... I found a couple threads talking about this exact thing. Now I'm not so sure I want to fiberglass it. I'm thinking about just covering it with gorilla tape.
------------- Training to improve is nice... but I train to humiliate the competition. - Shelby Starnes |
Posted By: WALLY.OLECIK
Date Posted: 8/04/11 at 11:18am
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Just go to the top of this page, click on "search" and do a search for "fiberglass." You'll find posts dealing specifically with cabers.
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Posted By: jsully
Date Posted: 8/04/11 at 3:18pm
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fiberglass is stronger than gorilla tape, I've still had them brake with the tape. Plus they get all sticky when it gets hot out. Fiberglassing is expensive and time consuming but worth it. Just make sure you put 4-5 layers of fabric on and a couple layers of epoxy between each one, plus a couple layers of epoxy on top.. |
s00ner wrote:Posted By: JSiau10
Date Posted: 8/04/11 at 3:31pm
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wer ethe ones you broke Laquered? ------------- I'm just an idiot, pretending to be smart. |
Posted By: Tim P
Date Posted: 8/05/11 at 2:15am
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Maybe I'm just too country but...it's a big stick. All you
got to do is go cut one down if you keep breaking 'em. Personally, I'd rather get sawdust on me than fiberglass splinters.  ------------- "What's the matter boy? you got ants in your pants? No Ma'am...hot steel balls!" Jerry Clower |
Posted By: s00ner
Date Posted: 8/05/11 at 3:12am
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i guess if i lived in the southern states I could just go cut a tree. Not much selection where I live and I don't know of any areas where I could just go cut down a tree legally if I did spy a good one. Easier to go buy a 16' 5x5 for $30. I'd just like for it to last a little longer than my last one. The one I just bought doesn't have many knots and it's treated so I'm hoping it will fare better. If it's still in one piece after Oct then I'll see about fiberglassing. ------------- Training to improve is nice... but I train to humiliate the competition. - Shelby Starnes |
Posted By: WALLY.OLECIK
Date Posted: 8/05/11 at 10:03am
And probably cheaper. ------------- 16lb-hammer(at)sshga.org "Try not. Do or do not. There is no 'try!'" Yoda |