S2E28 How to make Structural Epoxy Fillets || Building a Wave Rover 650

Fillets! What are they and where do they come from? This video is all about mixing up and installing structural fillets.
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[@stevejackson4136]

Down here in Ga, even with the slowest hardener, it will kick off way too fast. You make it look easy.

[@randaljameslynch3863]

Thanks for the bulkhead tease! You're a machine Alan!

[@tomwaite4594]

Another Excellent Instructional video...Thank You!

[@RoversAdventure]

You are welcome!

[@randomtraveler3363]

critical step to help create stress relief in the construction. Also nice to see some of the bulkheads in place during the opening sequences

[@dwaynekoblitz6032]

Just found your channel today. And just finished binge watching every episode of this season. All 28! Now I'm caught up and waiting for the next episode along with every one else. The build has been fantastic to watch. Crack on! 👏🏻

[@RoversAdventure]

Welcome aboard!

[@DVolvoguy777-x7o]

Gotta watch him sail across the Atlantic in the Contessa. SOLO…. Great videos.

[@johncampbell388]

You are an excellent teacher.

[@RoversAdventure]

Wow, thank you!

[@howtosailoceans1423]

Great lesson in boat building! Love the makeshift fillet gun, a Ziploc bag, definitely cuts costs.

[@hrmacdonald4471]

I'm always impressed at your attention to detail...no matter how tedious the task is, you do it right! Thanks for sharing & stay safe!

[@RoversAdventure]

Thank you for the kind comment as always.

[@sailoutofagarage6212]

Well done, both the boat work and the filming/editing.

[@RoversAdventure]

Thank you very much!

[@wellsgb1957]

Excellent work, she’s coming along nicely, well done 👍🏻👍🏻

[@RoversAdventure]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@kiwisailor80]

Great video nice to see the lines of the boat as you lay down the fillets also thanks for breaking down the hours, it sure is a marathon and not a sprint in some aspects of the build. Also, can't get much more Canadian then reusing Timmy's cups eh!

[@RoversAdventure]

Not as big a Marathon as most boat builds though. Thanks Allan and looking forward to seeing your progress.

[@robinhodgkinson]

Wooden tongue depressors make great fillet applicators, they have a similar radius (about 20mm - 3/4”). If I want a square end I just hit them with a chisel at an angle - slightly off square is usually the best I find. I buy them by the 400 box which locally costs me about $15.00NZ. I also have a couple of modified plastic plaster spatulas for when I need a real wide angled fillet. Keep up the good work! Glassing here we come. Cheers

[@RoversAdventure]

That's a great point and I will give it a try as I too have a box of tongue depressors.

[@Garryck-1]

On the Ocean Capable Small Sailboat channel, he's using silicone spatulas to great effect for creating fillets. They work so well that I've gone out and bought a couple for the upcoming filleting work on my dinghy.

[@bighonker6842]

Your the dude who sailed that little white boat out deep in the Atlantic? You sir have gigantic balls

[@mattevans-koch9353]

Thank you again Alan for this week's update. Do you have a source for the plastic chisels you were using? Take care and best wishes to you, Mrs. Wave Rover and Mr. Speckles.

[@michaelsimpson9779]

Small strips of 3-4mm ply (or any timber for that matter), sharpened like a chisel, and or skewed left n right make excelent cleanup tools for filleting.

[@RoversAdventure]

Most of the online Chandelier seem to carry them. I like them because they are easy to clean and reusable. However, as some folks have said, a sharpened tongue depressor would work well.

[@DVolvoguy777-x7o]

Do you plan on installing longer one and frames in the hull at some point? Looking awesome and great progress!

[@RoversAdventure]

Absolutely, next week I will give me a sneak peak of the current status with some frames and bulkheads.

[@DVolvoguy777-x7o]

@@RoversAdventure iPad don’t like airplane and sailboat terms. I meant longerons…. Lol!

[@RoversAdventure]

@@DVolvoguy777-x7o I just looked it up. A lot of similarities in the building jargon for both. This week I am working on longitudinal frames (longerons) however it won't be seen for a few weeks due to the magic of the Wave Rover Timeline, lol.

[@DVolvoguy777-x7o]

@@RoversAdventure Can’t wait to see the progress! You’re hard charging this and doing it right at the same time.

[@Garryck-1]

Algorithm Booster! ⛵

[@tonysutton6559]

Exactly the same as when I filletted my Mirror dinghy but on a much larger scale.

[@RoversAdventure]

Nothing about this build is overly hard, it's just a matter of pecking away at it bit by bit.

[@tonysutton6559]

@@RoversAdventure I would say the hardest part is finding somewhere to do the work, especially here in the UK where land and buildings are so expensive.

[@RoversAdventure]

@@tonysutton6559 I hear you my friend. This boat shed is a 40 min drive from my home and on top of that I am paying market rent. I hope to get it to my property when it is at a stage where I can move it.

[@malfunction8165]

Great video, I'm hooked on this project. There would be a lot at stake if you got the fillets wrong. I could go on, but I won't.

[@RoversAdventure]

It's not too difficult to get these right, and one should should always strive to do just that, but the design has a fair amount of redundancy built in.

[@malfunction8165]

@@RoversAdventure I'm wondering about the bilge keel, how will they be fitted? I thought they would have been part of the construction, or hard mounting points incorporated into the hull.

[@RoversAdventure]

@@malfunction8165 Indeed there are hard points. Coming up in a few videos I will be installing white oak timbers.

[@malfunction8165]

@@RoversAdventure I will look forward to them, thank you.

[@MaShcode]

So iow’s a fillet rounds off the angle so the glass has more surface area to bond with which increases strength and eliminates air pockets? Spring is on the way and not a moment too soon.

[@RoversAdventure]

-15 C here this morning. But the snow is mostly gone.

[@johnbolongo9978]

Crack on.....

[@setkacagarro-blogspot-com]

Fillets do MORE than secure and create a transition - PROPERLY done a fillet creates a structural joint that is stronger than the wood itself, you can have an immensely strong joint without using glass, but adding glass increases that strength enormously

[@RoversAdventure]

You are right and if the joint was subject to compressive loads it may not need glass. These joints are subject to tensile and torsional loads and as such need bi axial reinforcement.

[@setkacagarro-blogspot-com]

You did not explain that in your intro you need to give people the full story if you are going to "teach"

[@RoversAdventure]

@@setkacagarro-blogspot-com I'm trying my best but I also know that I have plenty of room for improvement.