The way I laid out my
½"
plywood is shown in the drawing above. The bottom, fore bulkhead,
cabin bulkhead and sides of the rudder box call for ½" ply.
Notes:
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My bottom is done with
2 scarf joints (not the standard butt joint). This requires a 4 inch overlap
on the joints.
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In the plans the forward
bulkhead shows grain running horizontally. On plywood there will also be
grain running vertically. I rotated it 45º to get it to fit. By rotating
the bulkhead 45º it would seem to give more strength to the outside
sections. At any rate I doubt it reduces the strength or if it does not
sufficiently enough to warrant buying another sheet of plywood.
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Here is an alternate way
to layout the bulkheads:
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21 Mar 2003