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  3. Looking to make fiberglass top

    in Boating and Fishing Discussion

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    Thanks for the feedback guys,

    Osprey, My thoughts exactly

    Jawz, My t topis not the factory type I believe you are refering to, never had canvas laced to it.This entire set up was built by atlantic towers.

    Welder, I have been holding back on breaking out the TIG just yet but is looking like one of my best options.

    I am not putting a tower on it,the only weight up there will be a radar,gps antenna and a vhf antenna.The whole problem with the fiberglass is the mold,seems like alot of work that pretty much gets thrown away. Still not sure really which direction to go in,what ever I do I am sure it will turn into a huge project...just my luck.

    this changes things...

    you won't need a mold for a skin top-"skin" being fiberglass...shouldn't need any kind of core either,does the top have antenna plates ??

    to make a skin,you're gonna need a 4'x8' piece of gloss formica...atach this to a suitible underneath,you just made a "lay up table"...wax the formica,then,wax it again...coat the formica out in gel coat-be sure to use laminating gel,let it kick,then coat it out again.after it kicks,coat it out in resin and lay the matting on it-for skins like this i use 3 layers of 1.5oz chop strand matt...let it all kick overnite,and peel it up the next day,cut it to fit...if you want,you can roll some awlgrip on the underside,this will briten it up...i make skins like this for a few top guys...

    i'm really not sure what kind of top you have,"kind" being,i never really seen an atlantic towers top with a fiberglass skin on top,all the tops i seen were canvas...

  4. Looking to make fiberglass top

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    I have decided that it is time to replace my p.o.s top on my Grady with a new one.The old was an atlantic towers t-top,the aluminum is in great shape but the top is flimsy and a lil ugly IMO. I work with fiberglass pretty often just never used any coring material.I was thinking Nidacore but it sounds a little complicated to work with and to make rounded edges.Does anyone have any suggestions or any feedback on using this product or any other?

    trust me on this one...you don't want to add a fiberglass skin to that frame...the frame you have is a "hoop",it's for lacing a canvas top to.the tops that utilize a fiberglass skin have a different edge,it uses a "j" moulding to hold the fiberglass skin to the top.if you put a fiberglass skin on that frame it's gonna look terrible.the atlantic towers tops allready look bad enough,it's gonna look worse.smart move is to pull what you've got and get a whole new one made...this time with a fiberglass skin top,not canvas

  5. Mast Head Light

    in Boating and Fishing Discussion

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    Myself? I would have flush mounted the pucks to the hardtop and used a 24" fold-down anchor light t/bolted at the aft end, no mount needed...but that's just me. :1992_beer_cheer: :1992_beer_cheer:

    mounting the gps antenna in the fashion you presented,that would be incorrect.gps antennas should never be in line with the radar beam.having a gps antenna in line with the radar beam,it can and will cause problems,in the case of the lowrance units,it can actually cause the gps to lose it's signal.these antennas need to be higher than the radar antenna.the mast head light,that needs to be at the highest point on the top,for obvious reasons...

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