Fastening/setting the roof panels while the epoxy sets

[aggie79]

Tcolar,

I forgot that I used Bob Henry's method for "persuading" the aluminum to follow the curves at the front of my teardrop. It worked pretty good.



Tom

[streetrod23]

Just wondering if you are covering the wood why is everbody removing the screws? Why not leave them in

[tcolar]

If putting aluminum on top, that should be fine, but with just "paint" on top, i worry they might get loose (from vibrations) and pop out a little, allowing water to sip in.

[aggie79]

Just wondering if you are covering the wood why is everbody removing the screws? Why not leave them in

Usually, it is due to thin material. Like alot of folks, I used 1/8" plywood for the roof skins. I tried stapling the skins with a pneumatic narrow crown stapler. I couldn't adjust the air pressure low enough to keep the staples from "blowing through" the thin ply. If I could have done it this way, I would have left the staples in place. So...I used washer head screws to spread out the clamping load. These stood proud of the plywood, so I later removed them after the adhesive set.