G10 fiberglass for rails in a mono?

[Old Sloppy]

Sorry for being so uninitiated: what is G10 and where can you get it? I have heard of it and when I was doing my build in July I was looking for it but couldn't find any, used ply wood instead. I would appreciate if someone doesn't mind the time to give a little info here to me.
Thanks!

G-10 is fiberglass that is molded into a flat plate, most times it is compression moulded, both sides are quite smooth. In my case the plate was 12" by 18" by 1/8" thick.

Harry

[Old Sloppy]

You may also want to leave a hole back were the rail
joins with the transome for drainage.

The drainage is nice, I sometimes route my servo wires thru there, it makes the wiring look neat and tidy.

Harry

[properchopper]

Sorry for being so uninitiated: what is G10 and where can you get it? I have heard of it and when I was doing my build in July I was looking for it but couldn't find any, used ply wood instead. I would appreciate if someone doesn't mind the time to give a little info here to me.
Thanks!

http://www.mcmaster.com/#catalog/118/3616/=jamway

[HOTWATER]

Tony....you beat me to it...lol!

Mcmaster is THE place to go for all kinds of cool stuff....kinda brings the creativity out of you just looking at all of the neat things they have!

Always very quick shipping from them...just like Steven does for us here at OSE....

[tlandauer]

Thank you Harry and Tony! Really appreciate your taking the time to point me the right place! Book marking this site right now!

[detox]

IMO the G10 is overkill. Regular plywood is lots cheaper and strong enough to get the job done. Epoxy also bonds to plywood better.

Although G10 does make a verygood ride pad surface on hydros...along with carbon fiber plate.

[HOTWATER]

......and works beautifully as servo mounting trays!! No worries about sealing it to waterproof it....good to go!



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[HOTWATER]

....bulkheads too...


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[tlandauer]

I was using a Peter Z mount, wanted to make rails out of it, although at that time I thought G stands for graphite, some sort of hi-tech carbon fibre. I wanted to make something similar to this mount since I was also using the stuffing tube support.http://kintecracing.com/Pursuit.html Anyway, ply wood worked but it is good to know and see how the G 10 can be used. Thanks.

[KartRacer]

http://www.mcmaster.com/#catalog/118/3616/=jamway

Thanks for the link. Interesting product. I'll have to order some.

[CanAmAB]

Using a cheap wet tile saw such as one from harbor freight works well to keep the dust at a min. It's not good to breath fiberglass dust. I use the G10 and it is good stuff.