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Gougeon Brothers on Boat Construction: Wood and West System Materials

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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 623.8223
EAN: 9780878121663
Edition: 4th
ISBN: 0878121668
Label: Gougeon Brothers
Manufacturer: Gougeon Brothers
Number Of Pages: 297
Publication Date: October 01, 1985
Publisher: Gougeon Brothers
Studio: Gougeon Brothers




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Customer Reviews
Average Rating:  out of 5 stars

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Definitivo em manuseio de epoxi
Uma referência para aqueles que querem um iniciação em manuseio e aplicação de 'composites'. Um verdadeiro livro didático sobre epoxi. Junto com o livro "Woodstrip Rowing Craft" de Susan Van Leuven qualquer um com um mínimo de habilidade e paciência construirá lindos e resistentes barcos de madeira.



Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - Good info bad pictures
The information is excellant, the explanations through. But the photos are terrible, blanck and white, poor definition in many ofthem whe you would like detail. The drawing s are good and it makes up for it. If they do another version lets hoep they update the pictures



Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - The best gets better
As editor of a popular amateur boat building site I have seen quite a few books on building in wood, this is one of the few that I own...

My first contact with "Gougeon Brothers on Boat Construction" was the previous edition at a time when I was getting back into boat building seriously. The boat was a glued lapstrake and my first ever contact with epoxy so I read cover to cover and learned a great deal. This new edition improves on the previous one in many ways - the content has better organization for example.

The Gougeon Brothers know a lot about wood. They know a lot about building boats in wood. They invented some of the modern epoxy boat building techniques used today. If you are going to build a boat in wood get this book - even if you are not going to use epoxy. There is a wealth of information here that makes this book one (if not the one) book you must have on your bookshelf. If you are going to use epoxy for the first time you must have this definitive reference. Even if you are not going to use West System products this book and your epoxy brand instruction sheet are all you need to make that first experience a success. Please read the chapter on safety a couple of times.






Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - 5th Edition (2005) is Now Available
This edition comprises a thorough review of best practices, 20% new and updated material, and a revised layout for easier navigation. Each chapter was reconsidered in terms of evolving technology, new techniques, and the successes and failures of over 35 years of experience. We believe that the updates and improvements will enhance the value of this reference text for amateur and experienced professionals alike.
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Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Not cutting-edge, but utterly essential!
Although (contrary to what some have said) Amazon does sell the latest (1985) edition of this book, it's still over 15 years out-of-date. That said, though, there's a deep wealth of practical boatbuilding advice here that can't be had elsewhere, and I'd recommend the book to anyone interested in wood-and-epoxy techniques. The chapter on lofting is also better than many entire books that have been written on the subject.

The book also comes with a small addendum covering updates in the WEST System technologies (the latest I've seen is February 2001, although there may be newer), although it's only a few pages.




 



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