I know that I am not Mark, but I will give you my thought on this anyway. Unless you are hooked on making your bow out of wood, I don't see any reason to not make it out of foam and glass. I started our bow that way and it was one very difficult job. Then I got the idea of cutting a piece of foam to the shape that I wanted the canopy to be, and glassing it. This worked perfectly and I would never do it any other way.
I agree with Mark on using the very coarse sandpaper. Resin does not like to stick to acrylic, and you really have to give it something to bite into. After you make your cut, be sure to sand the exposed edge, along the edge, not across it, until it is smooth. If you leave nicks in it, you are exposing yourself to a creeping crack later on. See N64KR at http://KRBuilder.org - Then click on the pics See you in Mt. Vernon - 2006 - KR Gathering There is a time for building and a time for FLYING and the time for building is OVER. Daniel R. Heath - Lexington, SC >Mark I have been studying your canopy on your home page. I am building one >similar except that the front bar will go all the way across and will form a >roll bar.
