flipoter
| 20:54 Feb 10, 2007 |
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| French to English translations [PRO] Tech/Engineering - Ships, Sailing, Maritime / yacht construction | |||||||
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| 4 | filling-in the seams |
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| 3 +1 | to insert sealing shims |
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| 3 | to spile / spiling |
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| 3 | patched/repaired with dutchmen |
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filling-in the seams Explanation: PESA 1911 ... la belle laque des œuvres mortes était craquelée à toutes les coutures, J'ai décidé de faire flipoter le bordé (obturer les coutures à l'aide de petites ... pesa.1911.free.fr/francais/restauration_3.htm - 5k - Résultat complémentaire - Run a line of epoxy, filling all of the seams. 18 Hours ... If you work cleanly while building your boat, wiping up drips or sags while they're still wet, ... www.pygmyboats.com/Construction.htm - 29k - |
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peer agreement (net): +1to insert sealing shims Explanation: flipot: petite pièce de bois employée pour dissimuler une fente accidentelle dans un ouvrage en bois (Larousse) je ne sais pas s'il existe un verbe anglais spécifique |
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| flipoter / flipotées to spile / spiling Explanation: I removed an old plank, and built a truss sytem to spile in a new plank.... http://home.comcast.net/~saville/SBOATrestore.htm |
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patched/repaired with dutchmen Explanation: IN construction, as opposed to boatbuilding, where I have encountered "flipot", it refers to repair of rot or otherwise damaged wood by cutting out the damage and inserting a new piece, filling in cracks, etc. It's call a dutchman. Not a flying one. However, I wonder in your case if it does not refer to what you see on some expensive wooden boats where the main planks of the deck or hull are a dark or light colour, and between them, in the joints, is inlaid a thin strip of darker or lighter wood. Not being a repair technique but purely a matter of aesthetics, it might have another name. From my notes: Flipot Dutchman (piece of wood inserted in crack, poorly made joint, etc.) Forbes, Web, Dicobat Dutchman - Wooden block or wedge used to fill the void in a badly made butt or joint; a graving piece or repairing patch in a deck; filler; shim; short plank http://groups.msn.com/WoodenBoatBuilder/glossary.msnw graving piece A piece of wood that is inserted into the hull of a boat to replace existing, decaying wood. www.answers.com/topic/graving-piece Flipot Morceau de bois long et mince, de section triangulaire et d'épaisseur variable, débité dans un bois bien de fil, et servant à reboucher les gerces des grosses pièces destinées à demeurer apparentes ou à être peintes www.mandragore2.net/dico/charpente2/menuiserie.php?page=f - Flipot : (fli-po), n. m. Terme de menuiserie. Petite pièce rapportée pour couvrir un défaut dans quelque ouvrage |
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