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11-03-2006, 01:55 PM
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Boston Anglah
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Sitting on top of the world with my legs hangin free
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I was wondering the same thing, i want to build a kayak
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Used hard and put away dirty....
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11-03-2006, 04:41 PM
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"Fishbucket"
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Bahston Hahbah
Posts: 6,588
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the hull to deck joint arround my boat. the back sections are easy strait. but from midship to the bow needs to be bent.
i'm using 1" thick birch.
basicly following the contour of the hull all the way arround on the inside with 1". epoxied in, clamped, and screwed.
then i will use that as a base to secure the gunnels and bow section to.
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11-03-2006, 05:02 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
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bending wood.
one way is to back cut the piece with multiple relief cuts
so the board can bend even when dry...
the other method is to fashion a mold out of
plywood with the arch (bend) pre established
and then you can steam or hot towel the
clamped piece into the mold with weights
to slowly bend it into shape for uniformity.
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11-03-2006, 06:58 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: On my boat
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Sounds like a question for Norm Abram
Ask this old yankee workshop !!!
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LETS GO BRANDON
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11-03-2006, 07:19 PM
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Uncle Remus
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Lakeville Ma.
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Sorry my mind is warped.
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"A beach is a place where a man can feel he's the only soul in the world that's real"
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11-03-2006, 09:37 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Burlington
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Sometimes the easiest way is to rip the stock into 1/8" strips or even 1/4" strips. You can liberally spread waterproof glue on the strips, stack them together and bend the whole lot. After bending to the shape needed clamp with lots of clamps and wait ‘til the glue sets. You then can sand the piece and encapsulate it in glass.  The more strips the more strength.  |
low & slow 37
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11-03-2006, 09:42 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
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Quote:
Originally Posted by reelecstasy
I was wondering the same thing, i want to build a kayak
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thats the luan kayak method... laminate method....and a good one gone fishin... that be numero #3 |
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11-03-2006, 10:19 PM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Middleboro MA
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birch is a poor choice of wood for boats
white oak or mahogany is better
if you laminate thin strips, glue with thickened epoxy not waterproof wood glue.
you want your foundation to be solid and long lasting
if the curves are gentle, sometimes you can scarf together bandsawn sections cut from wider boards but it wastes alot of wood.
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1984 was a warning, not a guidebook!
It's time more people spoke up with the truth. Every time we let a leftist lie go uncorrected, the commies get stronger.
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11-03-2006, 10:25 PM
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Uncle Remus
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Lakeville Ma.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by reelecstasy
I was wondering the same thing, i want to build a kayak
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Chris check out On The Water this month there is a guy showing you how to build a kayak in there. The first part of a few. Looks interesting. |
"A beach is a place where a man can feel he's the only soul in the world that's real"
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11-03-2006, 10:40 PM
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"Fishbucket"
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Bahston Hahbah
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kool thank you.
i have a ton of birch here thats why i was gunna use it.
i'll look into white oak. i have mohogany i can cut that up too.
trying to do this without breaking the bank.
not building miss winnipesaukee here. but anything is better than the way this was originaly built.
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11-03-2006, 10:56 PM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Middleboro MA
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The United States Constitution does not exist to grant you rights; those rights are inherent within you. Rather it exists to frame a limited government so that those natural rights can be exercised freely.
1984 was a warning, not a guidebook!
It's time more people spoke up with the truth. Every time we let a leftist lie go uncorrected, the commies get stronger.
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