KBBS Archive 10,000

Re: Stitching--Where to begin?

Posted By: Tom Farre
Date: Tuesday, 28 September 1999, at 9:50 a.m.

In Response To: Re: Stitching--Where to begin? (Dean Trexel)

Another suggestion: Line up the scarf or butt joints and wire these in palce first, since they should mark a consistent position around the hull. This is how Pygmy Boats suggests stitching the hull together. Slight variations in how the ends meet can be patched up with epoxy later.

Although I haven't built your boat, I'd suggest putting a few stitches in
> each end and getting them snug before doing the rest of the hull. This
> will ensure that your ends match up. If you started from one end you might
> find a slight mis-match once you got to the other end. It can be fixed, of
> course, by loosening a few wires and pushing/pulling the panels a bit, but
> you might as well try to avoid this extra work.

> Dean

Messages In This Thread

Stitching--Where to begin?
Jerry Brown -- Monday, 27 September 1999, at 3:17 p.m.

Re: Stitching--Where to begin?
Dean Trexel -- Monday, 27 September 1999, at 8:31 p.m.

Re: Stitching--Where to begin?
Tom Farre -- Tuesday, 28 September 1999, at 9:50 a.m.

Re: Stitching--Where to begin?
Jerry Brown -- Tuesday, 28 September 1999, at 11:49 a.m.

Re: Stitching--Where to begin?
Byron Lawrence -- Tuesday, 28 September 1999, at 11:29 a.m.

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