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Re: Kerf bending
By:Tom Kurth
Date: 1/25/2000, 8:13 pm
In Response To: Skin on Frame -skin question (Kelly Trehearne)

> Second question - I am really not all that excited about going through the
> steambending thing again for the coaming.

Just an odd-ball idea from a woodworker--how about kerf bending the coaming? If you're unfamiliar with this process, it's accomplished by cutting through most of the thickness

of a board at regular intervals and then bending the board back to close the saw kerfs. Once installed the gaps could be filled and the whole thing glued together with epoxy. If I make it out to my shop later I'll post a book that has a more detailed description and diagrams of this method. Tom

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Skin on Frame -skin question
Kelly Trehearne -- 1/21/2000, 9:33 am
Re: Kerf bending
Tom Kurth -- 1/25/2000, 8:13 pm
Re: Skin on Frame -skin question
Jay Babina -- 1/24/2000, 2:55 pm
Re: Skin on Frame -skin question
Kelly Trehearne -- 1/25/2000, 1:26 pm
Re: Skin on Frame -skin question
Ross Miller -- 1/21/2000, 11:18 pm
Re: Skin on Frame -skin question
Kelly Trehearne -- 1/25/2000, 1:54 pm
Re: Skin on Frame -skin question
Badax -- 1/21/2000, 10:01 pm
Re: Skin on Frame -skin question
Kelly Trehearne -- 1/25/2000, 1:51 pm
Re: Skin on Frame -skin question
Tony -- 1/24/2000, 9:48 pm
Re: Skin on Frame -skin question
Tony -- 1/25/2000, 5:49 pm
Re: Skin on Frame -skin question
Tony -- 1/21/2000, 7:23 pm
Re: Skin on Frame -skin question
Kelly Trehearne -- 1/25/2000, 1:29 pm
Re: Skin on Frame -skin question
willy dommen -- 1/21/2000, 11:12 am
Re: Skin on Frame -skin question
Kelly Trehearne -- 1/25/2000, 1:48 pm
Re: Skin on Frame -skin question
Mike Hanks -- 1/21/2000, 11:09 am
Re: Skin on Frame -skin question
Kelly Trehearne -- 1/25/2000, 1:45 pm
Re: Skin on Frame -skin question
Paul G. Jacobson -- 1/27/2000, 2:56 am
Re: Skin on Frame -skin question
Kelly Trehearne -- 1/27/2000, 10:42 am
Re: Skin on Frame -skin question
Paul G. Jacobson -- 1/28/2000, 3:46 am
Re: Skin on Frame -skin question
Mike Hanks -- 1/25/2000, 10:46 pm