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help w/ offsets
By:T-bone
Date: 10/10/2000, 10:55 am

I HAVE DOWNLOADED NICKS FREE DESIGN FOR THE KAYAK THIS IS MY FIRST ATTEMPT AT BUIDING ONE. CAN ANY ONE HELP ME ? MY UNDERSTANDING IS OFFSETS IS GIVEN IN FT/IN/EIGHTHS LOOKING AT :FOR EX UNDER 6 YOU HAVE 24.19 AND 24.56 IT SAYS THE OFFSETS ARE GIVEN IN IN. HOW DOES THIS EQUATE TO IN.FORGIVE MY IGNORANCE.i JUST HAPPENED ON THIS SITE AND IT HAS BECOME ONE OF MY FAVORITE PLACES ,THE KAYAKS ARE WORKS OF ART.ANY ONE PLEASE GET ME STARTED, I SAW THAT A BOOK IS FOR SALE BUT IN THE MEANTIME I HOPE SOME ONE CAN SHED SOME LIGHT FOR ME. P.S.I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE ERRORS IN THE OFFSETS ANY BUILDERS OUT THERE ENCOUNTER THIS, THANKS AGAIN.

Messages In This Thread

help w/ offsets
T-bone -- 10/10/2000, 10:55 am
Re: help w/ offsets
Chris Menard -- 10/10/2000, 1:14 pm
Re: help w/ offsets
Ronnie -- 10/10/2000, 12:14 pm
Or...
Dale Frolander -- 10/10/2000, 1:05 pm
Re: Or...
Robert Gardner -- 10/10/2000, 10:42 pm
Re: Or...
Jonathan Hirsch -- 10/10/2000, 6:25 pm
Re: Or...
Dale Frolander -- 10/11/2000, 2:31 am
Re: Or...
Tony -- 10/12/2000, 4:31 pm
Re: Darn you mechanical types :)
Spidey -- 10/11/2000, 10:40 pm
Re: Darn you mechanical types :)
Shawn Baker -- 10/13/2000, 1:48 pm
New/Old Math revisited . . .
Spidey -- 10/13/2000, 5:54 pm
11959.9 I'll mail you my "convert" program spidey *NM*
Dale Frolander -- 10/12/2000, 1:45 am
Re: Or...
Jonathan Hirsch -- 10/11/2000, 2:45 am
Great
Dale Frolander -- 10/11/2000, 9:22 pm