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Re: Allay your fears
By:Rehd
Date: 6/16/2001, 1:24 am
In Response To: Re: Allay your fears (Alan Adams)

: I'll be building it in my garage; I'm home for the summer. The only problem
: is that I'm in Texas and it gets a might bit hot in there. Will that
: affect construction(aside from making me pass out)? It gets around
: 110-125F.
: Alan

Hey Alan

The heat won't bother anything unless you pick some really wet wood. It may warp a bit as it dries out. But then, if it's that hot, I doubt you'll find any really wet wood. A little bit of bend won't hurt anything as You will be bending some of that wood around anyway. Just find yourself a 16" fan or two and you'll be fine. Be sure to use the offsets that Paul Jacobson printed out and not the ones in the book. You'll save a bundle on plywood. Or use it on the workbench or something. ( another set of forms.... for the next boat ) :)

Have fun and keep us posted on your progress. There are several of us who are either building or have built the Walrus and lots of info on this side of the screen.

Rehd

Messages In This Thread

Canvas/plywood kayak
Alan Adams -- 6/14/2001, 4:31 pm
Allay your fears
Paul G. Jacobson -- 6/14/2001, 6:21 pm
Re: Allay your fears
Alan Adams -- 6/14/2001, 11:54 pm
Re: Allay your fears
Roger Nuffer -- 6/15/2001, 9:32 pm
Re: Allay your fears
Alan Adams -- 6/15/2001, 11:13 pm
Its pretty hot here too...
Kirk -- 6/18/2001, 12:03 am
Re: Allay your fears
Roger Nuffer -- 6/16/2001, 1:42 am
serious heat!
brett the hitman hart -- 6/16/2001, 8:09 pm
Re: Allay your fears
Rehd -- 6/16/2001, 1:24 am
Re: Canvas/plywood kayak_thread link
peter -- 6/14/2001, 4:37 pm