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Re: Other: Lunatic Fringe
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 10/4/2007, 5:03 pm
In Response To: Re: Other: Lunatic Fringe (Mike Savage)

: Hi Bill,
: Even double-diagonal would be easier to make a mold than his method. He
: probably just stuck with what he was used to.

: I had thought of making a fairing for my trike but I don't go that fast to
: need one and at slower speeds it would be just extra weight. Maybe a small
: wind splitter over the pedals, it would keep my feet dry. :)

: Mike Savage
: south West Cork

Hi Mike,

LOL...don't mention double diagonal planking . Last time I did that I had to redo a 27' x 10' boat bottom planked that way, all done in honduras mahogany then painted so you couldn't see it (customer's boat, his idea not mine).

Bill H.

Messages In This Thread

Other: Lunatic Fringe
PatrickC -- 10/3/2007, 3:32 pm
Re: Other: Lunatic Fringe
Robert N Pruden -- 10/4/2007, 7:18 pm
Re: Other: Lunatic Fringe
Bill Hamm -- 10/4/2007, 1:24 am
Re: Other: Lunatic Fringe
Paul G. Jacobson -- 10/4/2007, 10:16 am
actually, kayak related, not "other" *Pic*
Paul G. Jacobson -- 10/4/2007, 10:30 am
Re: Other: Lunatic Fringe
Acors -- 10/4/2007, 6:00 am
Re: Other: Lunatic Fringe
Bill Hamm -- 10/4/2007, 5:04 pm
Re: Other: Lunatic Fringe
Mike Savage -- 10/4/2007, 5:49 am
Re: Other: Lunatic Fringe
Bill Hamm -- 10/4/2007, 5:03 pm