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Strip: foam core kayak *LINK*
By:Misterphil
Date: 9/26/2008, 11:21 am

Hi

I was wondering whether Depron could be used as a core for a kayak. I'd thought about backing the sheets with 1oz glass for improved rigidity, then cutting it to use for stripping - although hopefully it might be able to be used in wider sections and be shaped to follow the forms? Since it's closed cell it shouldn't absorb water either. It's used in model aircraft construction for it's lightness, although that isn't in itself a factor for me, as I'd have to use more glass - Obviously it doesn't have the same strength as wood strips, but it does have the advantage that it is available to me, whereas cedar isn't in the UK, and I don't have to tools at the moment to start milling strips...

I'd initially thought about using it instead of ply for a S&G - but there's no real advantage to that, what I was really wondering was whether it could be formed around a stripper to improve the build time.

http://www.depron.co.uk/

Messages In This Thread

Strip: foam core kayak *LINK*
Misterphil -- 9/26/2008, 11:21 am
Re: Strip: foam core kayak *Pic*
Andy Waddington -- 10/1/2008, 9:15 am
Re: Strip: foam core kayak
misterphil -- 10/2/2008, 11:28 am
Re: Strip: foam core kayak
Bill Hamm -- 10/2/2008, 1:47 pm
Re: Strip: foam core kayak *LINK*
Misterphil -- 9/29/2008, 3:37 pm
Re: Strip: foam core kayak
Bill Hamm -- 9/30/2008, 1:51 am
Re: Strip: foam core kayak
Charlie -- 9/27/2008, 12:44 pm
Re: Strip: foam core kayak
Carl Delo -- 9/27/2008, 11:09 am
Re: Strip: foam core kayak
Bryan Hansel -- 9/26/2008, 7:35 pm
Re: Strip: foam core kayak
misterphil -- 9/27/2008, 4:37 pm
Double check your costs
Paul G. Jacobson -- 9/29/2008, 12:35 am
Re: Double check your costs
Bryan Hansel -- 9/29/2008, 10:36 am
Re: Double check your costs
MacMcCaskie -- 9/29/2008, 9:49 pm
Re: Double check your costs
Paul G. Jacobson -- 9/30/2008, 3:03 am
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MacMcCaskie -- 9/30/2008, 7:30 am
Re: Double check your costs
dmeenkster -- 9/30/2008, 10:05 am
Re: Double check your costs
Terry Haines -- 10/7/2008, 12:19 am
Re: Double check your costs *LINK* *Pic*
Tom Yost -- 10/1/2008, 9:44 am
Re: Double check your costs
dmeenkster -- 10/1/2008, 10:37 am
Re: Double check your costs
Tom Yost -- 10/1/2008, 12:24 pm
ripping strips
Paul G. Jacobson--Floating Boat, Inc. -- 10/1/2008, 12:34 am
Re: ripping strips
dmeenkster -- 10/1/2008, 10:15 am
Re: ripping strips *LINK* *Pic*
Tom Yost -- 10/1/2008, 12:59 pm
Re: Double check your costs
daniel -- 9/30/2008, 6:49 am
Ripping strips without a tablesaw *Pic*
Paul G. Jacobson--Floating Boat, Inc. -- 9/30/2008, 11:54 pm
Re: Ripping strips without a tablesaw
Daniel Daniels -- 10/1/2008, 1:32 pm
Re: Double check your costs
Bryan Hansel -- 9/29/2008, 11:56 pm
Re: Strip: foam core kayak
Mike Savage -- 9/27/2008, 6:53 pm
Re: Strip: foam core kayak
Toni V -- 9/26/2008, 3:44 pm
Re: Strip: foam core kayak *LINK*
Dave Reekie -- 9/26/2008, 2:30 pm
Re: Strip: foam core kayak
Misterphil -- 9/26/2008, 5:39 pm