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Re: S&G: Hey, Nick...I have a question for ya!
By:Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks
Date: 12/31/2008, 9:27 am
In Response To: S&G: Hey, Nick...I have a question for ya! (Robert N Pruden)

: Those deck parts are challenging to transfer and cut...how did you do it and
: was it easy? I don't think my fabric cutting wheel is going to make easy
: work of the job and I do not want to mess this up.

: Robert (Always looki)N(g for the easy way out) Pruden

If you want easy, do what I do and have someone cut the parts on a CNC machine. :)

The fabric wheel should work, or you could poke holes with an awl and then bend a spline around the marks.

I will admit, that the shapes are pretty fine and it will not be that easy, but it saves the cost of a kit to cut it yourself.

The delicate tips are bound to break. Don't worry about this too much as you will want to cut of the tip of the bow and stern anyway before you finish glassing.

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S&G: Hey, Nick...I have a question for ya!
Robert N Pruden -- 12/30/2008, 10:03 pm
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Bohdan Szymanik------WebKitFormBoundaryAAqiAAonAA+ -- 1/3/2009, 2:43 am
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Bohdan Szymanik -- 1/3/2009, 2:50 am
Re: S&G: Hey, Nick...I have a question for ya!
Etienne Muller -- 1/1/2009, 10:01 am
Re: S&G: Hey, Nick...I have a question for ya!
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 12/31/2008, 9:27 am
Re: S&G: Hey, Nick...I have a question for ya!
Ken Sutherland -- 12/31/2008, 5:07 pm