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Re: Skin-on-Frame: coaming bending advice
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 5/29/2009, 2:07 pm
In Response To: Re: Skin-on-Frame: coaming bending advice (Brian Nystrom)

: The problems is more the type of wood than the thickness. WRC is a lousy
: bending wood. If you cut it thin enough, say ~1/8" it would be
: flexible enough to bend, but I doubt you'll get 3/8" WRC to bend
: enough for a coaming. As was mentioned above, you'd be much better off to
: find some oak or ash for your coaming stock.

Other problem with a really soft wood, like RC is it's not abrasion resitant in the least and you really need abrasion resistance on a coaming. If it's glassed or at least epoxy coated that will help some.

Bill H.

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Skin-on-Frame: coaming bending advice
Michael -- 5/28/2009, 1:02 pm
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Michael -- 5/29/2009, 12:03 am
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Brian Nystrom -- 5/29/2009, 12:09 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 5/29/2009, 2:07 pm
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Michael -- 5/29/2009, 2:56 pm
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Brian Lemin -- 5/29/2009, 9:25 am
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Michael -- 5/29/2009, 12:31 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 5/28/2009, 3:28 pm
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Brian Lemin -- 5/29/2009, 10:24 pm
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Mike Savage -- 5/30/2009, 6:39 am
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Brian Lemin -- 5/31/2009, 12:40 am
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Bill Hamm -- 5/30/2009, 11:06 am
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Kudzu -- 5/28/2009, 1:11 pm
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Ken Blanton -- 5/28/2009, 3:55 pm
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Kudzu -- 5/28/2009, 11:22 pm