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Re: Skin-on-Frame: Launch-Chuckanut 15
By:Dave Gentry
Date: 11/8/2010, 10:38 pm
In Response To: Re: Skin-on-Frame: Launch-Chuckanut 15 (David Kanoy)

: Dave, I have a bunch of cell phone build pix and then real pix of
: the completed frame with some detail shots. I will get them
: shared on flickr or something and drop a line here. Please feel
: free to use them any way you like.

: One piece of information that has got to get out there to the kayak
: building public: you can't stretch the 8 oz poly 4 fingers worth
: over the length of the boat like the nylon fabric shown in the
: various videos. I found out that 1.5" is more than enough -
: the hard way. I restitched the stern pocket longer 3 times.
: fortunately, the distortions in the weave could be mostly
: massaged and shrunk out and lesson learned.

Ahh, yes. I just pull polyester taut and clamp it, rather than yard on it for all I'm worth . . . .
I let the heat gun do the work!

Messages In This Thread

Skin-on-Frame: Launch-Chuckanut 15 *PIC*
David Kanoy -- 11/7/2010, 8:27 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Launch-Chuckanut 15
Clayton Plunkett -- 11/9/2010, 12:09 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Launch-Chuckanut 15
David Kanoy -- 11/9/2010, 1:59 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Launch-Chuckanut 15
Clayton Plunkett -- 11/9/2010, 8:30 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Launch-Chuckanut 15
Bill Hamm -- 11/8/2010, 5:44 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Launch-Chuckanut 15
Kyle H. -- 11/7/2010, 11:13 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Launch-Chuckanut 15
Dave Gentry -- 11/7/2010, 10:32 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Launch-Chuckanut 15
David Kanoy -- 11/8/2010, 7:52 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Launch-Chuckanut 15
Kudzu -- 11/9/2010, 1:23 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Launch-Chuckanut 15
Dave Gentry -- 11/8/2010, 10:38 pm