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Re: Paddle: Pink Carbon Fiber GP
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 1/23/2011, 3:27 pm
In Response To: Re: Paddle: Pink Carbon Fiber GP (Dan Caouette (CSFW))

: Propriety secrets. I could tell you but then I'd have to kill ya!
: ;)

: Seriously, I just used a sleeve from Soller. Talk to him about what
: you're planning and he'll set you up. I've had issues trying to
: use heat-shrink tubing so I vacuum-bagged it to the cedar core.
: I didn't realize that his colored sleeves are stiffer than the
: plain CF. It conformed to the blade but it wouldn't wrap tightly
: to the loom. It left some ridges on the loom which looked like
: crap so I filed the loom smooth and then laminated on the uni-CF
: (2" wide tape). The tape is there to pretty-up the
: transition from the uni to the pink.

Hi Dan,

I'm sure glad you're getting experience with Soller's sleeves, then when I get ready to do the ultra light SOF kayak I can call and pick your brain ;) I have no idea when that boat'll happen, it's not cheap. There are quite a few experiments waiting to learn how exactly to do this before I start playing with the very expensive CF/Kevlar sleeves. The experiments for the longitudinals are complete, so I know I can do this, it's a matter of learning how I exactly want to do the frames and the connections, have lots of untried ideas, sometimes they work, sometimes not, have to try it to find out.

Bill H.

Messages In This Thread

Paddle: Pink Carbon Fiber GP *PIC*
Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 1/22/2011, 1:15 pm
Close-up of the blade *NM* *PIC*
Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 1/22/2011, 1:16 pm
Close-up of the uni CF on the loom *NM* *PIC*
Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 1/22/2011, 1:18 pm
Re: Paddle: Pink Carbon Fiber GP
dave g -- 1/22/2011, 2:04 pm
Re: Paddle: Pink Carbon Fiber GP
Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 1/23/2011, 10:47 am
Re: Paddle: Pink Carbon Fiber GP
Bill Hamm -- 1/23/2011, 3:27 pm
Re: Paddle: Pink Carbon Fiber GP
dave g -- 1/23/2011, 4:06 pm
Re: Paddle: Pink Carbon Fiber GP
Roy Martin (fadedred) -- 1/22/2011, 8:22 pm
Re: Paddle: Pink Carbon Fiber GP
Bill Hamm -- 1/23/2011, 12:12 am
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Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 1/23/2011, 10:40 am
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Bill Hamm -- 1/23/2011, 3:29 pm
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Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 1/23/2011, 3:45 pm
Re: Paddle: Pink Carbon Fiber GP
Bill Hamm -- 1/23/2011, 5:00 pm
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Joe Whitman -- 1/24/2011, 5:12 pm
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Doug S -- 1/25/2011, 8:07 am
Wrong name
Doug S -- 1/25/2011, 8:58 am
Re: Wrong name
Joe Whitman -- 1/25/2011, 12:10 pm
Re: Paddle: Pink Carbon Fiber GP
Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 1/28/2011, 4:59 am