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Re: Skin-on-Frame: First time builder
By:Ken Blanton
Date: 1/24/2012, 4:58 pm
In Response To: Re: Skin-on-Frame: First time builder (ancient kayaker)

If as an example you are working from drawings and are trying to replicate a particular hull shape then ... in general ... that's one way to do it ... but it's overkill if you're just building a boat using Morris, Cunningham or Brinck. Just do as they say and everything works out fine.

Ken Blanton

: You can follow his system if you wish. I would prefer to have
: several station forms to control the hull shape, to which I
: would attach the longitudinal members including the stringers,
: creating an accurate five-point guide for shaping the ribs,
: which would be lashed while they are still soft and pliable.
: Since the stringers are fairly robust and the ribs are thin you
: shouldn’t need a lot of station forms to support the stringers
: during ribbing. If you install the ribs closest to the station
: forms first and work toward the unsupported span of the
: stringers, the earlier ribs will provide additional support to
: the stringers. If you use this approach, make sure you extract
: the station forms before the ribs make it difficult!

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Skin-on-Frame: First time builder
stefalo -- 1/22/2012, 1:06 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: First time builder
Bill Hamm -- 1/22/2012, 3:07 am
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Bill Hamm -- 1/22/2012, 3:08 am
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stefalo -- 1/22/2012, 3:16 am
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Bill Hamm -- 1/22/2012, 4:10 am
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Ken Blanton -- 1/22/2012, 6:04 am
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Matthias -- 1/22/2012, 7:14 am
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Dave Gentry -- 1/22/2012, 7:54 am
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Paul Montgomery -- 1/22/2012, 9:37 am
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Brian Nystrom -- 1/22/2012, 12:55 pm
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Paul Montgomery -- 1/22/2012, 8:02 pm
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Ken Blanton -- 1/22/2012, 5:51 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: First time builder
Paul Montgomery -- 1/22/2012, 8:06 pm
About the glue laming..
David Bynoe -- 1/22/2012, 7:08 pm
Re: About the glue laming..
Jeff Soper -- 2/5/2012, 1:13 am
Re: About the glue laming..
stefalo -- 2/8/2012, 11:09 pm
Re: About the glue laming..
Mike Savage -- 2/9/2012, 4:00 am
Re: About the glue laming..
stefalo -- 2/9/2012, 12:18 am
Re: About the glue laming..
Jeff Soper -- 2/14/2012, 5:27 pm
Re: About the glue laming..
Bill Hamm -- 2/15/2012, 2:03 am
Re: About the glue laming..
Jeff Soper -- 2/20/2012, 9:50 pm
Re: About the glue laming..
Bill Hamm -- 2/26/2012, 3:47 am
Re: About the glue laming..
ancient kayaker -- 2/9/2012, 10:55 am
Re: About the glue laming..
Mike Savage -- 2/9/2012, 2:23 pm
Re: About the glue laming..
John Abercrombie -- 2/9/2012, 3:51 pm
Re: About the glue laming..
ancient kayaker -- 2/9/2012, 10:12 pm
Re: About the glue laming..
Mike Savage -- 2/10/2012, 6:04 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: First time builder *PIC*
ancient kayaker -- 1/22/2012, 11:32 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 1/23/2012, 2:06 am
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Kent LeBoutillier -- 1/23/2012, 11:57 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: First time builder
stefalo -- 1/23/2012, 5:39 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: First time builder
Ken Blanton -- 1/23/2012, 9:58 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 1/24/2012, 2:35 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: First time builder
ancient kayaker -- 1/24/2012, 12:21 am
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Matthias -- 1/24/2012, 2:21 am
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ancient kayaker -- 1/25/2012, 12:55 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: First time builder
stefalo -- 1/25/2012, 6:07 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: First time builder
ancient kayaker -- 1/25/2012, 10:28 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: First time builder
Ken Blanton -- 1/24/2012, 4:58 pm