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: I first used a heat gun in the early eighties, to remove paint, at
: a window restoration shop I worked at.
: The sharp curves of my baidarka sterns required me to try different
: methods of bending strips.
: In about 1995 I started using the heat gun to bend strips and
: quickly found a lot of other uses for it.
: At that time, I knew of no other strip builders using a heat gun,
: to bend strips or for any other
: purposes.
: I became a vocal advocate for it's use on this BB and it is a
: standard tool in my plans.
: Sometimes a tool from another area of construction crosses over to
: a new one.
: But it still may be unknown to many.
: I remember talking to a fellow at a boat show about this. He told
: me how he worked in the aircraft industry for
: years, in aluminum fabrication. During a lay-off he got a job at a
: company that made street cars.
: He brought in a tool used in the aircraft industry to join metal
: parts. As he was working he suddenly
: noticed everyone in the shop had stopped working and were watching
: him use his aircraft tool.
: They had never seen this tool before and were mesmerized at how
: easily it did what they had struggled
: with for years.
: Rob
I gotta tell you, all this talk about building methods has got my motor revving - I had planned to 'take a breather', but... time for the next build! Good thread, btw, and thanks to all the Big Dogs for sharing their expertise.
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- Epoxy: Did I Get a Bad Batch of MAS?
Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 3/21/2012, 9:53 am- Re: Epoxy: Did I Get a Bad Batch of MAS?
Malcolm Schweizer -- 3/21/2012, 10:09 am- Re: Epoxy: Did I Get a Bad Batch of MAS?
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 3/21/2012, 2:27 pm- Re: Epoxy: Did I Get a Bad Batch of MAS?
Bill Hamm -- 3/21/2012, 3:20 pm- Re: Epoxy: Did I Get a Bad Batch of MAS?
Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 3/21/2012, 4:40 pm- Re: Epoxy: Did I Get a Bad Batch of MAS? *PIC*
Scott Fitzgerrell -- 3/21/2012, 8:08 pm- Nice work Scott! *NM*
Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 3/21/2012, 8:20 pm- Re: Epoxy: Did I Get a Bad Batch of MAS?
Kirk Fredericks -- 3/21/2012, 10:06 pm- Re: Epoxy: Did I Get a Bad Batch of MAS?
Bill Hamm -- 3/22/2012, 1:29 am
- Re: Epoxy: Did I Get a Bad Batch of MAS?
- Re: Epoxy: Did I Get a Bad Batch of MAS?
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 3/22/2012, 11:09 am- Re: Epoxy: Did I Get a Bad Batch of MAS?
Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 3/22/2012, 1:52 pm- Re: Epoxy: Did I Get a Bad Batch of MAS?
Mike Bielski -- 3/23/2012, 9:01 am- Re: Epoxy: Did I Get a Bad Batch of MAS?
Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 3/23/2012, 2:00 pm- Re: Epoxy: Did I Get a Bad Batch of MAS?
Kirk Fredericks -- 3/23/2012, 3:25 pm- Re: Epoxy: Did I Get a Bad Batch of MAS?
Robert N Pruden -- 3/26/2012, 3:22 pm
- Re: Epoxy: Did I Get a Bad Batch of MAS?
John Abercrombie -- 3/23/2012, 4:53 pm- Re: Epoxy: Did I Get a Bad Batch of MAS?
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 3/24/2012, 9:05 am- Re: Epoxy: Did I Get a Bad Batch of MAS?
Etienne Muller -- 3/24/2012, 9:31 am- Re: Epoxy: Did I Get a Bad Batch of MAS?
Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 3/24/2012, 10:30 am- CALLING CAPTAIN KIRK!
Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 3/24/2012, 10:47 am- Re: CALLING CAPTAIN KIRK!
Kirk Fredericks -- 3/24/2012, 3:52 pm
- Re: Epoxy: Did I Get a Bad Batch of MAS?
John Abercrombie -- 3/24/2012, 12:24 pm - Re: CALLING CAPTAIN KIRK!
- Re: Propane Torch
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 3/24/2012, 6:07 pm- Re: Propane Torch
Etienne Muller -- 3/24/2012, 8:21 pm- Re: Propane Torch
Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 3/25/2012, 11:42 am- Re: Propane Torch
george jung -- 3/25/2012, 12:00 pm
- Re: Propane Torch
- Re: Propane Torch
- I have to share a story that is related to this...
Robert N Pruden -- 3/26/2012, 3:46 pm- Re: I have to share a story that is related to thi
Kirk Fredericks -- 3/26/2012, 8:06 pm- Re: I have to share a story that is related to thi
Robert N Pruden -- 3/26/2012, 8:57 pm- Re: I have to share a story that is related to thi
Bill Hamm -- 3/27/2012, 1:52 am- Re: I have to share a story that is related to thi
ancient kayaker -- 3/30/2012, 9:43 am- Re: I have to share a story that is related to thi
Bill Hamm -- 4/1/2012, 3:07 am
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Etienne Muller -- 3/27/2012, 3:24 am- Re: I have to share a story that is related to thi
ancient kayaker -- 3/29/2012, 11:57 pm- Re: I have to share a story that is related to thi
Etienne Muller -- 3/30/2012, 3:20 am
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- CALLING CAPTAIN KIRK!
- Re: Epoxy: Did I Get a Bad Batch of MAS?
- Re: Epoxy: Did I Get a Bad Batch of MAS?
- Re: Epoxy: Did I Get a Bad Batch of MAS?
- Re: Epoxy: Did I Get a Bad Batch of MAS?
jack kantz -- 3/23/2012, 8:24 pm - Re: Epoxy: Did I Get a Bad Batch of MAS?
- Nice work Scott! *NM*
- Re: Epoxy: Did I Get a Bad Batch of MAS?
Jay Babina -- 3/23/2012, 8:35 am - Re: Epoxy: Did I Get a Bad Batch of MAS?
- Re: Epoxy: Did I Get a Bad Batch of MAS?
Dwight Lynn -- 3/21/2012, 3:54 pm- Re: Epoxy: Did I Get a Bad Batch of MAS?
Dwight Lynn -- 3/21/2012, 3:58 pm
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Robert N Pruden -- 3/21/2012, 7:09 pm- Re: Epoxy: Did I Get a Bad Batch of MAS?
Bill Hamm -- 3/22/2012, 1:42 am - Re: Epoxy: Did I Get a Bad Batch of MAS?
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