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Re: Material: strips from plywood
By:ancient kayaker
Date: 5/27/2012, 9:51 am
In Response To: Re: Material: strips from plywood (Gelu Botezan)

: Thank you Jay, the weather was rather damp the last two weeks. I
: will wait until the end of august to be sure.
: The strips are hanging outdoors, under a high deck about 10' over
: the ground, well protected from rain and sun but exposed to
: wind.

Take a test strip indoors to dry out; after two weeks it's as dry as it's going to get. Then test it and also test one from outside to see how it breaks. If you find the indoor strips is noticeably stiffer and harder to break then the outdoor ones aren't dry enough; if there's no difference then you should be OK to go ahead. Dry wood is stronger and stiffer than green wood but doesn't bend as far before breaking.

Are you able to obtain the necessary epoxy and glass cloth where you are? That is essential for a stripper. Sorry if that seems a silly question but the only information I have about Rumania is the girls are very pretty! I have built a stripper without glass; if you need to know how I can tell you.

good luck, and don't forget to post pictures of your work and the finished boat. That's the best part of being here on the forum!

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Material: strips from plywood
Gelu Botezan -- 2/22/2012, 11:19 am
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Paul Davies -- 2/22/2012, 12:45 pm
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Sean Dawe -- 2/22/2012, 1:43 pm
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Gelu Botezan -- 2/22/2012, 2:20 pm
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Mike Savage -- 2/22/2012, 2:49 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 2/22/2012, 5:11 pm
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Gelu Botezan -- 2/23/2012, 5:32 am
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Wayne One (wwfloyd) -- 2/22/2012, 2:17 pm
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les cheeseman -- 2/22/2012, 2:52 pm
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Al Edie -- 2/22/2012, 4:31 pm
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Allan -- 2/23/2012, 3:43 am
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Gelu Botezan -- 2/23/2012, 5:20 am
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Allan -- 2/23/2012, 5:38 am
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les cheeseman -- 2/23/2012, 3:14 pm
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Gelu Botezan -- 5/27/2012, 4:48 am
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Jay Babina -- 5/27/2012, 6:39 am
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Gelu Botezan -- 5/27/2012, 8:12 am
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ancient kayaker -- 5/27/2012, 9:51 am
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Gelu Botezan -- 5/27/2012, 3:39 pm
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Mike Bielski -- 5/28/2012, 12:13 am
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Jay Babina -- 2/23/2012, 9:20 am
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Gelu Botezan -- 2/24/2012, 12:56 am
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sskiff -- 2/24/2012, 3:10 am
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Don Flowers -- 2/24/2012, 12:56 pm
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StephenHJ -- 2/27/2012, 7:46 pm
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Gelu Botezan -- 2/28/2012, 4:57 am
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Justin -- 2/28/2012, 10:30 am
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Gelu Botezan -- 2/28/2012, 12:24 pm