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Re: Skin-on-Frame: Rangeley prototype build
By:Mike Bielski
Date: 9/19/2013, 9:51 am
In Response To: Skin-on-Frame: Rangeley prototype build (John Oetting)

I did a test last month using the shrink-wrap they use to winterize boats. The guy who did it does that sort of thing for a living. We wrapped it up, he took a huge (huge) propane torch to it, and bob's your uncle. Fine to paddle and roll until the skin gets slit. Might be worth taking it to a marina to have them do it. It would work great for an open boat.

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Skin-on-Frame: Rangeley prototype build
John Oetting -- 9/18/2013, 10:35 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Rangeley prototype build
Bill Hamm -- 9/19/2013, 1:40 am
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Sean Dawe -- 9/19/2013, 8:20 am
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Sean Dawe -- 9/19/2013, 9:42 am
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Mike Bielski -- 9/19/2013, 9:51 am
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Jeff Horton -- 9/19/2013, 10:26 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Rangeley prototype build *PIC*
Paul Montgomery -- 9/19/2013, 11:51 am
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Yostwerks -- 9/20/2013, 9:35 am
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Yostwerks -- 9/20/2013, 9:48 am
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Paul Montgomery -- 9/24/2013, 2:09 pm