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Re: Skin-on-Frame: stringer placement
By:mick allen
Date: 11/27/2013, 12:59 am
In Response To: Skin-on-Frame: stringer placement *PIC* (John Oetting)

I haven't done it, but in that situation a technique that might be worth trying is to attach 1/4" bungees tightly from gunwale to gunwale just on the upside of each station and have enough tension to hold the stringers in place against the station as well as being able to quickly readjust them to one's liking. If a temporary pin is placed in the keel stringer a corresponding distance on the downside of each station, the stretched bungee will show where to carve off each station with that particular spacing. I would use as many stringers as necessary to make the shape/lineout wished.

The idea is to be able to readily slide stringers around as well as check future skin/station/frame clearance.

To keep this approach quick and simple, one may need to have a few extra stringers packed tightly against the gunwale or keel (ie already under the bungees) in case multiple scenarios wish to be visualized.

an idea anyway.

Messages In This Thread

Skin-on-Frame: stringer placement *PIC*
John Oetting -- 11/26/2013, 1:49 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: stringer placement
Dave Gentry - GentryCustomBoats.com -- 11/26/2013, 2:48 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: stringer placement
John Oetting -- 11/26/2013, 10:50 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: stringer placement
Steve Chambers -- 11/27/2013, 12:06 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: stringer placement
John Oetting -- 11/27/2013, 7:10 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: stringer placement
wysedav -- 11/26/2013, 3:07 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: stringer placement
Rod Tait -- 11/26/2013, 4:17 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: stringer placement
John Oetting -- 11/26/2013, 6:57 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: stringer placement
Rod Tait -- 11/26/2013, 8:27 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: stringer placement
Bill Hamm -- 11/27/2013, 12:46 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: stringer placement
Dave Gentry - GentryCustomBoats.com -- 11/27/2013, 6:59 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: stringer placement
mick allen -- 11/27/2013, 12:59 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame:another rowboat
Steve Chambers -- 11/27/2013, 11:48 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame:another rowboat
ancient kayaker -- 11/27/2013, 11:24 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame:another rowboat
ancient kayaker -- 11/27/2013, 11:38 pm