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Re: Heat gun
By:Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K
Date: 1/4/2014, 11:39 am
In Response To: Re: Heat gun *PIC* (Marc Upchurch)

Water with no heat worked dramatically.
1/2" laminate with 10 plies

Yes I didn't have to build these this way, I was trying to match the cockpit ring in the laminate.

Nice job Marc, very hansom.

There is always more to learn if you wish to push your techniques to new levels.

If you want sharp bends, using straight grained, quarter sawn woods which bend well naturally, like ash, white oak, walnut and northern white cedar will give the highest success.

In many of the wood bending books and videos I've seen, a thin flexible strip of metal is placed on the outside surface of the wood being bent. This relieves the stress on the outer wood surface allowing sharper bends with little, or no breakage.

I recently discovered I could replace the metal strip (which I didn't have on hand) with an ash 1/16" veneer which I did have, and it worked quite well. The wood to be bent is clamped in a vise with the veneer on the outside surface.

All the best,
Rob

Good judgement comes from experience
Experience comes from bad judgement

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Joe Wuts -- 1/2/2014, 7:03 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 1/2/2014, 11:05 pm
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Mike Hanks -- 1/3/2014, 9:58 am
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Joe Wuts -- 1/5/2014, 9:17 pm
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Mike Hanks -- 1/5/2014, 10:16 pm
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Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 1/3/2014, 10:46 am
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ancient kayaker -- 1/3/2014, 12:03 pm
Heat gun
Jeff Horton -- 1/4/2014, 9:18 am
Re: Heat gun *PIC*
Marc Upchurch -- 1/4/2014, 10:02 am
Re: Heat gun
Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 1/4/2014, 11:39 am
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Marc Upchurch -- 1/4/2014, 4:48 pm
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Jim Farrelly -- 1/4/2014, 5:09 pm
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Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 1/4/2014, 5:12 pm
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Marc Upchurch -- 1/4/2014, 6:20 pm
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Bob Ten Eyck -- 1/4/2014, 8:30 pm
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Marc Upchurch -- 1/4/2014, 8:48 pm
Backing Strap
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 1/6/2014, 9:53 am
Air vrs Kiln Dried
Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 1/4/2014, 7:20 pm
Here's the direct URL for the booklet
Brian Nystrom -- 1/6/2014, 7:33 am
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Ancient Kayaker -- 1/6/2014, 1:10 am
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ddaniels -- 1/6/2014, 8:18 am
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Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 1/6/2014, 9:37 am
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ddaniels -- 1/6/2014, 11:02 am
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Bill Hamm -- 1/7/2014, 12:53 am
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ddaniels -- 1/7/2014, 5:40 pm
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Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 1/8/2014, 2:23 pm
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ddaniels -- 1/9/2014, 5:00 pm