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Re: Material: How much can you bend unsteamed ash?
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 1/13/2014, 1:06 am
In Response To: Material: How much can you bend unsteamed ash? (Roger Tulk)

Unless the canoe has a very flat sheer (upward curve at the ends) the 1/2" thickness won't be a problem, the 1 1/4" height of the wood will be. I'd split that in half and post bend laminate them.

Bill H.

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Material: How much can you bend unsteamed ash?
Roger Tulk -- 1/12/2014, 2:11 pm
Re: Material: How much can you bend unsteamed ash?
Bill Hamm -- 1/13/2014, 1:06 am
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ancient kayaker -- 1/16/2014, 11:12 am
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ancient kayaker -- 1/14/2014, 1:14 pm
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john vanburen -- 1/14/2014, 5:44 pm
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Roger Tulk -- 1/14/2014, 7:02 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 1/14/2014, 10:38 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 1/15/2014, 1:35 am
Re: Material: How much can you bend unsteamed ash?
john vanburen -- 1/15/2014, 7:05 am