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Re: Skin-on-Frame: Canoe methods
By:JohnAbercrombie
Date: 9/10/2014, 5:00 pm
In Response To: Skin-on-Frame: Canoe methods (MattGeerts)

Am I paranoid to think that the latter method will build a crooked canoe?

Perhaps not, though I'd prefer a bit more 'rigid control' over the shape if it were my project.
It would certainly be easy to put some twist into the hull if you had less than ideal wood, or didn't 'keep a close eye' on the shape as you worked.
And, a 15' x 36" non-rockered, flat-bottom canoe wouldn't be the parameters I'd choose, but YMMV. I'm not too creative, so I generally buy plans.
Bear Mountain, MCA, and Winters are all possible plan sources.

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Skin-on-Frame: Canoe methods
MattGeerts -- 9/10/2014, 3:38 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Canoe methods
JohnAbercrombie -- 9/10/2014, 5:00 pm
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MattGeerts -- 9/10/2014, 6:24 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 9/10/2014, 7:03 pm
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MattGeerts -- 9/10/2014, 7:12 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 9/10/2014, 7:23 pm
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Marc Upchurch -- 9/10/2014, 8:27 pm
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MattGeerts -- 9/11/2014, 12:51 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 9/11/2014, 1:17 pm
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Marc Upchurch -- 9/11/2014, 7:27 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 9/10/2014, 7:07 pm
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MattGeerts -- 9/10/2014, 7:19 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 9/10/2014, 7:30 pm
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MattGeerts -- 9/10/2014, 8:02 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 9/10/2014, 6:57 pm
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MattGeerts -- 9/11/2014, 12:52 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 9/11/2014, 3:25 pm
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Marc Upchurch -- 9/10/2014, 8:36 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 9/11/2014, 3:20 am
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Peter Lord -- 9/11/2014, 6:49 am
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MattGeerts -- 9/11/2014, 2:02 pm
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Peter Lord -- 9/11/2014, 3:20 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 9/11/2014, 3:29 pm
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MattGeerts -- 9/11/2014, 4:03 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 9/11/2014, 5:59 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 9/11/2014, 6:14 pm
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MattGeerts -- 9/12/2014, 12:43 pm
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Marc Upchurch -- 9/12/2014, 2:45 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 9/12/2014, 6:35 pm