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Re: Strip: Strip Thickness
By:JohnAbercrombie
Date: 2/3/2018, 3:32 pm
In Response To: Strip: Strip Thickness (Ned Smith)

I built my first two kayaks using 1/4" stripps 5 years ago. Now I see some commercial builders have gone to 3/16". Is everybody on-board with that?

Everybody?
:-)
Surely you don't mean 100% of us agree on anything?
:-)

But, yes, I'd say that most builders who post here are using strips thinner than 1/4".
As the strips get thinner they get more flexible 'in a hurry' (half the thickness=1/8 the stiffness) so it gets more difficult to keep the surfaces fair - especially if the mold spacing is wider. On the other hand, it gets a lot easier to deal with bends and twists in the strips.

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Strip: Strip Thickness
Ned Smith -- 2/3/2018, 3:05 pm
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Dan Thaler -- 2/3/2018, 3:26 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 2/3/2018, 3:32 pm
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Ned Smith -- 2/3/2018, 7:17 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 2/3/2018, 10:12 pm
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Dan Thaler -- 2/4/2018, 7:55 am
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John U -- 2/4/2018, 12:52 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 2/4/2018, 2:55 pm
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Dan Thaler -- 2/4/2018, 3:31 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 2/4/2018, 11:57 pm
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Justin -- 2/6/2018, 7:23 am
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JayBabina -- 2/6/2018, 8:12 am
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Nick R. -- 2/9/2018, 4:20 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 2/10/2018, 2:05 am
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AVO -- 2/21/2018, 3:03 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 2/21/2018, 4:24 pm
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h -- 2/21/2018, 9:01 pm
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M A Bielski -- 2/21/2018, 10:21 pm
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scottbaxter -- 2/21/2018, 11:17 pm
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scottbaxter -- 2/21/2018, 11:18 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 2/22/2018, 1:20 am
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h -- 2/22/2018, 6:25 am
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JayBabina -- 2/22/2018, 7:51 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 2/22/2018, 10:42 pm
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 2/22/2018, 9:37 am
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J Van Buren -- 2/22/2018, 12:34 pm
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Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 2/22/2018, 3:00 pm
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AVO -- 2/22/2018, 3:50 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 2/22/2018, 7:27 pm
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Randy Echtinaw -- 2/22/2018, 9:59 pm
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dave koslow -- 2/23/2018, 9:40 am
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Randy Echtinaw -- 2/23/2018, 11:13 am
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dave koslow -- 2/23/2018, 1:17 pm