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Re: constant camber

Posted By: john
Date: Sunday, 31 October 1999, at 12:09 a.m.

In Response To: Re: constant camber (Nick Schade)

> In constant camber construction you create a piece of curved plywood with
> which you create the hull. The plywood is laminated together with diagonal
> layers of precut strips of wood. This piece of plywood has the same
> curvature along its length. The advantage of keeping the
> "camber" constant is once you find the right shape for the
> strips of wood, you can use the same shape for all the strips instead of
> "spiling" each strip to fit together with the previous strips.

nick thank you for taking the time to respond to my queery. i enjoy your book. when i finish the canoe i'm working on, i'll start a kayak. thanks again john

Messages In This Thread

constant camber
john -- Friday, 29 October 1999, at 5:10 p.m.

Re: constant camber
Nick Schade -- Saturday, 30 October 1999, at 4:41 p.m.

Re: constant camber
john -- Sunday, 31 October 1999, at 12:09 a.m.

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