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Re: Tight seams on a CLC kayak, how can it be done
By:Rehd
Date: 1/15/2000, 11:42 pm
In Response To: Re: Tight seams on a CLC kayak, how can it be done (lee)

> hi will, if you made the plywood strips 3/4 of an inch wide the gap would
> be less, but then it would be a strip boat... if you are getting an air
> gap, in other words the panels aren't even touching 1/2 mm or so then
> that's a minor problem. Me thinks you are looking too closely at things, a
> 1mm wide line of thickened epoxy at a long skinny joint is not going to be
> detracting from anything when the first coat of varnish is applied.

Lee, I think he's talking about where you stitch the two pieces of ply together, each having a 90* angle on the edge. That leaves you with the big V.

Rehd

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Tight seams on a CLC kayak, how can it be done?
Will Stark -- 1/15/2000, 10:52 pm
Re: Tight seams on a CLC kayak, how can it be done
Tony Ling -- 1/20/2000, 2:33 pm
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Nolan -- 1/18/2000, 9:37 am
Re: thas right
lee -- 1/18/2000, 7:53 pm
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Frank -- 1/16/2000, 8:35 am
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lee -- 1/16/2000, 8:49 am
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Jean,Montreal, -- 1/16/2000, 12:21 am
Re: Tight seams on a CLC kayak, how can it be done
Steve -- 1/15/2000, 11:47 pm
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lee -- 1/15/2000, 11:15 pm
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Will -- 1/15/2000, 11:47 pm
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Rehd -- 1/15/2000, 11:42 pm
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Pete WP -- 1/16/2000, 8:57 am
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Scotty -- 1/16/2000, 9:51 am
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Rehd -- 1/16/2000, 10:52 am
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Scotty -- 1/16/2000, 11:17 am
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Will -- 1/18/2000, 11:09 am
Re: Tight seams on a CLC kayak, how can it be done
Scotty -- 1/18/2000, 6:14 pm
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Rehd -- 1/16/2000, 4:09 pm
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Scotty -- 1/16/2000, 10:22 am
Re: Tight seams on a CLC kayak, how can it be done
lee -- 1/16/2000, 9:29 am
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lee -- 1/16/2000, 12:05 am
Re: Tight seams on a CLC kayak, how can it be done
Rehd -- 1/16/2000, 12:11 am