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Is a little twist Ok?
By:Brian Ramoly
Date: 9/10/2001, 9:18 pm

Before screwing together my ladder-style strongback, I have it clamped together. It has taken a bit of clamping to get a little twist out of one of the 16-foot 2x6s running along the side. The resulting strongback is slightly twisted with one corner raised about 3/8th of an inch.

My question now is -- do I accept this and adjust the station molds to keep the boat's shape true, or do I scrap the problem 2x6 and buy another 16-foot board to use for my strongback?

By the way -- maybe I should say -- I plan to build a Cosine Wherry. Ok, it is not a kayak, but i have a SOF baidarka, and I would like a boat I can take a passenger out in.

Thanks in advance for the advice,

Brian Ramoly

Messages In This Thread

Is a little twist Ok?
Brian Ramoly -- 9/10/2001, 9:18 pm
Re: Is a little twist Ok?
Carl -- 9/11/2001, 12:38 pm
Re: Is a little twist Ok?
Paul G. Jacobson -- 9/11/2001, 12:18 am
c'mon baby, let's do the twist...
Dean Trexel -- 9/10/2001, 11:20 pm
Re: c'mon baby, let's do the twist...
Brian Ramoly -- 9/10/2001, 11:31 pm
Re: c'mon baby, let's do the twist...
Rehd -- 9/11/2001, 12:23 am
Re: c'mon baby, let's do the twist...
Russ -- 9/11/2001, 10:58 am
Re: c'mon baby, let's do the twist...
Dean Trexel -- 9/11/2001, 12:11 am
Re: Is a little twist Ok?
Rehd -- 9/10/2001, 10:44 pm
Re: Is a little twist Ok?
Malcolm Schweizer -- 9/10/2001, 10:37 pm