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Re: Crooked Stitch and Glue Kayak Avoidance.
By:Mark Kanzler
Date: 7/12/1998, 11:20 am
In Response To: Re: Crooked Stitch and Glue Kayak Avoidance. (Rob Cochrane)

More and more it seems that my initial idea of building a kayak the way I've built model airplanes is a good one. I'll build a framework of stringers and section frames using bulkheads and a strongback as a jig, and then cover with either cloth skin, or thin plywood.

> Makes you wonder why some people spend a vast amount of time and
> effort to design kayaks with plywood panels rather than have some method
> of keeping them fair during the building process.
> Rob

Messages In This Thread

Crooked Stitch and Glue Kayak Avoidance.
Mark Kanzler -- 7/12/1998, 9:59 am
Re: Crooked Stitch and Glue Kayak Avoidance.
NPenney -- 7/13/1998, 10:51 am
Re: Crooked Stitch and Glue Kayak Avoidance.
Don Beale -- 7/13/1998, 1:15 am
Re: Crooked Stitch and Glue Kayak Avoidance.
Rob Cochrane -- 7/12/1998, 11:06 am
Re: Crooked Stitch and Glue Kayak Avoidance.
Mark Kanzler -- 7/12/1998, 11:20 am
Re: Would a strongback really help though?
Mark Kanzler -- 7/13/1998, 11:46 am
Re: Would a strongback really help though?
NPenney -- 7/14/1998, 2:18 pm
Re: Would a strongback really help though?
George Burns -- 7/14/1998, 4:36 am
Re: Would a strongback really help though?
L.C. -- 7/14/1998, 10:02 pm
Re: Would a strongback really help though?
Wynne -- 7/14/1998, 2:14 pm
Re: Would a strongback really help though?
Mark Kanzler -- 7/14/1998, 11:43 am
Re: Would a strongback really help though?
Mark Kanzler -- 7/14/1998, 10:39 am
Re: Crooked Stitch and Glue Kayak Avoidance.
Scotty Morrison -- 7/12/1998, 7:04 pm
Greenland style S&G kayak from Putz plans
Paul Jacobson -- 7/12/1998, 9:10 pm
Delay on Greenland style S&G kayak from Putz plans
Paul Jacobson -- 7/14/1998, 12:26 pm
Re: Delay on Greenland style S&G kayak from Putz plans
Scotty Morrison -- 7/14/1998, 7:50 pm
Re: Strongback Configuration
Mark Kanzler -- 7/13/1998, 12:07 pm
Re: Strongback Configuration
Paul Jacobson -- 7/13/1998, 3:15 am
Re: Strongback Configuration (I Like The Looks Of This Method)
Mark Kanzler -- 7/13/1998, 4:32 pm
Re: Strongback Configuration (I Like The Looks Of This Method)
Hans Friedel -- 7/15/1998, 1:06 am
Re: Geoge Putz Book (what, no link?)
Mark Kanzler -- 7/13/1998, 1:36 pm
Re: Other George Putz Books
Mark Kanzler -- 7/13/1998, 1:40 pm
Re: Freeboard (no, not Lynard Skynard)
Mark Kanzler -- 7/13/1998, 10:42 am
Re: Freeboard (no, not Lynard Skynard)
Rob Cochrane -- 7/15/1998, 2:27 pm
Re: Freeboard (no, not Lynard Skynard)
Mark Kanzler -- 7/15/1998, 4:00 pm
Re: Freeboard (no, not Lynard Skynard)
Paul Jacobson -- 7/13/1998, 7:05 pm
Re: Freeboard (no, not Lynard Skynard)
Mark Kanzler -- 7/14/1998, 10:01 am