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Skin-on-Frame: 'Yost-style' Igdlorssuit progress *LINK* *Pic*
By:kelly t
Date: 9/11/2007, 5:35 pm

I wanted to post a picture to show the progress of my skin-on-(ply)frame version of the Igdlorssuit kayak.

I have completed the stitching of the 8 oz nylon from G.Dyson. I used the Morris method, with a weedwhacker line :) It was cheap, er, inexpensive, readily available, and came in several thicknesses, and colours !! I will be tinting the poly yellow, so I chose the yellow weedwhacker line.
Frame weighs about 15 lbs, and skinned it is a little under 20 lbs.

I will (hopefully) have an oak coaming after the weekend. Keeping my fingers crossed that this late summer weather continues for another week or two, at least, so I can have warm weather for shrinking the skin and sealing with the poly.

Messages In This Thread

Skin-on-Frame: 'Yost-style' Igdlorssuit progress *LINK* *Pic*
kelly t -- 9/11/2007, 5:35 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: 'Yost-style' Igdlorssuit progre
Bill Hamm -- 9/12/2007, 4:19 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: 'Yost-style' Igdlorssuit progre
kelly t -- 9/12/2007, 9:06 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: 'Yost-style' Igdlorssuit progre
Mike Hanks -- 9/12/2007, 1:38 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: 'Yost-style' Igdlorssuit progre
Bill Hamm -- 9/12/2007, 4:22 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: 'Yost-style' Igdlorssuit progre
kelly t -- 9/12/2007, 3:52 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: 'Yost-style' Igdlorssuit progre
Bryan Hansel -- 9/11/2007, 8:01 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: 'Yost-style' Igdlorssuit progre
kelly t -- 9/12/2007, 3:43 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: 'Yost-style' Igdlorssuit progre
Bryan Hansel -- 9/12/2007, 9:15 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: 'Yost-style' Igdlorssuit progre
kelly t -- 9/12/2007, 7:55 pm