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Re: Strip: spiral wood work *Pic*
By:Erich Eppert
Date: 1/25/2002, 1:31 am
In Response To: Re: Strip: Sometimes The Bear Eats You (James Neely)

: Steve,
: That was one time the bear was chewing me. This is my first strip project,
: (my first kayak, period), and since I admired Joe Greenly's pretty deck
: designs, I thought I'd go him one better, (Can you spell
: "HUBRIS"?) and bring the design all the way around the boat.
: Hah! Bad idea!
: I soon found out that it's not a newbie thing to do. It's not that hard, once
: you learn a few basic techniques, but I really regretted not just making
: my first attempt a plane jane kayak. That's one of the reasons the project
: sat for a year.
: I can't say I'm sorry I did it, though, 'cause it sure is pretty!

: James

It is quite easy to do this with a little patience and fore thought. I spiraled the design around my hull to the back of the deck. There is a little offset on the one side but the other side came out great. Check out my web page for the results. Regards Erich.

Messages In This Thread

Strip: Sometimes you eat the Bear *Pic*
James Neely -- 1/23/2002, 2:15 pm
Re: Strip: Sometimes you eat the Bear
LisaS -- 1/23/2002, 9:33 pm
Re: Strip: Sometimes you eat the Bear
Don Beale -- 1/23/2002, 8:22 pm
Re: Strip: Sometimes you eat the Bear
Steve Frederick -- 1/23/2002, 8:03 pm
Re: Strip: Sometimes The Bear Eats You
James Neely -- 1/24/2002, 10:39 am
Re: Strip: spiral wood work *Pic*
Erich Eppert -- 1/25/2002, 1:31 am
Re: Strip: Sometimes you eat the Bear
Joe -- 1/23/2002, 8:03 pm
Re: Strip: Sometimes you eat the Bear
James Neely -- 1/24/2002, 10:50 am
Re: Strip: Sometimes you eat the Bear
Joe -- 1/24/2002, 10:57 am