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Re: Skin-on-Frame: Balsa!? Should I usei t?
By:JohnK
Date: 8/15/2008, 7:08 pm

: We have been thru' PVC pipe frames, bamboo frames and, at least, one
: discussion of balsawood. I can't recall any of it ever coming to anything.
: You can be the lead man in this if you want to.

If all else fails, balsa has been used for strippers, http://www.storerboatplans.com/Balsacanoe/Balsacanoe.html
so build one of them.
JohnK

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Skin-on-Frame: Balsa!? Should I usei t?
blue -- 8/15/2008, 3:39 pm
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Robin Boys -- 8/15/2008, 7:23 pm
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blue -- 8/15/2008, 8:39 pm
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Charlie -- 8/18/2008, 2:08 pm
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Scott Shurlow -- 8/16/2008, 6:10 am
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Robin Boys -- 8/15/2008, 11:03 pm
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Charlie -- 8/15/2008, 6:27 pm
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JohnK -- 8/15/2008, 7:08 pm
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blue -- 8/16/2008, 6:07 am
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Mike Scarborough -- 8/15/2008, 6:03 pm
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blue -- 8/15/2008, 7:10 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 8/16/2008, 1:36 am
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blue -- 8/16/2008, 3:38 am
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Mike Savage -- 8/16/2008, 5:22 am
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blue -- 8/16/2008, 6:04 am
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Bill Hamm -- 8/17/2008, 1:47 am
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blue -- 8/17/2008, 2:47 am