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Re: Material: how many strips
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 2/11/2010, 2:57 pm
In Response To: Re: Material: how many strips (Ian Johnson)

: ...

: Well i thought I'd better reply again as I have just discovered
: that in fact I was a little short of strips after all. I've just
: bought a beautiful piece of near white cedar, 2" x 4"
: x 3' long, and cut a further 60' of strips from it. So don't do
: what I did and try to go light on the amount of timber you get!

: Another tip. Where I bought the cedar, long lengths e.g. 11' - 14'
: are quite expensive. But short pieces of 3' or so are heaps
: cheaper, perhaps half the price. Looking back, I could have
: bought the shorter pieces, because now that I know, butt-joining
: short pieces is really easy.

: Cheers, Ian

I don't like full length strips, but I'm not sure I'd want to build a kayak using 3 footers either ;)

I prefer 8-10 footers, easier to handle.

Bill H.

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dave g -- 1/17/2010, 4:44 pm
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Ian Johnson -- 1/20/2010, 4:55 am
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Ian Johnson -- 2/9/2010, 4:23 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 2/11/2010, 2:57 pm
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dave g -- 2/9/2010, 8:20 pm
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george jung -- 1/20/2010, 10:32 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 1/21/2010, 9:33 am
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Les Cheeseman -- 1/21/2010, 10:56 am
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Bill Hamm -- 1/24/2010, 12:52 am
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dave g -- 1/20/2010, 9:16 pm
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Ian Johnson -- 1/20/2010, 11:24 pm
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Etienne Muller - Ireland -- 1/19/2010, 5:03 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 1/24/2010, 12:47 am
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Charlie -- 1/17/2010, 9:25 pm
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dave g -- 1/17/2010, 10:09 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 1/18/2010, 12:34 am
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dave g -- 1/19/2010, 8:15 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 1/20/2010, 3:19 pm
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dave g -- 1/20/2010, 9:19 pm
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george jung -- 1/20/2010, 10:30 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 1/24/2010, 12:45 am
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george jung -- 1/24/2010, 6:02 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 1/25/2010, 12:25 am
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Bill Hamm -- 1/25/2010, 12:20 am
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george jung -- 1/25/2010, 7:47 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 1/26/2010, 12:50 am
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dave g -- 1/20/2010, 10:43 pm
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george jung -- 1/18/2010, 5:21 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 1/19/2010, 2:16 am
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george jung -- 1/19/2010, 7:03 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 1/20/2010, 3:16 pm
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Glen Smith -- 1/17/2010, 9:50 pm
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dave g -- 1/17/2010, 10:13 pm
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dave g -- 1/17/2010, 4:49 pm