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Re: Skin-on-Frame: Plywood coaming question
By:Dave Gentry
Date: 8/16/2011, 10:34 am
In Response To: Skin-on-Frame: Plywood coaming question (Sean Dawe)

I suggest making a mock-up of a side, with some scrap, and putting some body weight on it, to check its strength. The baseplate that you plan to omit adds a lot, I think . . . .

How do you plan to attach the skin to the plywood coaming?

: I am just finishing up the frame on my Disko Bay - Dave gentry's
: iteration. I was contemplating a laminated coaming but am now
: leaning towards plywood. Just curious if 3/4 x 3/4 for the
: spacer and 1/4 x 1 1/4 for the lip would be sufficiently strong?
: The coaming will not be supported on the sides with stanchions
: nor do I intend to attach a baseplate to the boat - as per Tom
: Yost's instructions.. The 29" x 16" coaming will be
: resting on the masik and "backrest" frame. I will be
: using 17mm (3/4" Russian Birch for the spacer. (After two
: months of soaking it has still not delaminated) This wood has 13
: plies, no voids whasoever and the endgrain can be sanded to
: "satiny" smoothness. It's a bit heavy but I'll take
: strength over weight.

: Anybody see an issue with this setup given the size of the cockpit?

: Sean

Messages In This Thread

Skin-on-Frame: Plywood coaming question
Sean Dawe -- 8/16/2011, 10:10 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Plywood coaming question
Dave Gentry -- 8/16/2011, 10:34 am
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Sean D -- 8/16/2011, 10:59 am
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Yostwerks -- 8/16/2011, 11:28 am
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Sean D -- 8/16/2011, 12:11 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 8/16/2011, 12:40 pm
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Etiennemuller Muller Ireland -- 8/16/2011, 2:09 pm
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Yostwerks -- 8/16/2011, 2:14 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 8/16/2011, 2:37 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Plywood coaming question *PIC*
Glenn -- 8/16/2011, 3:09 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 8/16/2011, 4:16 pm
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Etiennemuller Muller Ireland -- 8/16/2011, 7:25 pm
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peterchech -- 8/23/2011, 5:45 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Plywood coaming question
Bill Hamm -- 8/26/2011, 2:23 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Plywood coaming question
Bill Hamm -- 8/26/2011, 2:28 am