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Strip: Form Accuracy- Please Help!
By:FlyYaker
Date: 10/9/2011, 9:08 am

I am building my first strip built kayak from a kit that came with precut forms. As I set up the station forms I noticed a few stations were off and tried to figure out the problem. After messing with things for several hours I have noticed that the “precut” station forms are somewhat inaccurate. I don't have the form drawings so it is hard to determine where things are off. I did trace the forms to check for symmetry and several were off by as much as 1/8”. I am not sure how much difference that will make on a finished boat. I also notice that on 5 of the forms the distance from the centerline to the shear line is off from anywhere to 1/16” to just shy of 1/4”. I have sent pictures of the worst form to the supplier where you can clearly see the error and am waiting a response. The centerlines on the forms line up OK and everything else seems to line up, other than a few low spots. I am just wondering what is acceptable for form accuracy and how I should proceed. At this point, IF these forms are not acceptable, I am wondering where else things are off (that I haven't caught yet) and what I should do- replace just the ones I have caught or ask for all new forms? Any advice/direction would be GREATLY appreciated.

Thank you,
FlyYaker

Messages In This Thread

Strip: Form Accuracy- Please Help!
FlyYaker -- 10/9/2011, 9:08 am
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Ric Moodie -- 10/9/2011, 10:31 am
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FlyYaker -- 10/9/2011, 10:38 am
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Etienne Muller -- 10/9/2011, 10:51 am
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FlyYaker -- 10/9/2011, 1:28 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 10/9/2011, 3:48 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 10/9/2011, 3:47 pm
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Bill VerSteeg -- 10/11/2011, 3:13 pm
Where did you get them?
Stephen Troy -- 10/10/2011, 9:59 am