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Re: Strip: wood and weight calculator
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 10/25/2011, 2:12 am
In Response To: Strip: wood and weight calculator (Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks)

: I put together a basic wood and boat weight estimating calculator
: on my website:
: http://www.guillemot-kayaks.com/guillemot/blog/nick/strip_planked_boat_material_and_weight_calculator
: It uses the surface area of boat to estimate how many strips are
: needed and how much wood you will need to buy to get those
: strips. You can select strip thickness and width. You can also
: specify cloth type (i.e. 4 ounce or 6 ounce etc.) to get an
: estimate on final "bare boat" weight.

Hi Nick,

This looks pretty cool, I'm sure lots of builders will use this.

Bill H.

Messages In This Thread

Strip: wood and weight calculator
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 10/24/2011, 12:02 pm
Re: Strip: wood and weight calculator
Bill Hamm -- 10/25/2011, 2:12 am
Re: Strip: wood and weight calculator
Dave Gentry -- 10/25/2011, 9:31 am