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Re: Skin-on-Frame: Troubleshooting seating height/
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 1/12/2012, 1:29 am
In Response To: Re: Skin-on-Frame: Troubleshooting seating height/ (Eric Mattison)

: I haven't run into this problem myself. From your description, it
: sounds like you might have some excess rocker. You might see if
: there are some ways that you can stiffen the frame.

: Eric M.

Frame's pretty stiff, I've paddled it (though I don't fit in it well) and I weigh a bunch more than Stephen and noticed no flex at all.

It's all epoxied together, not much movement from piece to piece, like none.

Bill H.

Messages In This Thread

Skin-on-Frame: Troubleshooting seating height/location
Stephen Troy -- 1/11/2012, 10:38 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Troubleshooting seating height/
Etienne Muller -- 1/11/2012, 12:21 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Troubleshooting seating height/
David Bynoe -- 1/11/2012, 12:43 pm
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danperry -- 1/11/2012, 12:44 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Troubleshooting seating height/
Joy -- 1/11/2012, 12:59 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Troubleshooting seating height/
Eric Mattison -- 1/11/2012, 2:37 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Troubleshooting seating height/
Bill Hamm -- 1/12/2012, 1:29 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Troubleshooting seating height/
Eric Mattison -- 1/12/2012, 11:36 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Troubleshooting seating height/
Bob Johns -- 1/11/2012, 5:13 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Troubleshooting seating height/
Bob Johns -- 1/11/2012, 6:22 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Troubleshooting seating height/
Bill Hamm -- 1/12/2012, 1:26 am