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Re: Skin-on-Frame: Station cut-outs
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 1/17/2012, 1:44 am
In Response To: Skin-on-Frame: Station cut-outs (dave g)

: When some of you use bills method of grassing over your skin on
: frame boats do you still cut out the stations with the curve
: between Chines and keel and gunnels? Or do you just it the
: stations straight across in those areas since it is going to be
: a hard shell and does not need relief for water pressure?

: Thanks
: Dave g

Hi Dave,

It's not going to be a hard shell kayak done this way, it's still very flexible, though less than if the fabric were used alone. Yes I still cut the reliefs in the frames.

Bill H.

Messages In This Thread

Skin-on-Frame: Station cut-outs
dave g -- 1/16/2012, 10:58 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Station cut-outs
Bill Hamm -- 1/17/2012, 1:44 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Station cut-outs
dave g -- 1/17/2012, 7:29 pm