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Re: Accurately cut stations
By:Don Beale
Date: 10/20/1999, 12:39 am
In Response To: professionally cut stations (Nolan)

I do some scrollsaw work, and it is suprising how accurate it is to glue the paper pattern onto the wood and cut it. Thats how I did the Spring Run forms, and very little alignment was required. So far it looks like no fairing. I copied the forms, and glued the paper to the particle board with watered-down Titebond. Then cut them out 1/4" fair with the bandsaw, and sanded the edges to the lines with a sanding disk. I really think, especially if you can get the designer to give you plans showing each station mold seperately, that this method is accurate to 1/64" easily.

> While wandering around the web, I came across this page that has
> professionally cut stations for various boats. Guillemot's are not one of
> them. But I thought I'd give the link and suggest that it may be worth
> while Nick for you to contact these people and see just how much it would
> cost to have your more popular boats done up and made available this way.

> I know that I'd certainly prefer using a set of stations like this as
> opposed to trying to get them right myself. My skills at cutting a
> symetrical shape on both sides is, well, lacking. And I doubt I'm the only
> one lacking.

> http://www.orbonline.net/~cancanoe/stations.htm

Messages In This Thread

professionally cut stations
Nolan -- 10/18/1999, 11:36 am
Re: Accurately cut stations
Don Beale -- 10/20/1999, 12:39 am
Professionally cut *particle board* stations
Paul jacobson -- 10/18/1999, 3:09 pm
Re: Guillemot pre-cut stations
Will Brockman -- 10/18/1999, 2:24 pm