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Re: 3/16" strip and 1/4" bead?
By:Hank
Date: 1/31/2000, 8:30 am
In Response To: Re: Spruce strips for a kayak? (Kent LeBoutillier)

Hi Ken,

There were a couple of posts recently discussing the advantages of putting a 1/4" bead on a narrower strip. The gist of it was that a full bead on a full cove would provide a perfect joint when flat but the more the junction was angled the more the joint would want to open up with the edge of the cove levering against the flat of the strip. Makes sense.

What about a 3/16" thick strip and a 1/4" bead?

Hank

Messages In This Thread

Spruce strips for a kayak?
Hank -- 1/30/2000, 9:12 pm
Re: Spruce strips for a kayak?
Kent LeBoutillier -- 1/31/2000, 6:08 am
Re: 3/16" strip and 1/4" bead?
Hank -- 1/31/2000, 8:30 am
Re: 3/16" strip and 1/4" bead?
Tony -- 1/31/2000, 8:11 pm
Got any pictures?
Paul G. Jacobson -- 2/2/2000, 6:32 am
Re: 3/16" strip and 1/4" bead?
John Michne -- 1/31/2000, 7:52 pm
Re: 3/16" strip and 1/4" bead?
Spidey -- 1/31/2000, 4:42 pm
Re: 3/16" strip and 1/4" bead?
Gary -- 2/2/2000, 10:39 am
Re: 3/16" strip and 1/4" bead?
Hank -- 1/31/2000, 6:32 pm
Re: 3/16" strip and 1/4" bead?
Spidey -- 1/31/2000, 10:40 pm
Re: Spruce strips for a kayak?
Shawn Baker -- 1/30/2000, 11:28 pm