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Re:)
By:Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks
Date: 2/7/2000, 9:21 am

I'll start working on those boats.

> Hi All;

> You know, sometimes when you spend 12 hours straight on a single project,
> you can have a small mental lapse . . . I had a machinist friend years ago
> tell me that he always holds a minimum tolerance of 2 tenths of a
> thousandth. "I may be an inch off, but it will be an inch off within
> 2 tenths!"

> With that brief explanation, I present a picture taken around 11 PM
> tonight of my kayak station assembly. Can you find the error in this
> picture?

> I don't know exactly what the prize will be, but I was thinking of
> emailing Nick and asking him to donate a custom-built kayak to the first
> 1,000 correct answers. Mind you, I don't know him, but I DID buy his book
> and paddle plans! Uhhhhhh . . . How 'bout it Nick?

> The station assembly pictures are now up at my site,

> http://www.dbeweb.com/kayak /

> Select "Building forms" and jump down to "station
> assembly"

> Best Regards to All, Spidey

Messages In This Thread

CONTEST! What's wrong with this Picture?
Spidey -- 2/5/2000, 12:59 am
Lots
mike allen -- 2/7/2000, 8:01 pm
Re: Lots
Spidey -- 2/7/2000, 10:46 pm
Re: Lots
lee -- 2/7/2000, 9:03 pm
Re: CONTEST! What's wrong with this Picture?
James Neely -- 2/7/2000, 4:38 pm
Re:)
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 2/7/2000, 9:21 am
I win
Dale Frolander -- 2/5/2000, 2:09 am
It could be worse
Mike Scarborough -- 2/6/2000, 10:43 am
Re: It could be worse
Shawn Baker -- 2/7/2000, 4:32 pm
Re: I win
Rehd -- 2/6/2000, 2:45 am