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Re: decorative strips/ material choices
By:Todd
Date: 10/10/2000, 5:59 pm
In Response To: Re: decorative strips (Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks)

: I described the methods Eric used to make decorative strips in my book. The
: pictures in the book are pictures Eric took. The flexibility issue will
: depend on how wide a strip you make and how much upward curvature you are
: planning. Wider strips will be less flexible. If you need to work hard to
: bend a regular 3/4" wide strip in place, you will have trouble
: bending a fancy assembled strip to do the same thing.
> I saw something on clc's forum about materials. Someone suggested a guitar supply store. Mother of Pearl, and exotic woods are used as inlay material when building guitars. Check your yellow pages or look at www.clcboats.com forum area for info and a link or web address of a supplier. One could be very creative.
Good Luck-
Todd

Messages In This Thread

decorative strips
STEVE POLLCK -- 10/6/2000, 9:09 am
Re: decorative strips
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 10/6/2000, 5:56 pm
Re: decorative strips/ material choices
Todd -- 10/10/2000, 5:59 pm
Re: decorative strips
addison -- 10/6/2000, 11:57 am
Re: decorative strips
jason -- 10/6/2000, 12:11 pm
Get a copy of Kayakcraft
Brian Nystrom -- 10/6/2000, 10:22 am