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Re: Would a strongback really help though?
By:George Burns
Date: 7/14/1998, 4:36 am
In Response To: Re: Would a strongback really help though? (Mark Kanzler)

> As I think more about it, a question comes to mind. Would the
> hull just spring crooked when you remove it from the strongback anyway?
> My current project is a taped-seam, plywood kayak. It was built on a ladder type strongback, with a mold every twelve inches. I hesitate to call it stitch-and-glue, because I did not stitch the panels together.

The plywood panels were stapled to the molds, then mini-fillets applied between mold stations. It did not spring out of shape, or twist when removed from the molds. I did, however, permanently install the water-tight bulkheads, and four little deck beams prior to removing it from the strongback. This may have helped it retain it's shape.

How do you use a strongback with any of the available stitch-and-glue kayak kits or plans? They don't come with station offsets do they? I mean, how would you build the molds? Mine was home-designed, so I had the station offsets.

Messages In This Thread

Crooked Stitch and Glue Kayak Avoidance.
Mark Kanzler -- 7/12/1998, 9:59 am
Re: Crooked Stitch and Glue Kayak Avoidance.
NPenney -- 7/13/1998, 10:51 am
Re: Crooked Stitch and Glue Kayak Avoidance.
Don Beale -- 7/13/1998, 1:15 am
Re: Crooked Stitch and Glue Kayak Avoidance.
Rob Cochrane -- 7/12/1998, 11:06 am
Re: Crooked Stitch and Glue Kayak Avoidance.
Mark Kanzler -- 7/12/1998, 11:20 am
Re: Would a strongback really help though?
Mark Kanzler -- 7/13/1998, 11:46 am
Re: Would a strongback really help though?
NPenney -- 7/14/1998, 2:18 pm
Re: Would a strongback really help though?
George Burns -- 7/14/1998, 4:36 am
Re: Would a strongback really help though?
L.C. -- 7/14/1998, 10:02 pm
Re: Would a strongback really help though?
Wynne -- 7/14/1998, 2:14 pm
Re: Would a strongback really help though?
Mark Kanzler -- 7/14/1998, 11:43 am
Re: Would a strongback really help though?
Mark Kanzler -- 7/14/1998, 10:39 am
Re: Crooked Stitch and Glue Kayak Avoidance.
Scotty Morrison -- 7/12/1998, 7:04 pm
Greenland style S&G kayak from Putz plans
Paul Jacobson -- 7/12/1998, 9:10 pm
Delay on Greenland style S&G kayak from Putz plans
Paul Jacobson -- 7/14/1998, 12:26 pm
Re: Delay on Greenland style S&G kayak from Putz plans
Scotty Morrison -- 7/14/1998, 7:50 pm
Re: Strongback Configuration
Mark Kanzler -- 7/13/1998, 12:07 pm
Re: Strongback Configuration
Paul Jacobson -- 7/13/1998, 3:15 am
Re: Strongback Configuration (I Like The Looks Of This Method)
Mark Kanzler -- 7/13/1998, 4:32 pm
Re: Strongback Configuration (I Like The Looks Of This Method)
Hans Friedel -- 7/15/1998, 1:06 am
Re: Geoge Putz Book (what, no link?)
Mark Kanzler -- 7/13/1998, 1:36 pm
Re: Other George Putz Books
Mark Kanzler -- 7/13/1998, 1:40 pm
Re: Freeboard (no, not Lynard Skynard)
Mark Kanzler -- 7/13/1998, 10:42 am
Re: Freeboard (no, not Lynard Skynard)
Rob Cochrane -- 7/15/1998, 2:27 pm
Re: Freeboard (no, not Lynard Skynard)
Mark Kanzler -- 7/15/1998, 4:00 pm
Re: Freeboard (no, not Lynard Skynard)
Paul Jacobson -- 7/13/1998, 7:05 pm
Re: Freeboard (no, not Lynard Skynard)
Mark Kanzler -- 7/14/1998, 10:01 am