Boat Building Forum

Find advice on all aspects of building your own kayak, canoe or any lightweight boats

Re: S&G: Strip Deck Deformed
By:CFronzek
Date: 12/19/2004, 2:51 pm
In Response To: S&G: Strip Deck Deformed (Julie Bennett)

Hope I'm not off topic but I've often wondered why Ted Moores' style of building decks onto shear clamps is never discussed here. To me, making a deck that will join the hull like a cookie jar lid has a lot of merit. Is there some hidden fault in this approach?
Charlie

: I recently finished glassing my strip deck.
: It is western red cedar.
: I did the top first of course, let it sit for a week to cure.
: Then I pulled it off the forms and flipped it over to plane the
: underside and glass, then cure.
: After finishing this step I placed the deck back on the hull
: and found that the shape had changed dramatically.
: In essence the curve of the deck from shear to shear is much
: larger now and dose not match the bulkheads.
: To get the outer edges of the deck to touch the shear strips
: I have to use a strap clamp.
: So my question is;
: Should I stress the deck over the bulkheads or should I
: reshape the bulkheads to fit the shape of the deck?
: I have not cut my hatches yet.
: If I reshape I will lose 1" of height at the top of the front bulkhead.

: Thanks, Julie

Messages In This Thread

S&G: Strip Deck Deformed
Julie Bennett -- 12/19/2004, 11:34 am
Re: S&G: Strip Deck Deformed
Julie Bennett -- 12/19/2004, 4:04 pm
Re: S&G: Strip Deck Deformed
Jay -- 12/19/2004, 5:10 pm
Re: S&G: Strip Deck Deformed
Julie Bennett -- 12/24/2004, 12:02 pm
Re: S&G: Strip Deck Deformed
CFronzek -- 12/19/2004, 2:51 pm
Re: S&G: Strip Deck Deformed *LINK*
gerald -- 12/19/2004, 5:46 pm
Re: S&G: Strip Deck Deformed
Jim Kozel -- 12/19/2004, 10:37 pm
Re: S&G: Strip Deck Deformed
Glen Smith -- 12/19/2004, 3:23 pm
Shaping with heat
Robert N Pruden -- 12/19/2004, 12:56 pm
Re: Shaping with heat
Charles Leach -- 12/19/2004, 1:29 pm
Re: S&G: Strip Deck Deformed
Bobby Curtis -- 12/19/2004, 12:25 pm
Re: S&G: Strip Deck Deformed *LINK*
gerald -- 12/19/2004, 11:48 am