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Re: Welcome to the "Dark Side", Nick!
By:Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks
Date: 12/7/2001, 2:51 pm
In Response To: Welcome to the "Dark Side", Nick! (Brian Nystrom)

I used yellow cedar because I went looking for western red for another project and saw these beautiful pieces of the yellow. I didn't ask how it was dried. It worked, I don't care.

I bent the sheer using Night Heron endforms I had kicking around. I didn't work from plans, but tried to approximate the dimensions of the Night Heron by eyeballing it.

: Next thing you know, you'll be carving paddles out of 2x4s and wearing one o'
: them funny black neoprene hooded sweatshirt thingies... ;)

: Judging by the yellow cedar, pre-cut ribs and pegged deck beams, I take it
: that you're using Robert Morris' book as a guide? Did you manage to find
: green or air dried yellow cedar? I tried bending ribs cut from kiln dried
: 5/4 cedar flooring and ended up with a lot of pungent-smelling scrap. :(

: Kerfing the ends is nice touch. Did you bend them to shape then peg them? Are
: they glued?

Messages In This Thread

Skin-on-Frame: Steam Bending Ribs *Pic*
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 12/6/2001, 6:13 pm
The winter where designers try new materials...
Shawn Baker -- 12/8/2001, 3:12 pm
Re: The winter where designers try new materials..
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 12/8/2001, 5:33 pm
Re: How about Joe.........??
Rehd -- 12/8/2001, 9:10 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Steam Bending Ribs
Liz Leedham -- 12/8/2001, 9:17 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Steam Bending Ribs *Pic*
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 12/8/2001, 5:31 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Steam Bending Ribs
Liz Leedham -- 12/8/2001, 6:37 pm
Nice! Some what "Guillemot" looking. *NM*
Richard Boyle -- 12/7/2001, 1:28 pm
Welcome to the "Dark Side", Nick!
Brian Nystrom -- 12/7/2001, 1:12 pm
Re: Welcome to the "Dark Side", Nick!
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 12/7/2001, 2:51 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Steam Bending Ribs
Myrl Tanton -- 12/7/2001, 12:35 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Steam Bending Ribs
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 12/7/2001, 2:47 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Steam Bending Ribs
Brian Nystrom -- 12/7/2001, 1:04 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Steam Bending Ribs
Mike Hanks -- 12/7/2001, 12:01 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Steam Bending Ribs
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 12/7/2001, 2:45 pm
Greenland paddle too?
Jay Babina -- 12/7/2001, 10:51 am
Re: Greenland paddle too?
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 12/7/2001, 2:39 pm
New baidarka book in the works, Nick? *NM*
Paul G. Jacobson -- 12/6/2001, 11:07 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Steam Bending Ribs
Terry -- 12/6/2001, 11:01 pm
You wandering off the strip-built reservation? *NM*
Pete Rudie -- 12/6/2001, 8:20 pm
Just wanted to try something different *NM*
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 12/7/2001, 8:58 am