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Re: Other: Knee braces/hooks *Pic*
By:Pete Rudie
Date: 12/24/2001, 12:36 pm
In Response To: Re: Other: Knee braces/hooks (Rick Checkland)

I made kneehooks out of minicell too, as shown in the top pic below. The shape was bandsawed out of 3" foam, and two were glued together for each side, and backed by an okoume plywood plate. There is lots of meat in the minicell, and good purchase for the knees when upright, but when rolling sometimes the minicell compresses enough that the knees slide out, with predictable results. :( Life is too short for this kind of foolishness.

So V. 2.0 is shown below. The mandrel is a section of bannister rail salvaged by a packrat friend, and the layup is:
10 oz. woven roving
Baltek mat
10 oz. WR
5.7 oz. carbon fiber
4 oz. S2 glass

Should be plenty stout. After the final fill coat, the layup will be cut in half, trimmed, finished, lined with 1/4" minicell, and glued to the cockpit. I'll post a followup on performance somewhere down the road.

PS: If anybody in the Seattle area would like a chunk of the bannister rail, please contact me by email.

Messages In This Thread

Other: Knee braces/hooks
Dan St. Gean -- 12/17/2001, 9:44 am
Re: Other: Knee braces/hooks *Pic*
John Schroeder -- 1/7/2002, 9:03 am
Re: Other: Knee braces/hooks
Pete Rudie -- 1/11/2002, 2:37 pm
Re: Other: Knee braces/hooks
John Schroeder -- 1/11/2002, 3:08 pm
Re: Other: Knee braces/hooks
Andreas -- 1/14/2002, 4:23 pm
Thanks for the information everyone. *NM*
John Monfoe -- 1/9/2002, 7:48 am
Re: Other: Knee braces/hooks--QUESTION
John Monfoe -- 1/8/2002, 4:40 am
Re: fitting knee braces/hooks (long)
Shawn Baker -- 1/8/2002, 10:34 am
Re: fitting knee braces/hooks (long)
Andreas -- 1/8/2002, 2:03 pm
Re: fitting knee braces/hooks (long)
Shawn Baker -- 1/8/2002, 7:16 pm
Re: fitting knee braces/hooks (long)
Andreas -- 1/8/2002, 7:46 pm
Brace Size
Jon Murray -- 1/8/2002, 9:47 pm
Re: Brace Size
Andreas -- 1/9/2002, 11:57 am
Re: Other: Knee braces/hooks--QUESTION
John Schroeder -- 1/8/2002, 9:06 am
Re: Other: Knee braces/hooks
Rick Checkland -- 12/24/2001, 9:02 am
Re: Other: Knee braces/hooks *Pic*
Pete Rudie -- 12/24/2001, 12:36 pm
New link *Pic*
Pete Rudie -- 12/25/2001, 8:53 pm
Re: New link
Shawn Baker -- 1/7/2002, 2:02 pm
Re: New link
Pete Rudie -- 1/8/2002, 2:38 pm
Re: Use this link:
Shawn Baker -- 12/17/2001, 10:55 am
Re: Use this link:
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 12/17/2001, 2:32 pm
Re: Sorry...unavailable..
Shawn Baker -- 12/17/2001, 3:32 pm
Re: Use this link:
Dan St. Gean -- 12/17/2001, 12:15 pm
Re: Gettin' Locked In
Shawn Baker -- 12/17/2001, 1:18 pm
Re: Other: Knee braces/hooks
Shawn Baker -- 12/17/2001, 10:54 am
Re: Other: Knee braces/hooks
Terry -- 12/17/2001, 2:45 pm
Re: Other: Knee braces/hooks
Shawn Baker -- 12/17/2001, 3:28 pm