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Strip: Design Details
By:Rick Allnutt
Date: 11/20/2002, 8:07 am

Good morning all,

The lofted forms for a Guillemot are pasted to plywood in my garage. Tonight I will be cutting them out and installing them on my strongback.

I purchased 5 12' rough cut red cedar 2x4s and a similar white pine 2x4. I want to go one step closer to artistry this time. I have my eye on a design somewhat similar to Nick's on the cover of his book. It gives the impression of a pinched in greenland kayak to my eye.

I would love some suggestions about laying out such a design on the deck.

-Do the sinuous curves of the design strips require steaming, heat gun, or what to bend?
-I believe I see the rest of the deck pieces laid more or less parallel to the shear strip. Does this end up being easier than laying a lot of sinuous strips, is it to avoid warping of the deck, or is it just to be pretty?

I will probably be finished ripping strips by the weekend and will be laying strips. Hull will proceed before deck, and I do not plan on a pattern for the hull, so I have most of a week to hear great advice from all you artisan deck designers...

Thanks in advance,

Rick

Messages In This Thread

Strip: Design Details
Rick Allnutt -- 11/20/2002, 8:07 am
Sheesh!
Rick Allnutt -- 11/20/2002, 5:30 pm
Re: Sheesh!
Elliott -- 11/21/2002, 12:43 pm
Re: No excuse, just one bad day >:(
Scott Ferguson -- 11/20/2002, 6:26 pm
'nough said.
Rick Allnutt -- 11/20/2002, 6:41 pm
First of all, DON'T build Nick's Guillemot... *Pic*
Scott Ferguson -- 11/20/2002, 12:52 pm
Re: Strip design and technique *Pic*
Scott Ferguson -- 11/21/2002, 2:30 pm
Re: And one more quick tip.
Scott Ferguson -- 11/21/2002, 2:46 pm
Re: First of all, DON'T build Nick's Guillemot... *Pic*
Chip Sandresky -- 11/20/2002, 5:11 pm
Re: deck designs
Shawn Baker -- 11/20/2002, 7:28 pm
Re: deck designs *LINK* *Pic*
Steve Frederick -- 11/20/2002, 9:45 pm
Re: deck designs *Pic*
Elliott -- 11/21/2002, 12:35 pm
Re: deck designs..... zen simple *LINK*
Reg Lake -- 11/20/2002, 7:46 pm
Re: deck designs..... zen simple
LeeG -- 11/21/2002, 1:49 pm
Re: deck designs..... zen simple
Reg Lake -- 11/21/2002, 3:21 pm
Re: deck designs..... zen simple
Shawn Baker -- 11/21/2002, 10:34 am
Re: deck designs..... zen simple
Reg Lake -- 11/21/2002, 12:20 pm
Re: deck designs..... zen simple
Shawn Baker -- 11/21/2002, 3:47 pm
Re: deck designs..... zen simple
Reg Lake -- 11/21/2002, 4:24 pm
Re: deck designs..... zen simple
Ted Henry -- 11/21/2002, 4:45 pm
Re: deck designs..... zen simple
Shawn Baker -- 11/21/2002, 9:20 pm
Re: deck designs..... zen simple
Reg Lake -- 11/21/2002, 5:00 pm
Re: deck designs..... zen simple
Ted Henry -- 11/21/2002, 6:28 pm
Re: deck designs..... zen simple
Reg Lake -- 11/21/2002, 7:22 pm
Re: deck designs..... zen simple
Shawn Baker -- 11/21/2002, 9:18 pm
Re: deck designs..... zen simple
Ted Henry -- 11/21/2002, 11:49 pm
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Shawn Baker -- 1/29/2003, 3:31 pm
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Shawn Baker -- 1/29/2003, 3:31 pm
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Matt Essar -- 1/30/2003, 1:24 pm
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Shawn Baker -- 1/30/2003, 2:24 pm
Re: deck designs..... zen simple *LINK*
Steve Frederick -- 11/20/2002, 9:22 pm
Re: deck designs..... zen simple
Reg Lake -- 11/20/2002, 10:03 pm
Re: deck designs..... zen simple
John Skinner -- 11/21/2002, 1:25 am
Re: deck designs..... zen simple
Reg Lake -- 11/21/2002, 11:17 am
Thanks Chip :)
Rick Allnutt -- 11/20/2002, 5:34 pm
Re: First of all, DON'T build Nick's Guillemot...
Steve Rasmussen -- 11/20/2002, 2:20 pm
Re: ...exactly like Nick's pattern
Shawn Baker -- 11/20/2002, 1:59 pm
Sorry Nick for the harsh title.
Scott Ferguson -- 11/20/2002, 1:00 pm
Re: Strip: Design Details
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 11/20/2002, 8:50 am