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Re: Model Slicing (not the kind magicians do) :)
By:Chip Sandresky
Date: 12/4/2002, 4:39 pm
In Response To: Re: Model Slicing (not the kind magicians do) :) (Paul G. Jacobson)

Those are good points PGJ. Lofting is almost never required. I've never heard of anyone doing it on kayak offsets except me :D I almost skipped the description but then thought it would be silly to allow a "Lofting" thread to pass without describing what lofting really is.

I think I lofted my boat mainly because I wanted to know what the process was about. Also it cleared some foggy areas for me like - how the stems go together and how they interact with the sheer clamp etc. I guess it took two or three evenings to plot everything and draw-in the lines. I'm glad to have the experience though; I'd encourage anyone that's into classic techniques (or working from a model :)) to give it a shot.

Messages In This Thread

Strip: Lofting *LINK*
david schneider -- 12/1/2002, 10:26 pm
Re: Strip: Lofting *LINK*
Jim Elbrecht -- 12/4/2002, 6:29 am
Re: Strip: Lofting
Dave Schneider -- 12/4/2002, 7:57 am
Re: Strip: Lofting
Chip Sandresky -- 12/2/2002, 8:12 pm
Re: Strip: Lofting *LINK*
david schneider -- 12/2/2002, 9:04 pm
Re: Strip: Lofting
Chip Sandresky -- 12/2/2002, 9:28 pm
Re: Strip: Lofting
Dave Schneider -- 12/3/2002, 9:23 am
Re: Model Slicing
Mike Scarborough -- 12/3/2002, 9:41 pm
Re: Model Slicing (not the kind magicians do) :)
Paul G. Jacobson -- 12/4/2002, 12:35 am
Re: Model Slicing (not the kind magicians do) :)
Chip Sandresky -- 12/4/2002, 4:39 pm
Ok I think I get it now. Thanks! *NM*
david schneider -- 12/3/2002, 9:52 pm
Re: Strip: Lofting *Pic*
Chip Sandresky -- 12/3/2002, 12:15 pm
Re: Strip: Half-models
Rehd -- 12/2/2002, 11:21 pm
Re: Strip: Half-models
Dave Schneider -- 12/3/2002, 9:14 am
Re: Strip: Lofting
Mark -- 12/2/2002, 7:56 pm
Thanks, other interesting shareware too. *NM*
david schneider -- 12/2/2002, 8:54 pm
Re: Lofting, Here's the traditional way
Ron Hagedorn -- 12/2/2002, 6:38 pm
Re: Lofting,
david schneider -- 12/2/2002, 7:45 pm
Re: Lofting,
Paul G. Jacobson -- 12/2/2002, 9:05 pm
Re: Strip: Lofting
Mike Scarborough -- 12/2/2002, 6:10 pm
Re: Strip: Lofting
Rick Allnutt -- 12/2/2002, 12:00 pm