Boat Building Forum

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

Re: Skin-on-Frame: Ouch!! Need advise (deck beams)
By:Mark Woodhead
Date: 7/10/2003, 12:18 pm
In Response To: Skin-on-Frame: Ouch!! Need advise (deck beams) (Richard)

: the backrest deck beams on my wife’s boat split along the grain at the
: bottom of the tenon.

If you haven't skinned it yet, you could pull out the old beam, and make a match without the tenons. Then mortise the deck beam ends and make two much longer tenons (well, tenon inserts) to slide into the mortise from the outside of the gunwhales. A little glue in the deck beam mortises to hold the insesrts in, and you'd be set to go...

Mark

Messages In This Thread

Skin-on-Frame: Ouch!! Need advise (deck beams)
Richard -- 7/10/2003, 10:59 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Ouch!! Need advise (deck beams)
Shawn Baker -- 7/10/2003, 7:10 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Ouch!! Need advise (deck beams)
Peter -- 7/11/2003, 12:30 pm
Who's boat in P0007608? Nice. *NM*
Arko Bronaugh -- 7/11/2003, 3:56 pm
Re: Who's boat in P0007608? Nice. *LINK*
Peter -- 7/11/2003, 4:35 pm
Re: Who's boat in P0007608? Nice.
Arko Bronaugh -- 7/11/2003, 9:27 pm
Re: Who's boat in P0007608? Nice. Ooops
Peter -- 7/11/2003, 4:38 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Ouch!! Need advise (deck beams) *Pic*
Shawn Baker -- 7/11/2003, 1:46 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Ouch!! Need advise (deck beams)
Mark Woodhead -- 7/10/2003, 12:18 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Ouch!! Need advise (deck beams) *LINK*
Aaron Cunningham -- 7/10/2003, 11:31 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Ouch!! Need advise (deck beams)
Chip Sandresky -- 7/10/2003, 2:16 pm