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Re: The next step, then?
By:Kurt Loup, Baton Rouge
Date: 8/19/2003, 5:31 pm
In Response To: Re: The next step, then? (Shawn Baker)

: I wonder if maple is a bad wood to use. It is such a dense, tightly-grained
: wood, I think very little epoxy saturates either edge or end grain, and
: the mechanical bond is fairly shallow. Anyone use mahogany hooks--any
: failures? Stacked ply like Ted is using seems to be a good
: solution--okoume might bond even better than birch (more open grain).

:
: Shawn

I've been using ash with good results. I concur with the theory that moisure is the culprit. I had one pop loose on my first kayak. I added strips of fiberglass on the last two kayaks as well as a couple layers of epoxy. I also made the footprint larger for more bonding surface. I used mahogany on the Cormorant without a problem.

Kurt
www.loup-garou.net

Messages In This Thread

Epoxy: liddy hacthes
Sage -- 8/19/2003, 10:07 am
Re: Epoxy: liddy hacthes
John D. -- 8/19/2003, 3:06 pm
Re: Epoxy: liddy hacthes
Shawn Baker -- 8/19/2003, 12:02 pm
Re: Epoxy: liddy hacthes
Marcel R. in Portland, Or. -- 8/19/2003, 12:42 pm
Re: Epoxy: liddy hacthes
Shawn Baker -- 8/19/2003, 1:02 pm
Re: Epoxy: liddy hacthes
Ted Henry -- 8/19/2003, 2:11 pm
Re: Epoxy: liddy hacthes
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 8/19/2003, 2:10 pm
Re: Epoxy: liddy hacthes
Shawn Baker -- 8/19/2003, 3:56 pm
Re: The next step, then?
Pete Roszyk -- 8/19/2003, 3:54 pm
Re: The next step, then?
Sam McFadden -- 8/20/2003, 12:51 am
Re: New Style Hook *Pic*
Pete Roszyk -- 8/21/2003, 4:24 pm
Re: New Style Hook
Sam McFadden -- 8/21/2003, 11:29 pm
Re: New Style Hooks Tested To Failure *Pic*
Pete Roszyk -- 8/22/2003, 1:16 pm
Re: New Style Hooks Tested To Failure
Sam McFadden -- 8/23/2003, 11:07 am
Re: CEUS Compared to old
Pete Roszyk -- 8/22/2003, 8:57 pm
Re: The next step, then?
john -- 8/19/2003, 8:32 pm
Re: The next step, then?
Shawn Baker -- 8/19/2003, 4:15 pm
Re: The next step, then?
Don Beale -- 8/19/2003, 6:31 pm
Re: The next step, then?
Kurt Loup, Baton Rouge -- 8/19/2003, 5:31 pm
choice of goo?
Larry -- 8/19/2003, 5:46 pm
Re: The next step, then?
Sage -- 8/19/2003, 4:49 pm
Re: Hooks a'poppin
Pete Roszyk -- 8/19/2003, 12:41 pm