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Re: Go Slow... Get it Close... Touch ends first.
By:pikabike
Date: 10/30/2003, 5:00 pm

My panel mates don't have *exactly* the same bevels because I did that by eye. But now that I've stitched the hull, I can see they're not too bad. Today I will tighten all the stitches to get a better idea of (mis)alignment. So far, the boat actually looks straighter than my plastic 'yak, even with my imprecise beveling.

: I wouldn't worry too much about it though.. as was mentioned, you will
: "See" any serious flaws while you are pulling the panels
: together.... take it slow, twist the wires a couple turns at a time, check
: the alignment, twist a little more... and so on. I undid and redid my
: Rob-Roy twice and found that getting all the edges close ( 1/8" ) and
: then bringing the ends together first worked the best.

So you pulled all the wires and then re-stitched them, starting at the ends and working toward the middle? One stitch at a time, I assume? I was thinking of doing the same, because the stern end of the center hull panels will have to be clamped tight to bring them together. Also, it was difficult to wire in the bulkheads as instructed and the stern bulkhead wants to sit at what looks like a slight tilt and a tad off-center (the other things look fairly straight at this point). Both bulkheads were a little warped, not completely flat. Is this something to worry about? The kit instructions imply that the bulkheads give the boat its shape.

Messages In This Thread

Other: Best way to determine straightness?
pikabike -- 10/24/2003, 12:53 am
Wow! Thanks for all the help
pikabike -- 10/25/2003, 12:41 am
Re: Other: Best way to determine straightness?
ChrisO -- 10/24/2003, 1:26 pm
Re: Other: Best way to determine straightness?
mike allen -- 10/24/2003, 1:11 pm
Re: Other: Best way to determine straightness?
pikabike -- 10/25/2003, 12:31 am
Re: Go Slow... Get it Close... Touch ends first.
Rehd -- 10/24/2003, 12:41 pm
Re: Go Slow... Get it Close... Touch ends first.
pikabike -- 10/30/2003, 5:00 pm
Re: Go Slow... Get it Close... Touch ends first.
Brian Nystrom -- 10/31/2003, 12:41 pm
Re: Flatten those bulkheads...
Rehd -- 10/30/2003, 10:21 pm
Re: Flatten those bulkheads...
pikabike -- 10/31/2003, 10:37 am
Re: Correction
pikabike -- 10/31/2003, 11:07 am
Other: The Eyes Have It
Mike Scarborough -- 10/24/2003, 9:40 am
Re: Other: The Eyes Have It
Paul Probus -- 10/24/2003, 12:56 pm
Re: Other: Best way to determine straightness?
LeeG -- 10/24/2003, 8:20 am
Re: Other: Best way to determine straightness? *LINK*
Ken Sutherland -- 10/24/2003, 3:27 am
Re: Other: Best way to determine straightness?
Ken Blanton -- 10/24/2003, 6:46 am
What you really mean is a warped hull
Mike and Rikki -- 10/24/2003, 2:40 am
Re: What you really mean is a warped hull
pikabike -- 10/25/2003, 12:39 am
Re: What you really mean is a warped hull
Mike and Rikki -- 10/25/2003, 1:27 am
Re: What you really mean is a warped hull
pikabike -- 10/31/2003, 11:35 am
Re: What you really mean is a warped hull
Mike and Rikki -- 10/31/2003, 1:08 pm
Re: Apology accepted -- not a problem!
pikabike -- 10/31/2003, 3:17 pm
Re: Apology accepted -- not a problem!
Mike and Rikki -- 11/1/2003, 1:03 pm
Women and Kayaks *LINK*
Kurt Maurer -- 11/1/2003, 2:56 pm
Re: Other: Best way to determine straightness?
Malcolm Schweizer -- 10/24/2003, 2:04 am