Date: 10/30/2003, 10:21 pm
: 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?
No, I brought all the stitches together with panels 1/2" apart, then tightened them till they were 1/4" apart, then 1/8" apart and then got the ends perfectly matched and tightened them together.. and worked from there towards the middle... till all were making contact...
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.
If they are fairly bad, it will make the hull narrower. If the warp is minimal, it shouldn't cause too much havac.. If the hull panels are pulled together as I mentioned, the warp can't move them.
I get rid of warps in plywood by laying it down on a grass surface or something damp ( not wet ), with the bow up. This allows moisture into the tight side and out of the loose side. It will flatten out... unless it's coated with some sort of sealer.. Those bulkheads aren't too big, so you could probably wipe them on the concaved side with a damp rag and lay them down on the bench.
They should flatten..
Rehd
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
- Re: Correction
- Re: Flatten those bulkheads...
- Re: Go Slow... Get it Close... Touch ends first.
- 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
- Women and Kayaks *LINK*
- Re: Apology accepted -- not a problem!
- Re: Apology accepted -- not a problem!
- Re: What you really mean is a warped hull
- Re: What you really mean is a warped hull
- Re: What you really mean is a warped hull
- Re: Other: Best way to determine straightness?
Malcolm Schweizer -- 10/24/2003, 2:04 am - Re: Other: Best way to determine straightness?
- Wow! Thanks for all the help