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Re: Go Slow... Get it Close... Touch ends first.
By:Brian Nystrom
Date: 10/31/2003, 12:41 pm
In Response To: Re: Go Slow... Get it Close... Touch ends first. (pikabike)

: 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.

Here's a simple fix. Take a 4" or 6" drywall knife and attach 80-100 grit sandpaper to each side with spray glue. You can slip it into the inter-panel gap, squeeze the panels together lightly, then sand a perfect mating bevel.

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