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Date: 2/12/2008, 11:34 pm
I'm still not sure if a 3-piece frame will have enough strength. There's not a lot of glued area holding the longitudinals in place at the bulk heads, then again perhaps I think it needs more strength than is really necessary. After reading about a couple catastrophic failures of factory-produced 3-piece composite kayaks, it makes me wonder...
Adding a separate skin to the frame makes a lot of sense; figuring out how to skin three parts without seams in undesirable places is one thing I see no way around if skinning each piece separately.
I've also thought about a wood-framed folder, using a hooked scarf to join all the long bits. Designing a wood-frame folder sounds more like an engineering thesis topic than a relaxing past time.... 
Of all the possible solutions, a decent roof rack seems like the best option even if it means finding a way to circumvent some budgetary hurdles. Maybe not as ambitious, but I'd rather be paddling than trying to solve problems with construction. 
: A friend and I were toying with ideas like these, and I figure the best
: solution is to build a three-piece frame with a one-piece skin. This
: eliminates the need for bulkheads. The skin should still fit in your
: cockpit piece.
Messages In This Thread
- Skin-on-Frame: 3-piece take-apart?
Aaron H -- 2/11/2008, 3:55 pm- Why not a 3 piece wetsuit?
Paul G. Jacobson -- 2/14/2008, 2:51 pm- Re: Why not a 3 piece wetsuit?
Bill Hamm -- 2/17/2008, 2:34 am- Re: Why not a 3 piece wetsuit?
Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 2/17/2008, 6:14 am- Re: Why not a 3 piece wetsuit?
Bill Hamm -- 2/18/2008, 2:23 am- Re: Awfully heavy seat attachments ? *Pic*
Tom Yost -- 2/20/2008, 10:08 am- Re: Awfully heavy seat attachments ?
Bill Hamm -- 2/20/2008, 11:37 am- Re: Awfully heavy seat attachments ?
Tom Yost -- 2/20/2008, 12:55 pm- Re: Awfully heavy seat attachments ?
Bill Hamm -- 2/21/2008, 1:15 am- Re: Awfully heavy seat attachments ?
Bill Hamm -- 2/21/2008, 1:17 am- Re: Awfully heavy seat attachments ?
Tom Yost -- 2/21/2008, 9:05 am- Re: Awfully heavy seat attachments ?
Bill Hamm -- 2/21/2008, 6:13 pm
- Re: Awfully heavy seat attachments ?
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- Re: Why not a 3 piece wetsuit?
Bill Hamm -- 2/18/2008, 2:27 am - Re: Awfully heavy seat attachments ?
- Re: Awfully heavy seat attachments ? *Pic*
- Re: Why not a 3 piece wetsuit?
- Re: Why not a 3 piece wetsuit? *NM*
Bill Hamm -- 2/17/2008, 2:28 am- Re: Why not a 3 piece wetsuit?
AaronH -- 2/14/2008, 8:42 pm- a 3 piece wetsuit with two pr. pants? *Pic*
Paul G. Jacobson -- 2/14/2008, 10:40 pm
- Re: Why not a 3 piece wetsuit?
- Re: Skin-on-Frame: 3-piece take-apart?
HenkA -- 2/13/2008, 11:16 am- Re: Roof rack
Ric Moodie -- 2/13/2008, 1:13 pm
- Re: Skin-on-Frame: 3-piece take-apart? *LINK* *Pic*
Etienne Muller - Ireland -- 2/13/2008, 8:25 am- Re: Skin-on-Frame: 3-piece take-apart? *LINK* *Pic*
Tom Yost -- 2/13/2008, 10:03 am- Re: Skin-on-Frame: 3-piece take-apart?
Etienne Muller - Ireland -- 2/16/2008, 9:28 am- Re: Skin-on-Frame: 3-piece take-apart? *Pic*
Tom Yost -- 2/17/2008, 12:05 pm- Re: Skin-on-Frame: 3-piece take-apart?
Etienne Muller - Ireland -- 2/18/2008, 9:22 am- Re: Skin-on-Frame: 3-piece take-apart? *Pic*
Tom Yost -- 2/18/2008, 9:50 am- Re: Skin-on-Frame: 3-piece take-apart? *Pic*
Etienne Muller - Ireland -- 2/19/2008, 10:26 am- Re: Skin-on-Frame: 3-piece take-apart?
Bill Hamm -- 2/20/2008, 2:04 am- Re: Skin-on-Frame: 3-piece take-apart? *Pic*
Etienne Muller - Ireland -- 2/20/2008, 7:55 am
- Re: Skin-on-Frame: 3-piece take-apart? *Pic*
Tom Yost -- 2/19/2008, 12:51 pm - Re: Skin-on-Frame: 3-piece take-apart? *Pic*
- Re: Skin-on-Frame: 3-piece take-apart?
Bill Hamm -- 2/19/2008, 2:44 am - Re: Skin-on-Frame: 3-piece take-apart?
- Re: Skin-on-Frame: 3-piece take-apart? *Pic*
- Re: Skin-on-Frame: 3-piece take-apart? *Pic*
- Re: Skin-on-Frame: 3-piece take-apart?
Bill Hamm -- 2/17/2008, 2:25 am - Re: Skin-on-Frame: 3-piece take-apart?
- Re: Skin-on-Frame: 3-piece take-apart? *Pic*
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Sean -- 2/12/2008, 8:24 pm- Re: Skin-on-Frame: 3-piece take-apart?
Mike Scarborough -- 2/13/2008, 8:27 am- Re: Skin-on-Frame: 3-piece take-apart?
AaronH -- 2/12/2008, 11:34 pm- Re: Skin-on-Frame: 3-piece take-apart?
Bill Hamm -- 2/14/2008, 2:11 am- Re: Skin-on-Frame: 3-piece take-apart?
Aaron H -- 2/14/2008, 8:44 am
- Re: Skin-on-Frame: 3-piece take-apart?
Bill Hamm -- 2/13/2008, 1:29 am- Re: Skin-on-Frame: 3-piece take-apart?
Aaron H -- 2/13/2008, 8:46 am- Re: Skin-on-Frame: 3-piece take-apart?
Bill Hamm -- 2/14/2008, 2:19 am- Re: Skin-on-Frame: 3-piece take-apart?
Bill Hamm -- 2/17/2008, 2:36 am
- Re: Skin-on-Frame: 3-piece take-apart?
Bill Hamm -- 2/14/2008, 2:13 am - Re: Skin-on-Frame: 3-piece take-apart?
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Scott Shurlow -- 2/12/2008, 7:33 am- Re: Skin-on-Frame: 3-piece take-apart?
Aaron H -- 2/12/2008, 2:41 pm- Re: Skin-on-Frame: 3-piece take-apart?
AaronH -- 2/12/2008, 10:51 pm- Re: Skin-on-Frame: 3-piece take-apart?
AaronH -- 2/12/2008, 11:23 pm- Re: Roof Rack
Mike Scarborough -- 2/13/2008, 8:31 am- Re: Roof Rack
Bill Hamm -- 2/14/2008, 2:08 am- Re: Roof Rack
Aaron H -- 2/13/2008, 8:44 am - Re: Roof Rack
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- Re: Skin-on-Frame: 3-piece take-apart?
- Re: Skin-on-Frame: 3-piece take-apart?
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Bill Hamm -- 2/12/2008, 2:17 am- Sonnet (excuse me) *NM* *LINK*
Thomas Ziegler -- 2/11/2008, 4:39 pm - Re: Why not a 3 piece wetsuit?
- Why not a 3 piece wetsuit?
