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Front not the rear deck
By:Kudzu
Date: 4/13/2008, 9:10 am
In Response To: Re: Strip: Deck shapes *Pic* (Gennie)

I wasn't talking about the rear deck. While mine it is not totally flat, it's close. It's probably a 36" radius or something like that. I thought I was going to have to make a new board for my trammel points. Off the top of my head I think there is 1 to 1.25" or rise in the rear deck? It's practically flat. I decided against flat for two reason. One, I like the look of a little bit of curve and two, it's a little stronger and gives me a bit more space for storing gear.

What I was thinking about is the shape at the front of the cockpit, near the knees. The picture Gennie shows is the area I am thinking of. Look at that photo I am pretty sure just swinging an arc between the 3 points wouldn't look good. It needs to be more elliptical shaped to keep the lines looking good.

Messages In This Thread

Strip: Deck shapes
Kudzu -- 4/13/2008, 12:37 am
Re: Strip: Deck shapes *Pic*
Andy Waddington -- 4/14/2008, 6:08 am
Re: Strip: Deck shapes *Pic*
Kudzu -- 4/14/2008, 5:11 pm
Re: Strip: Deck shapes
Reg Lake -- 4/13/2008, 12:54 pm
Re: Strip: Deck shapes
Rob Macks / Laughing Loon CC&K -- 4/13/2008, 12:24 pm
Re: Strip: Deck shapes
Kudzu -- 4/14/2008, 5:15 pm
Re: Strip: Deck shapes
Bill Hamm -- 4/15/2008, 1:38 am
Re: Strip: Deck shapes
Bill Hamm -- 4/14/2008, 1:13 am
Re: Strip: Deck shapes
Bill Hamm -- 4/13/2008, 1:14 am
Re: Strip: Deck shapes *Pic*
Gennie -- 4/13/2008, 3:23 am
Front not the rear deck
Kudzu -- 4/13/2008, 9:10 am
Re: Front not the rear deck
T Hanson -- 4/13/2008, 10:32 am