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Re: Announce: all aluminum kayak
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 7/3/2008, 1:20 am
In Response To: Re: Announce: all aluminum kayak *Pic* (mike allen)

: that doesn't seem to be the case for either home or sheet material: the
: g-flex method i mentioned looks easy to me, especially as there would be
: long, wide gluing areas. the issue would be holding the panels in place
: while it sets:
: http://www.boatbuilding.net/article.pl?sid=07/11/13/1222229
: an etcher is part of the process

Yes, I've read that before. Etching isn't the problem, the problem is that aluminum forms it's oxides within milliseconds of etching, so you are still bonding to the oxides and not to the base metal. If that matters for the construction method used the designer has to decide.

Bill H.

Messages In This Thread

Announce: all aluminum kayak
steve chatman -- 6/29/2008, 9:18 pm
Re: Announce: all aluminum kayak
Charlie -- 6/30/2008, 11:52 am
Re: Announce: all aluminum kayak
Chris Ostlind -- 6/30/2008, 3:51 pm
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Charlie -- 6/30/2008, 5:39 pm
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Chris Ostlind -- 6/30/2008, 6:06 pm
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PatrickC -- 7/2/2008, 9:39 am
Re: Announce: all aluminum kayak
Bill Hamm -- 7/3/2008, 1:22 am
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bromasi -- 6/30/2008, 10:12 pm
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steve chatman -- 7/1/2008, 12:12 am
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Carl Delo -- 7/2/2008, 12:21 am
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mike allen -- 7/1/2008, 6:14 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 7/2/2008, 1:50 am
Re: Announce: all aluminum kayak *Pic*
mike allen -- 7/2/2008, 4:46 am
Re: Announce: all aluminum kayak
Bill Hamm -- 7/3/2008, 1:20 am
I'd love to see a prototype. *NM*
Robert N Pruden -- 7/1/2008, 3:30 pm
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Pawistik -- 6/30/2008, 12:26 am
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Tommy -- 6/30/2008, 10:42 am
Re: Announce: all aluminum kayak *Pic*
Tom Yost -- 6/30/2008, 6:07 pm
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Robert N Pruden -- 7/1/2008, 3:27 pm
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Skiffrace -- 6/30/2008, 7:24 pm
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Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 6/30/2008, 2:17 pm
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Robert Robb Livingston -- 7/7/2008, 3:22 am
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Jim Bell -- 7/7/2008, 10:15 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 6/30/2008, 2:05 pm
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Glen Smith -- 6/29/2008, 9:30 pm
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Glen Smith -- 6/29/2008, 9:35 pm