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Re: Announce: all aluminum kayak

By:Bill Hamm
Date: 7/3/2008, 1:22 am

: it occurs to me that aluminum could easily be used as long as you implement a
: frame first.

: wood stringers like a skin boat with long slots to fit panels of pre bent
: aluminum sheets into.

: a little sand bagging to shape curvy areas and whatever other method to make
: shallow angle creases.

: but to keep weight down those sheets would have to be thin and easy to
: dent...

Wood and aluminum don't mix real well, the coefficients of expansion (with changes in temperature) are very different.

Bill H.

Announce: all aluminum kayak
steve chatman -- 6/29/2008, 9:18 pm

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Charlie -- 6/30/2008, 11:52 am

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Chris Ostlind -- 6/30/2008, 3:51 pm

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Chris Ostlind -- 6/30/2008, 6:06 pm

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

Re: Announce: all aluminum kayak
Bill Hamm -- 7/2/2008, 1:50 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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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

Re: Announce: all aluminum kayak
Glen Smith -- 6/29/2008, 9:35 pm

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