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Re: Strip: Scaling a 40' Canoe
By:Mike Savage
Date: 9/5/2008, 6:45 pm
In Response To: Strip: Scaling a 40' Canoe (Reg Lake)

: I have been assisting with a project to take the lines off of a single log
: canoe (two foot intervals, 20 stations) and reduce the drawings for a
: single and double of the same design.

: My question, is there an easy way of scanning my hand drawn lines into a
: computer so they can be cleaned up and plotted into accurate station
: patterns?

: Reg

Hi Reg,
If you have dimension numbers on the hand drawings, you could plot them into one of the CAD programmes. A bit tedious but it works. Plot the full size canoe then scale for length in particular. Using a 3-D type CAD should let you take off a different set of stations to suit a smaller canoe.
Some cross-sectional scaling may be needed. A 40' log canoe would have used a certain size tree and would sometimes give a different beam/depth to a smaller log canoe.

Is it a particular 'breed' of canoe? And are there any examples of smaller ones of the same 'breed' available to compare?

Mike Savage
South West Cork

Messages In This Thread

Strip: Scaling a 40' Canoe
Reg Lake -- 9/5/2008, 6:13 pm
8' model of 40' Canoe *Pic*
Reg Lake -- 9/27/2008, 11:37 pm
Re: 8' model of 40' Canoe
Toni V -- 9/29/2008, 3:47 pm
Re: 8' model of 40' Canoe
Reg Lake -- 9/29/2008, 5:23 pm
40 ft Canoe?
Jay Babina -- 9/29/2008, 2:33 pm
Re: 40 ft Canoe? *LINK* *Pic*
Reg Lake -- 9/29/2008, 4:53 pm
Re: 40 ft Canoe?
Pawistik -- 9/29/2008, 6:15 pm
Re: 40 ft Canoe?
Bill Hamm -- 9/30/2008, 10:01 am
Re: Strip: Scaling a 40' Canoe *LINK*
Sam McFadden -- 9/8/2008, 9:26 pm
Re: Strip: Scaling a 40' Canoe
Reg Lake -- 9/9/2008, 11:58 am
Re: Strip: Scaling a 40' Canoe
Prasad Bhatla -- 9/7/2008, 10:58 am
Re: I hate it when . . .
Mike Scarborough -- 9/6/2008, 10:30 am
Thanks all, I now have a plan.
Reg Lake -- 9/8/2008, 1:48 pm
Drawings scaled ok. 8' model came out fair. *Pic*
Reg Lake -- 9/11/2008, 4:08 pm
Re: Thanks all, I now have a plan.
Bryan Hansel -- 9/8/2008, 10:16 pm
Re: Thanks all, I now have a plan.
mike allen -- 9/8/2008, 11:41 pm
Re: Thanks all, I now have a plan.
Bryan Hansel -- 9/8/2008, 11:53 pm
Re: Thanks all, I now have a plan.
mike allen -- 9/9/2008, 4:05 am
Re: Thanks all, I now have a plan.
Bryan Hansel -- 9/9/2008, 4:12 pm
Re: Thanks all, I now have a plan.
mike allen -- 9/9/2008, 11:38 pm
Freeship 2.6 It Is.
Reg Lake -- 9/9/2008, 1:33 pm
Re: Thanks all, I now have a plan.
Mike Savage -- 9/8/2008, 7:28 pm
Re: Strip: Scaling a 40' Canoe
Bryan Hansel -- 9/5/2008, 6:50 pm
Re: Strip: Scaling a 40' Canoe
Reg Lake -- 9/5/2008, 8:12 pm
Re: Strip: Scaling a 40' Canoe
mike allen -- 9/6/2008, 5:04 pm
Ideas on Scaling a 40' Canoe
mike allen -- 9/6/2008, 12:09 am
Re: Ideas on Scaling a 40' Canoe
Reg Lake -- 9/6/2008, 2:03 am
Re: Ideas on Scaling a 40' Canoe
Bryan Hansel -- 9/6/2008, 6:52 pm
Re: Ideas on Scaling drawings
Paul G. Jacobson -- 9/6/2008, 3:05 am
Re: Ideas on Scaling a 40' Canoe
mike allen -- 9/6/2008, 2:20 am
Re: Strip: Scaling a 40' Canoe
Prasad Bhatla -- 9/5/2008, 10:09 pm
Re: Strip: Scaling a 40' Canoe
Mike Savage -- 9/5/2008, 6:45 pm