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Double check your costs
By:Paul G. Jacobson
Date: 9/29/2008, 12:35 am
In Response To: Re: Strip: foam core kayak (misterphil)

: I found it for £37 for 10 sheets of 6mm x 1250mm x 800mm

Didn't you mention you were going to add a layer of glass cloth to this for stiffness? Add in the cost of that additional glass and resin--and the time to apply it--to get a closer estimate of your costs.

When I rip a nominal 1 x 6 cedar board, which is really 5-1/2-inches wide, I typically get 13 to 15 strips. Based on that, I'd expect to get about 25 to 30 strips from a board which was nominally 12 inches wide. So the equivalent of 40 feet of boards, 12 inches wide would give me 1000 to 1200 feet of strips. That could be 4 boards, each one being a foot wide, and 10 feet long. If I used 8-foot boards, I'd need 5 of them. It is hard to fathom paying 640£/5 or 128£ for a single board!

I'm curious about how much you would be charrged for a sheet of 4 mm to 6 mm marine plywood. You could cut plywood into strips and use those for planking your boat. kIt might be cheaper than your plastic sheets, and as easy to work with.

I don't have room to mill my strips inside, so I move the saw outside. A nice breeze distributes the sawdust over the lawn so I don't have a lot hto sweep up .

PGJ

Messages In This Thread

Strip: foam core kayak *LINK*
Misterphil -- 9/26/2008, 11:21 am
Re: Strip: foam core kayak *Pic*
Andy Waddington -- 10/1/2008, 9:15 am
Re: Strip: foam core kayak
misterphil -- 10/2/2008, 11:28 am
Re: Strip: foam core kayak
Bill Hamm -- 10/2/2008, 1:47 pm
Re: Strip: foam core kayak *LINK*
Misterphil -- 9/29/2008, 3:37 pm
Re: Strip: foam core kayak
Bill Hamm -- 9/30/2008, 1:51 am
Re: Strip: foam core kayak
Charlie -- 9/27/2008, 12:44 pm
Re: Strip: foam core kayak
Carl Delo -- 9/27/2008, 11:09 am
Re: Strip: foam core kayak
Bryan Hansel -- 9/26/2008, 7:35 pm
Re: Strip: foam core kayak
misterphil -- 9/27/2008, 4:37 pm
Double check your costs
Paul G. Jacobson -- 9/29/2008, 12:35 am
Re: Double check your costs
Bryan Hansel -- 9/29/2008, 10:36 am
Re: Double check your costs
MacMcCaskie -- 9/29/2008, 9:49 pm
Re: Double check your costs
Paul G. Jacobson -- 9/30/2008, 3:03 am
Re: Double check your costs
MacMcCaskie -- 9/30/2008, 7:30 am
Re: Double check your costs
dmeenkster -- 9/30/2008, 10:05 am
Re: Double check your costs
Terry Haines -- 10/7/2008, 12:19 am
Re: Double check your costs *LINK* *Pic*
Tom Yost -- 10/1/2008, 9:44 am
Re: Double check your costs
dmeenkster -- 10/1/2008, 10:37 am
Re: Double check your costs
Tom Yost -- 10/1/2008, 12:24 pm
ripping strips
Paul G. Jacobson--Floating Boat, Inc. -- 10/1/2008, 12:34 am
Re: ripping strips
dmeenkster -- 10/1/2008, 10:15 am
Re: ripping strips *LINK* *Pic*
Tom Yost -- 10/1/2008, 12:59 pm
Re: Double check your costs
daniel -- 9/30/2008, 6:49 am
Ripping strips without a tablesaw *Pic*
Paul G. Jacobson--Floating Boat, Inc. -- 9/30/2008, 11:54 pm
Re: Ripping strips without a tablesaw
Daniel Daniels -- 10/1/2008, 1:32 pm
Re: Double check your costs
Bryan Hansel -- 9/29/2008, 11:56 pm
Re: Strip: foam core kayak
Mike Savage -- 9/27/2008, 6:53 pm
Re: Strip: foam core kayak
Toni V -- 9/26/2008, 3:44 pm
Re: Strip: foam core kayak *LINK*
Dave Reekie -- 9/26/2008, 2:30 pm
Re: Strip: foam core kayak
Misterphil -- 9/26/2008, 5:39 pm