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Re: Strip: foam core kayak
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 9/30/2008, 1:51 am
In Response To: Re: Strip: foam core kayak *LINK* (Misterphil)

: I knew that I'd seen something about someone building a kayak using foam and
: fibreglass recently - and just remembered the page - it was an outer
: island

Of course it can be done, it's a very common way to make a plug for a fiberglass boat. Downside is you don't lose weight with the process and unless you live somewhere where light enough woods are very expensive, it's much more costly. It might be slightly faster to build a yak this way, but you'll need a bunch more station molds since the foam isn't anywhere near as stiff as the wood it replaces.

Some of the core materials are heat formable, so you "might" be able to cover large sections with large panels of foam (it's fairly tricky heating the foam to the point that it's formable but not so hot it loses strength and becomes impossible to handle, or simply melts).

Bill H.

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