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Re: Strip: foam core kayak
By:misterphil
Date: 10/2/2008, 11:28 am
In Response To: Re: Strip: foam core kayak *Pic* (Andy Waddington)

firstly - thanks for the offer of the cedar - I'm down s.w. of birmingham, so I think it's a little far!

secondly - I now have access to a big band saw and workshop - the school where I teach has just refurbished the one that they had in the back of the shop, and so I'm now fixed for that.

thirdly - I had looked into divinycell as someone here mentioned. They do a scored foam sheet that could be used to conform to a kayak shape - and if I filled some of the cracks that would appear as the scoring was bent round the forms with strands of glass (as per the discussion on the guillimot further up the page) this should be strong enough. they have a link to wenoah (?) canoes, who use divinycvell foam in their canoes - maybe when I make one of those next year I'll try the foam out then.

I'm probably going to rip pine and paint it (I was always going to do that!) but I still fancy trying someting different - if only because I'm an awkward sort of guy!

Anyway - thanks for all the help, and I'll keep you updated with what I end up doing.

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