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Re: Skin-on-Frame: Frame of the strongback
By:Daniel from sweden
Date: 3/2/2009, 4:35 pm

: The stem, and the keel at the stem, are off-center about 1cm. Do not worry
: about that! It will not be a problem, and you will probably never notice.

: SOF kayaks are not rocket science. It will be just fine!

: A possible cause of this is that the matching stringers on either side were
: not exactly the same length. Or the frame could simply have been twisted:
: http://www.clcboats.com/shoptips/stitch_glue/checking_twist.html

: The frame looks good! The only potential problem I see is that your epoxy
: looks runny and there seem to be no thickened epoxy fillets between the
: stringers and frames. Epoxy MUST be thickened to make an effective glue,
: and thickened even more to make fillets. It should not drip very much.
: I apologize if you already know this and have already done this. I can't see
: too much in your pictures.

: Good luck!
: Dave

Hi Dave!
Thanks!!!
Now it feels much better. The epoxi is filling ok but not great. Next time I will have even more thickening in it.

Sorry aboute the images, they are taken with my mobile, it has 5 megapixel camera but no flash

More input and thoughts

Daniel

Messages In This Thread

Skin-on-Frame: If any of you are Interested! *LINK*
Daniel from sweden -- 2/19/2009, 2:10 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Frame of the strongback *Pic*
Daniel from sweden -- 3/2/2009, 1:59 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Frame of the strongback
Michael -- 3/3/2009, 8:27 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Frame of the strongback *Pic*
Dave Gentry -- 3/2/2009, 3:19 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Frame of the strongback
Daniel from sweden -- 3/2/2009, 4:35 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: If any of you are Interested!
tony olsen -- 2/19/2009, 8:24 pm