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Re: Skin-on-Frame: Best Skin - Best price?
By:kelly t
Date: 10/7/2009, 12:51 am
In Response To: Re: Skin-on-Frame: Best Skin - Best price? (Kudzu)

: Got to agree. It intimidated me but there isn't that much to it. So what if
: the seam isn't straight? It still paddles just fine.

To help keep the seam straight, clamp a temporary batten or strip onto the deckbeams, and use it as a guide. Just remember to reach under the sewn skin and unclamp as you go.

kelly t

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Skin-on-Frame: Best Skin - Best price?
Tim Foley -- 10/5/2009, 2:28 pm
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Scott Shurlow -- 10/6/2009, 8:21 pm
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Kudzu -- 10/6/2009, 10:33 pm
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Tim Foley -- 10/7/2009, 7:57 am
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Tom Yost -- 10/7/2009, 9:43 am
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Bill Hamm -- 10/10/2009, 1:44 am
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Tim Foley -- 10/7/2009, 1:01 pm
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Tom Yost -- 10/7/2009, 2:46 pm
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kelly t -- 10/7/2009, 3:17 pm
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Thomas Ziegler -- 10/8/2009, 12:48 pm
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kelly t -- 10/7/2009, 12:51 am
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Paul G. Jacobson -- 10/6/2009, 2:51 am
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Tim Foley -- 10/6/2009, 9:31 am
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Paul G. Jacobson -- 10/6/2009, 10:27 am
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Bill Hamm -- 10/7/2009, 4:42 am
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Bill Hamm -- 10/6/2009, 1:41 am
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Bill Hamm -- 10/6/2009, 1:48 am
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Tom Yost -- 10/6/2009, 9:29 am
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Bill Hamm -- 10/7/2009, 4:39 am
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Tom Yost -- 10/7/2009, 8:49 am
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Bill Hamm -- 10/7/2009, 4:03 pm
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Aaron H -- 10/8/2009, 12:26 pm
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Brian Scarborough -- 10/9/2009, 9:00 am
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Bill Hamm -- 10/10/2009, 1:38 am
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Bill Hamm -- 10/8/2009, 12:47 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 10/8/2009, 12:45 pm
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Brian Scarborough -- 10/9/2009, 9:08 am
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Bill Hamm -- 10/9/2009, 10:04 am
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Brian Scarborough -- 10/9/2009, 2:49 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 10/9/2009, 4:21 pm
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Dave Gentry -- 10/5/2009, 6:50 pm
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Tim Foley -- 10/30/2009, 4:06 pm
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Dave Gentry -- 10/30/2009, 4:43 pm
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R Currey -- 10/5/2009, 4:49 pm