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Re: Carbon Fiber -vs- Wood
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 11/14/2009, 10:06 am
In Response To: Carbon Fiber -vs- Wood (Jay Babina )

: Woodworking is a giant hobby. Photography is the no 1 hobby world
: wide and woodworking is not far below. Fiberglass working is not
: a hobby at all. Building a kayak out of wood is a natural
: extension for all those who are amateur woodworkers. The fact
: that you glass the exterior and have to use epoxy is just part
: of the necessary evils of the process. Woodworkers have the
: tools, it grows on trees and you� can burn the scraps for heat.
: It's very friendly. I know woodworkers would not enjoy making
: glass boats with foam cores. Nobody in their right mind thinks
: wood is an equal substrate to FC.

: I don't think they used too much wood on the space shuttle but I
: heard the new breed of Astronauts want a burl dashboard and some
: wood paneling for that down home feel.

Bet there would be a lot of volunteers to make that dash for free :)

Bill H.

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Kim -- 11/10/2009, 5:06 pm
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Greg H -- 11/16/2009, 3:16 pm
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kiim -- 11/18/2009, 8:39 pm
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kiim -- 11/18/2009, 4:52 pm
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kiim -- 11/17/2009, 7:35 pm
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kiim -- 11/20/2009, 8:17 am
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Bill Hamm -- 11/22/2009, 12:43 am
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Aaron H -- 11/12/2009, 6:23 pm
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Chris Ostlind -- 11/13/2009, 12:16 am
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Bill Hamm -- 11/13/2009, 11:12 am
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Chris Ostlind -- 11/13/2009, 11:47 am
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Mike Savage -- 11/13/2009, 12:56 pm
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Chris Ostlind -- 11/13/2009, 1:15 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 11/13/2009, 4:02 pm
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Chris Ostlind -- 11/13/2009, 5:14 pm
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Jay Babina -- 11/14/2009, 9:56 am
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Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 11/16/2009, 12:43 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 11/17/2009, 1:11 am
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Etienne Muller - Ireland -- 11/14/2009, 3:15 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 11/14/2009, 10:06 am
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Mike Savage -- 11/14/2009, 8:09 am
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Bill Hamm -- 11/14/2009, 10:04 am
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Bill Hamm -- 11/13/2009, 9:20 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 11/13/2009, 9:21 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 11/13/2009, 12:36 pm
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Aaron H -- 11/13/2009, 9:40 am
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Greg H -- 11/12/2009, 12:07 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 11/12/2009, 2:03 pm
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Craig Robinson -- 11/12/2009, 5:42 pm