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Re: Skin-on-Frame: Time to finish my SOF
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 9/5/2010, 12:32 am
In Response To: Re: Skin-on-Frame: Time to finish my SOF (Clayton Plunkett)

: Hi Barry,
: The colors look really great. I like the white hull and color deck.
: Question, are you gluing the coaming and holding it with the
: clamps? If so you've got me interested. Look forward to the
: paddle report.
: Clayton Plunkett

Can't speak for Barry but it looks to me like he's done it the way I do it. I use wood dowels in place of the screws that are held in place with carpenter's glue (Titebond) that way if I have to take the coaming off later I just drill out the dowels and can pry the coaming off. I use Lexel to seal the coaming to the fabric, makes a reliable seal that can be removed later on if needed. I've had to replace one coaming so far, I just oversized the dowels one size larger when I put the coaming back on, easy.

Nice thing about doing it this way is it's easy to sand the underside of the coaming where the dowels come thru to make it nice and smooth and flush. Much easier on the legs than the protruding machine screws and nuts.

Bill H.

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Skin-on-Frame: Time to finish my SOF *PIC*
barry boyette -- 7/25/2010, 10:13 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Time to finish my SOF *PIC*
barry boyette -- 9/6/2010, 9:36 pm
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Clayton Plunkett -- 9/6/2010, 9:45 pm
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barry boyette -- 9/6/2010, 10:15 pm
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barry boyette -- 9/6/2010, 9:42 pm
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barry boyette -- 9/6/2010, 6:50 am
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Kudzu -- 9/6/2010, 9:47 am
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barry boyette -- 9/6/2010, 1:04 pm
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Kudzu -- 9/6/2010, 2:07 pm
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Dave Gentry -- 9/6/2010, 8:21 am
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barry boyette -- 9/6/2010, 6:53 am
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barry boyette -- 9/3/2010, 9:18 pm
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barry boyette -- 9/4/2010, 7:49 pm
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Clayton Plunkett -- 9/4/2010, 8:28 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 9/5/2010, 12:32 am
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barry boyette -- 9/5/2010, 9:01 am
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Clayton Plunkett -- 9/5/2010, 8:59 am
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barry boyette -- 9/3/2010, 9:20 pm
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barry boyette -- 9/2/2010, 9:24 pm
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barry boyette -- 8/27/2010, 10:20 pm
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barry boyette -- 9/2/2010, 9:20 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 9/3/2010, 12:57 am
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barry boyette -- 8/27/2010, 10:11 pm
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barry boyette -- 8/27/2010, 9:57 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 8/28/2010, 4:50 am
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barry boyette -- 8/28/2010, 6:44 am
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Bill Hamm -- 8/28/2010, 7:45 am
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barry boyette -- 7/25/2010, 10:36 pm
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barry boyette -- 8/10/2010, 10:40 pm
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Will Clarke -- 9/2/2010, 9:57 pm
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barry boyette -- 9/2/2010, 10:52 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 8/11/2010, 7:37 am
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barry boyette -- 8/11/2010, 10:02 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 8/12/2010, 1:04 am
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barry boyette -- 8/12/2010, 6:06 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 8/13/2010, 12:43 am
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John VanBuren -- 7/26/2010, 11:16 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Time to finish my SOF
Bill Hamm -- 7/26/2010, 12:09 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Time to finish my SOF
barry boyette -- 7/26/2010, 7:00 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Time to finish my SOF
Bill Hamm -- 7/27/2010, 7:58 am
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barry boyette -- 7/25/2010, 10:31 pm
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barry boyette -- 7/25/2010, 10:30 pm