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Re: Strip: how tall of a stem? *PIC*
By:Kurt Maurer
Date: 9/25/2010, 6:52 pm
In Response To: Re: Strip: how tall of a stem? (Greg New)

I'd have to say it's "vaguely defined" because it's not at all critical, and largely a matter of personal preference how thick you make 'em. In my fleet they might be 3/4" on some boats, or as thin as 1/4" on others. The boat itself tends to define for me how thick they shall end up being. Often they taper, where you have 3/4" at the tip, and 1/4" where it blends into the keel line.

In all cases I rip the stem lamination strips to the maximum thickness I can cold bend without cracking, and this varies from wood to wood, and from board to board. They might be ~1/4" thick on a shallow sweeping curve like the Outer Island, or as thin as ~1/8" for something tighter, like the Merlin canoe. As you see in the Merlin photo below, I don't mind using a heat gun to help make the bend, but a steam box seems to be a little more than I can get off my dead butt and tackle.

Ref: http://mysite.verizon.net/ngc704/merlin/Page%202.htm

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Strip: how tall of a stem?
dave g -- 9/24/2010, 7:30 pm
Re: Strip: how tall of a stem?
Greg New -- 9/25/2010, 4:06 pm
Re: Strip: how tall of a stem? *PIC*
Ian Johnson -- 9/26/2010, 6:27 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 9/27/2010, 12:27 am
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Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 9/27/2010, 7:12 am
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Kurt Maurer -- 9/27/2010, 6:53 pm
Re: Strip: how tall of a stem?
G New -- 9/26/2010, 7:39 pm
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Ian Johnson -- 9/26/2010, 7:57 pm
Re: Strip: how tall of a stem?
G New -- 9/26/2010, 10:43 pm
Re: Strip: how tall of a stem?
Ian Johnson -- 9/26/2010, 11:27 pm
Re: Strip: how tall of a stem? *PIC*
Kurt Maurer -- 9/25/2010, 6:52 pm
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Shark Bait -- 9/26/2010, 7:27 am
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Kurt Maurer -- 9/26/2010, 10:50 am
Re: Strip: how tall of a stem?
Etienne Muller -- 9/26/2010, 7:40 am
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Etienne Muller -- 9/26/2010, 6:34 am
Re: Strip: how tall of a stem?
Bill Hamm -- 9/26/2010, 12:25 am
Re: Strip: how tall of a stem?
Kurt Maurer -- 9/26/2010, 10:14 am
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Bill Hamm -- 9/25/2010, 1:35 am