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Re: Strip: Stems; please help guide me
By:Allan
Date: 10/27/2010, 9:11 pm
In Response To: Strip: Stems; please help guide me (Todd O)

Internal stems make building easier and faster. Without them, getting the alternating strips to look neat takes a bit of time and care. The weight they add is negligible if you use the right timber. I like light kayaks (10.5 kg for a 4.5 metre kayak) and have always used internal stems.

External stems can look very good. They also reduce the skill needed to get the bow looking neat. If you make them out of denser timber, they are much more resistant to denting than the strips would be.

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Strip: Stems; please help guide me
Todd O -- 10/27/2010, 6:05 pm
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Rob Macks / Laughing Loon CC&K -- 10/28/2010, 9:14 am
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Bill Hamm -- 10/29/2010, 12:22 am
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Bill Hamm -- 10/29/2010, 12:26 am
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Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 10/29/2010, 5:13 am
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Bill Hamm -- 10/30/2010, 12:47 am
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Ancient Kayaker -- 10/30/2010, 12:30 am
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Todd O -- 10/28/2010, 10:22 pm
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Ian Johnson -- 10/28/2010, 11:22 pm
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Ian Johnson -- 10/29/2010, 12:07 am
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Kurt Maurer -- 10/28/2010, 6:48 pm
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Terry -- 10/28/2010, 12:06 am
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Allan -- 10/28/2010, 1:18 am
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Bill Hamm -- 10/28/2010, 8:50 am
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Allan -- 10/27/2010, 9:11 pm
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Glen Smith -- 10/27/2010, 9:06 pm
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Joe Whitman -- 10/27/2010, 7:43 pm
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 10/27/2010, 7:33 pm
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Kurt Maurer -- 10/27/2010, 8:53 pm
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 10/28/2010, 12:26 am
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Bill Hamm -- 10/28/2010, 1:33 am
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 10/28/2010, 6:59 am
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BryanK -- 10/29/2010, 2:02 pm
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dave g -- 10/29/2010, 7:29 pm
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Glen Smith -- 10/29/2010, 11:15 pm
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dave g -- 10/30/2010, 1:09 am
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Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 10/28/2010, 7:23 am
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 10/29/2010, 2:25 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 10/28/2010, 8:45 am
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Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 10/29/2010, 5:15 am