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Re: Strip: veneer for bulkheads?
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 11/18/2010, 1:44 am
In Response To: Re: Strip: veneer for bulkheads? *PIC* (Bryan Hansel)

: I'm with Kurt, but I use glass bulkheads for all three bulkheads. I
: think after all the extra glass in a cockpit coaming and day
: hatch that the rear of the cockpit is stiff enough. This is how
: I do it:
: http://www.paddlinglight.com/articles/building-ken-taylor-1959-kayak-the-igdlorssuit-part-five/

I like my CF rear bulkhead, but mine are sloped and curved to minimize the amount of water in the cockpit and to make draining it easier. I actually make a "mold" out of 1/16" aircraft plywood then put the CF on that, but glass the back side. Goes nice with the CF coaming.

Bill H.

Messages In This Thread

Strip: veneer for bulkheads?
dave g -- 11/14/2010, 7:28 pm
Re: Strip: veneer for bulkheads?
Jay Babina -- 11/15/2010, 4:40 pm
Re: Strip: veneer for bulkheads?
Bill Hamm -- 11/15/2010, 12:43 am
Re: Strip: veneer for bulkheads? *PIC*
Kurt Maurer -- 11/15/2010, 9:55 am
Re: Strip: veneer for bulkheads?
Bill Hamm -- 11/15/2010, 12:23 pm
Re: Strip: veneer for bulkheads?
Kurt Maurer -- 11/15/2010, 7:58 pm
Re: Strip: veneer for bulkheads?
Bill Hamm -- 11/15/2010, 9:56 pm
Re: Strip: veneer for bulkheads? *PIC*
Kurt Maurer -- 11/14/2010, 7:57 pm
Re: Strip: veneer for bulkheads? *PIC*
Bryan Hansel -- 11/17/2010, 2:22 pm
Re: Strip: veneer for bulkheads?
Bill Hamm -- 11/18/2010, 1:44 am
Re: Strip: veneer for bulkheads?
Bryan Hansel -- 11/18/2010, 9:33 am
Re: Strip: veneer for bulkheads?
Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 11/18/2010, 9:39 am
Re: Strip: veneer for bulkheads?
Bill Hamm -- 11/19/2010, 1:27 am
Re: Strip: veneer for bulkheads?
Bill Hamm -- 11/18/2010, 1:46 pm
except that...
risto -- 11/15/2010, 4:32 am
Re: weight of Yak footbraces
Bryan Hansel -- 11/18/2010, 9:36 am
Re: weight of Yak footbraces
Bill Hamm -- 11/19/2010, 1:25 am
Re: weight of Yak footbraces
Bryan Hansel -- 11/19/2010, 10:01 am
Re: weight of Yak footbraces
Bill Hamm -- 11/20/2010, 1:25 am
Re: except that...
Kurt Maurer -- 11/15/2010, 9:38 am
Re: except that...
Bill Hamm -- 11/15/2010, 4:39 am
Re: except that...
Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 11/15/2010, 9:14 am
Re: but where
Bryan Hansel -- 11/17/2010, 2:17 pm
Re: but where
Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 11/18/2010, 9:04 am
Re: except that...
Bill Hamm -- 11/15/2010, 9:46 am
Re: Strip: veneer for bulkheads?
Bill Hamm -- 11/15/2010, 12:46 am