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Re: Strip: Wooden seat
By:JohnK
Date: 11/28/2010, 3:24 am
In Response To: Re: Strip: Wooden seat (Bill Hamm)

: :

: Or you could just make the giant profile finder like house
: carpenter's use for moldings. Wish I could save the link on this
: computer. But it's the same device that people use to take the
: lines off an existing kayak. This device will give you a series
: of points that need put on paper then a flexible batten is
: streched between the points to get a fair curve.

: Bill H.

: Bill H.

I've got a contour gauge used for tiling, about 30cm long.
You could take the contours off the plaster cast and transfer it to the wood that way, but it is fiddly.
You need fixed reference points etc. to do a real good job.

Messages In This Thread

Strip: Wooden seat
Palle Dam -- 11/27/2010, 2:04 pm
Re: Strip: Wooden seat *PIC*
John Caldeira -- 11/28/2010, 1:25 am
Re: Strip: Wooden seat
Bill Hamm -- 11/29/2010, 1:51 am
Re: Strip: Wooden seat *PIC*
John Caldeira -- 11/29/2010, 2:44 am
Re: Strip: Wooden seat
Bill Hamm -- 11/29/2010, 6:49 am
Re: Strip: Wooden seat
ancient kayaker -- 12/3/2010, 12:33 am
Re: Strip: Wooden seat
G New -- 11/28/2010, 12:22 pm
Re: Strip: Wooden seat
Bill Hamm -- 11/28/2010, 12:20 am
Re: Strip: Wooden seat
JohnK -- 11/28/2010, 3:24 am
Re: Strip: Wooden seat
JohnK -- 11/27/2010, 2:55 pm