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Re: Material: Calling Dan Caouette onno skeg ?
By:Mike Bielski
Date: 12/22/2010, 5:21 pm

A public forum like this is no place to pick a personal fight with someone.

Are you actually expecting people to be encouraged to purchase your products because of these posts? Honey and vinegar.

Go grind your axe in private.

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: Dan,

: DID send skeg install notes on very first one. Stll have the
: "sent" email to you.
: ASSumed you figured things out on the last one.

: The cable WOULD NOT kink from as per your supplied specs ... I
: would never something out out that would not work 100 %.

: I built a box that was LESS than your supplied spec to simulate the
: part in situ before sending it out to make sure of this.

: Something must have been lost in translation of your spec to me vs.
: your actual install .....

: The notch was more than enough for lifelong function of the skeg
: and had extra room ... By make it bigger you have now created a
: scenario where the inner portions of the fork legs are now
: rubbing on the blade every paddle stroke. If it aint broke,
: don't fix it Dan.

: Question ... As per above, why would you pull the tube if you
: determined the CABLE to have a problem ? If you had a problem
: you should have called me. The instructons ( that I now realize
: I should have sent you for a second time ) also clearly state to
: NOT pull the tube off the nipple.

: Something else weird to me, in this:
: http://www.kayakforum.com/cgi-bin/Building/index.cgi/page/1/md/read/id/199487/sbj/material-calling-dan-caouette-onno-skeg/
: above you state that you did not remove the blade yet now you
: are now stating you DID in fact remove it. I know its not the
: other one as you are talking about the notch + you would not be
: able to even work on the notch without removing the blade.

: The direction of the clamp IS important and DOES matter to this
: person ... If its backwards or twisted, not only can one never
: get to it with along screwdriver, the extra 'tail' from the
: excess hose clamp is no longer 'hiding' behind the backside of
: the housing and mounting nipple and is now possibly a sharp edge
: in there that might puncture float bags or snag soft cargo.

: Also as per the instructions and our recent phone conversation ...
: I state(d) to use a bead of epoxy to tack the box in place and
: seal the lower perimeter .."Hot glue" Whether sealed
: or not, has no place on these skegs.

Messages In This Thread

Material: Calling Dan Caouette onno skeg ?
Joe Whitman -- 12/2/2010, 3:22 pm
Re: Material: Calling Dan Caouette onno skeg ?
Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 12/3/2010, 8:07 am
Re: Material: Calling Dan Caouette onno skeg ?
onnopaddle -- 12/22/2010, 4:45 am
Re: Material: Calling Dan Caouette onno skeg ?
Mike Bielski -- 12/22/2010, 2:01 pm
Re: Material: Calling Dan Caouette onno skeg ?
onnopaddle -- 12/22/2010, 6:00 pm
Re: Material: Calling Dan Caouette onno skeg ?
Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 12/22/2010, 1:17 pm
Re: Material: Calling Dan Caouette onno skeg ?
onnopaddle -- 12/22/2010, 2:32 pm
ONNO skeg install
Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 12/22/2010, 5:27 pm
Re: ONNO skeg install
onnopaddle -- 12/22/2010, 5:48 pm
Re: ONNO skeg install
Bill Hamm -- 12/23/2010, 12:20 am
Now unhappy. :( Agree with Bill H. *NM*
Mike Savage -- 12/23/2010, 5:56 am
Sorry it got so hostile guys.
Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 12/22/2010, 5:31 pm
Re: Sorry it got so hostile guys.
Etienne Muller -- 12/24/2010, 8:47 am
Re: Sorry it got so hostile guys.
John Roberts -- 12/23/2010, 7:48 pm
Re: Sorry it got so hostile guys.
Doug S -- 12/23/2010, 9:48 am
Re: Sorry it got so hostile guys.
Bill Hamm -- 12/23/2010, 12:22 am
It wasn't on you.
Stephen Troy -- 12/22/2010, 5:47 pm
Re: It wasn't on you.
Kurt Maurer -- 12/22/2010, 7:03 pm
Re: It wasn't on you.
Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 12/22/2010, 7:48 pm
Re: It wasn't on you.
onnopaddle -- 12/22/2010, 7:30 pm
Re: It wasn't on you.
Kurt Maurer -- 12/22/2010, 8:08 pm
Re: Material: Calling Dan Caouette onno skeg ?
Mike Bielski -- 12/22/2010, 5:21 pm
Re: Material: Calling Dan Caouette onno skeg ?
Mike Bielski -- 12/3/2010, 12:48 pm
Re: Material: Calling Dan Caouette onno skeg ?
Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 12/3/2010, 2:21 pm
Re: Material: Calling Dan Caouette onno skeg ?
Bill Hamm -- 12/3/2010, 9:20 am