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Re: Material: Canoe Gunwales- Bill H.? Dan?
By:Mike Bielski
Date: 8/24/2011, 8:46 am
In Response To: Re: Material: Canoe Gunwales- Bill H.? Dan? (Jeff Horton)

: As long as you do it right the joint will be stronger than the wood
: so it shouldn't matter. If it it breaks it should be wood that
: breaks, not the joint.

You are absolutely correct- as my many years of karate-chopping scraps in a cabinet shop have proven. You haven't seen the hundreds of photos of this guy going over waterfalls in his open canoe, though...

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Material: Canoe Gunwales- Bill H.? Dan?
Mike Bielski -- 8/24/2011, 7:31 am
Re: Material: Canoe Gunwales- Bill H.? Dan?
peterchech -- 8/24/2011, 7:35 am
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Bill Hamm -- 8/24/2011, 7:42 am
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Jeff Horton -- 8/24/2011, 7:42 am
Re: Material: Canoe Gunwales- Bill H.? Dan?
Mike Bielski -- 8/24/2011, 8:46 am
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Bill Hamm -- 8/24/2011, 9:34 am
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Rod Tait (Orca Boats) -- 8/24/2011, 10:10 am
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Bill Hamm -- 8/24/2011, 10:33 am
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Mike Bielski -- 8/24/2011, 11:26 am
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Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 8/24/2011, 10:07 am
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Etiennemuller Muller Ireland -- 8/24/2011, 2:39 pm
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John Eberly -- 8/25/2011, 2:12 pm
Re: Material: Canoe Gunwales- Bill H.? Dan?
Mike Bielski -- 8/25/2011, 5:17 pm
Re: Material: Canoe Gunwales- Bill H.? Dan?
John Eberly -- 8/26/2011, 11:48 am