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Re: Material: Canoe Gunwales- Bill H.? Dan?
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 8/24/2011, 9:34 am
In Response To: Re: Material: Canoe Gunwales- Bill H.? Dan? (Mike Bielski)

: 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...

: m

Still less stress in the wood joints at the points where they have less bend, bow and stern, stronger to locate any joints there instead of in the middle of the boat where the stress and bend is biggest.

Bill H.

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Material: Canoe Gunwales- Bill H.? Dan?
Mike Bielski -- 8/24/2011, 7:31 am
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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
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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
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Mike Bielski -- 8/25/2011, 5:17 pm
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John Eberly -- 8/26/2011, 11:48 am