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Re: Strip: Building a "glass" bottom kayak
By:John Abercrombie
Date: 8/20/2012, 2:21 pm
In Response To: Re: Strip: Building a "glass" bottom kayak (Bill Hamm)

: There are different coeficients of expansion with wood and any
: plastic. Wood expands much less with a temperature increase than
: any plastic. So you'll need a flexible gasket and room for the
: plastic to move when it expands in it's frame. It also means the
: screws used to attach the window can't be "screwed down
: tight", there has to be room for the plastic to move or
: when it does move it'll crack.

: Bill H.
+1
Good advice. Countersunk flat-head screws/bolts can be a problem; round/pan/oval head in oversize holes work better.

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Strip: Building a "glass" bottom kayak
IgnorantWanderer -- 8/15/2012, 6:34 pm
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Allan -- 8/15/2012, 7:07 pm
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scottbaxter -- 8/15/2012, 10:20 pm
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Paul Davies -- 8/16/2012, 6:13 pm
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Will Nettles -- 8/16/2012, 8:32 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 8/16/2012, 11:03 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 8/16/2012, 11:06 pm
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IgnorantWanderer -- 8/17/2012, 9:04 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 8/17/2012, 11:11 pm
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IgnorantWanderer -- 8/18/2012, 1:30 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 8/18/2012, 3:29 pm
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John Abercrombie -- 8/18/2012, 4:33 pm
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Paul G. Jacobson -- 8/19/2012, 5:03 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 8/20/2012, 2:40 am
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John Abercrombie -- 8/20/2012, 2:21 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 8/17/2012, 11:16 pm
Re: Strip: Building a "glass" bottom kayak *PIC*
Yostwerks -- 8/18/2012, 2:02 am