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Re: Skin-on-Frame: stringer fastening
By:Niven Paine
Date: 9/15/2012, 7:40 pm
In Response To: Re: Skin-on-Frame: stringer fastening (Marc Upchurch)

Marc the size of the gunnels on a number of S on F boats seem to be an overkill to me. 20x20mm seems OK and Ive used that on a couple of canvas kayaks for the kids who were not exactly the most gentle of paddlers! I used plastic electrical condute for the stringers on them to avoid them breaking which worked fine.
Niven
: Niven,

: I can understand why a little bigger ply and smaller gunnels would
: work. My gunnels were 40x20 or 1.5x.75" per Tom Yost.

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Skin-on-Frame: stringer fastening
Peter Lord -- 9/11/2012, 3:45 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: stringer fastening
Bill Hamm -- 9/12/2012, 1:57 am
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Peter Lord -- 9/13/2012, 10:29 am
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ancient kayaker -- 9/13/2012, 6:04 pm
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Marc Upchurch -- 9/13/2012, 6:34 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 9/13/2012, 11:41 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 9/14/2012, 9:47 am
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wysedav -- 9/14/2012, 10:16 am
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wysedav -- 9/13/2012, 11:53 pm
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Marc Upchurch -- 9/14/2012, 1:17 am
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Peter Lord -- 9/14/2012, 5:43 am
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wysedav -- 9/14/2012, 8:43 am
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Bill Hamm -- 9/14/2012, 9:51 am
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Bill Hamm -- 9/14/2012, 9:43 am
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Bill Hamm -- 9/14/2012, 9:42 am
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Niven Paine -- 9/14/2012, 4:51 pm
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Marc Upchurch -- 9/14/2012, 10:31 pm
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Niven Paine -- 9/15/2012, 4:30 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: stringer fastening
Marc Upchurch -- 9/15/2012, 6:16 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: stringer fastening
Niven Paine -- 9/15/2012, 7:40 pm