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Re: Skin-on-Frame: New Roller
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 10/23/2012, 1:52 am
In Response To: Re: Skin-on-Frame: New Roller *PIC* (Joe Whitman)

: I started with the "The Bark Canoes and Skin Boats of North
: America", figure 208 drawing here.
:
: http://dashpointpirate.typepad.com/the_dash_point_pirate_woo/free-plans-howard-chapell.html

: I also have this picture I think from Harvey Golden's site on my
: wall for inspiration.

: My boat ended up with a little more rocker so, I then leveled off
: the ends by eye to give it a little more low profile. I can't
: wait to skin the thing, saran wrap test first.

Cool :)

Hope you have better luck with the saran test, mine always leak really quickly. (sinking feeling)

Bill H.

Messages In This Thread

Skin-on-Frame: New Roller *PIC*
Joe Whitman -- 10/18/2012, 6:31 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: New Roller *PIC*
Joe Whitman -- 10/18/2012, 6:33 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: New Roller *NM* *PIC*
Joe Whitman -- 10/18/2012, 6:33 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: New Roller *NM* *PIC*
Joe Whitman -- 10/18/2012, 6:35 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: New Roller
Bill Hamm -- 10/21/2012, 1:27 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: New Roller *PIC*
Joe Whitman -- 10/22/2012, 1:37 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: New Roller
Bill Hamm -- 10/23/2012, 1:52 am
Very nice! *NM*
Dave Gentry -- 10/19/2012, 11:56 am