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Re: Why lash at all?
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 8/16/2013, 9:18 pm
In Response To: Re: Why lash at all? (Jeff Horton)

Any of these methods should work, the skin holds the frame together pretty well once it's covered anyway, specially if it can be heat shrunk.

I've use small wood dowels with predrilled holes and regular titebond glue to hold them, works fine, the zip ties just hold the joints until the glue hardens. The dowels do a good job of spreading the glue bond area.

Make a jig and you can cut a ton of these dowels to length on your band saw very quickly.

Bill H.

Messages In This Thread

Skin-on-Frame: Zip-tie lashings?
Jeff Horton -- 8/15/2013, 2:32 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Zip-tie lashings?
ancient kayaker -- 8/15/2013, 6:42 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Zip-tie lashings?
Paul Montgomery -- 8/15/2013, 7:04 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Zip-tie lashings?
Marc Upchurch -- 8/15/2013, 8:19 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Zip-tie lashings?
Jeff Horton -- 8/15/2013, 8:39 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Zip-tie lashings?
Jeff Horton -- 8/15/2013, 8:36 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Zip-tie lashings?
ancient kayaker -- 8/15/2013, 9:05 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Zip-tie lashings?
Marc Upchurch -- 8/15/2013, 9:47 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Zip-tie lashings? *PIC*
Martin Bunny -- 8/16/2013, 12:52 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Zip-tie lashings?
Jeff Horton -- 8/16/2013, 9:25 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Zip-tie lashings?
Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 8/16/2013, 10:22 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Zip-tie lashings?
Marc Upchurch -- 8/16/2013, 1:31 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Zip-tie lashings?
Jeff Horton -- 8/16/2013, 1:58 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Zip-tie lashings?
Bill Hamm -- 8/16/2013, 9:11 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Zip-tie lashings?
woodman -- 8/15/2013, 7:54 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Zip-tie lashings?
David -- 8/15/2013, 8:07 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Zip-tie lashings?
Marc Upchurch -- 8/15/2013, 8:20 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Zip-tie lashings? *PIC*
woodman -- 8/18/2013, 1:42 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Zip-tie lashings?
Jeff Horton -- 8/24/2013, 5:21 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Zip-tie lashings?
Mike Savage -- 8/16/2013, 6:37 am
Why lash at all? *PIC*
Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 8/16/2013, 9:52 am
Re: Why lash at all?
Jeff Horton -- 8/16/2013, 12:08 pm
Re: Why lash at all?
Marc Upchurch -- 8/16/2013, 1:56 pm
Re: Why lash at all?
Jeff Horton -- 8/16/2013, 2:12 pm
Re: Why lash at all?
ancient kayaker -- 8/16/2013, 4:36 pm
Re: Why lash at all?
Bill Hamm -- 8/16/2013, 9:18 pm
Re: Why lash at all?
Marc Upchurch -- 8/17/2013, 1:45 am
Re: Why lash at all?
Jeff Horton -- 8/19/2013, 1:06 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Zip-tie lashings?
Etienne Muller -- 8/16/2013, 5:21 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Zip-tie lashings?
john vanburen -- 8/17/2013, 10:16 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Zip-tie lashings?
Paul Montgomery -- 8/17/2013, 11:11 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Zip-tie lashings? *PIC*
David -- 8/20/2013, 6:34 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Zip-tie lashings?
Marc Upchurch -- 8/20/2013, 6:57 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Zip-tie lashings?
Bill Hamm -- 8/21/2013, 1:52 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Zip-tie lashings?
Don -- 8/18/2013, 11:26 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Zip-tie lashings?
ancient kayaker -- 8/19/2013, 1:22 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Zip-tie lashings?
john vanburen -- 8/19/2013, 9:31 am
THANKS FOR THE IDEAS!
Jeff Horton -- 8/19/2013, 1:07 pm
Rawhide!
Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 8/19/2013, 2:52 pm