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Re: Skin-on-Frame: stringer placement
By:John Oetting
Date: 11/26/2013, 10:50 pm
In Response To: Re: Skin-on-Frame: stringer placement (Dave Gentry - GentryCustomBoats.com)

Thanks for the advice. I oversized the plywood frame dimensions so that after I find the right stringer placement I can notch them in 1/8 or 1/4 of an inch and then convex as much as an inch between them on the skin side (at least below the waterline). I got a nice long piece of 6ft wide spandex to use as a test skin ($2 a yard from the blowout bin online at spandex house). I'm hoping that the ball bungees (with a push pin into the frames on either side to prevent sliding up/down) will hold well enough for a shrink wrapped test splash in the koi pond (good motivator for that project!) befor committing to the frame cuts.

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Skin-on-Frame: stringer placement *PIC*
John Oetting -- 11/26/2013, 1:49 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: stringer placement
Dave Gentry - GentryCustomBoats.com -- 11/26/2013, 2:48 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: stringer placement
John Oetting -- 11/26/2013, 10:50 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: stringer placement
Steve Chambers -- 11/27/2013, 12:06 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: stringer placement
John Oetting -- 11/27/2013, 7:10 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: stringer placement
wysedav -- 11/26/2013, 3:07 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: stringer placement
Rod Tait -- 11/26/2013, 4:17 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: stringer placement
John Oetting -- 11/26/2013, 6:57 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: stringer placement
Rod Tait -- 11/26/2013, 8:27 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: stringer placement
Bill Hamm -- 11/27/2013, 12:46 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: stringer placement
Dave Gentry - GentryCustomBoats.com -- 11/27/2013, 6:59 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: stringer placement
mick allen -- 11/27/2013, 12:59 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame:another rowboat
Steve Chambers -- 11/27/2013, 11:48 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame:another rowboat
ancient kayaker -- 11/27/2013, 11:24 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame:another rowboat
ancient kayaker -- 11/27/2013, 11:38 pm