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Re: Heat gun
By:Marc Upchurch
Date: 1/4/2014, 4:48 pm
In Response To: Re: Heat gun (Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K)

Rob,

Thanks, another trick to the metal bending strap method is that if you can put tension on the strap while you do the bending it will support the wood plies much better - allowing thicker plys - a definite benefit many times.

I also ended up using a "pre-bent" poplar wood strip on the outside to support the straight inner pieces. I had made so many different test pieces that I had excess bent strips available.

It didn't help that the majority of the wood was cedar - not known for easy bending - but I was matching the cockpit rim.

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Joe Wuts -- 1/2/2014, 7:03 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 1/2/2014, 11:05 pm
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Mike Hanks -- 1/3/2014, 9:58 am
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Joe Wuts -- 1/5/2014, 9:17 pm
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Mike Hanks -- 1/5/2014, 10:16 pm
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Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 1/3/2014, 10:46 am
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ancient kayaker -- 1/3/2014, 12:03 pm
Heat gun
Jeff Horton -- 1/4/2014, 9:18 am
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Marc Upchurch -- 1/4/2014, 10:02 am
Re: Heat gun
Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 1/4/2014, 11:39 am
Re: Heat gun
Marc Upchurch -- 1/4/2014, 4:48 pm
Re: Heat gun
Jim Farrelly -- 1/4/2014, 5:09 pm
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Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 1/4/2014, 5:12 pm
Re: Heat gun
Marc Upchurch -- 1/4/2014, 6:20 pm
Re: Heat gun
Bob Ten Eyck -- 1/4/2014, 8:30 pm
Re: Heat gun
Marc Upchurch -- 1/4/2014, 8:48 pm
Backing Strap
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 1/6/2014, 9:53 am
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Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 1/4/2014, 7:20 pm
Here's the direct URL for the booklet
Brian Nystrom -- 1/6/2014, 7:33 am
Re: Heat gun
Ancient Kayaker -- 1/6/2014, 1:10 am
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ddaniels -- 1/6/2014, 8:18 am
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Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 1/6/2014, 9:37 am
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ddaniels -- 1/6/2014, 11:02 am
Re: Heat gun
Bill Hamm -- 1/7/2014, 12:53 am
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ddaniels -- 1/7/2014, 5:40 pm
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Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 1/8/2014, 2:23 pm
Re: Heat gun
ddaniels -- 1/9/2014, 5:00 pm