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1135 pcbug99 Send Email Feb 22, 2011
6:27 pm
I also have a DVD duplicator and would be willing to run a few copies as well. That is, as long as it would not violate any copyright laws. The cost would be...
1134 Bob Kay McIntosh
trawler10 Send Email
Feb 22, 2011
5:09 pm
I received one of the last two copies . helpful, but not critical . also believe the Boatshop show has been defunct for many years . you can Google and try...
1133 mgrogg@...
mgrogg51 Send Email
Feb 22, 2011
4:13 pm
If there are no copyright/reproduction rights issues, I have a CD/DVD duplicator. I can make copies for cost of DVD media plus shipping. If there is an...
1132 peter graessle
petergraessle Send Email
Feb 22, 2011
4:10 pm
I would certainly be interested on one of the DVD's myself. Peter Peter Graessle / Robeson Marketing, Inc. 3008 Bluegrass Ct. Jeffersonville, IN 47130 ...
1131 dsberns1 Send Email Feb 22, 2011
4:05 pm
I would be interested in one of the Boatshop DVD's. Daniel...
1130 Aaron Wood
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Feb 14, 2011
3:50 pm
Greg, I'll do my best. I went through my pictures and I don't seem to have one of the plane attachment... I'll be in the shop today however, outfitting my...
1129 Greg
gmreevesrodc... Send Email
Feb 14, 2011
3:46 pm
Aaron, Could you post a picture or explain the block plane attachment better? I beleive I have seen something similar in a lapstrake building book but would...
1128 Aaron Wood
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Feb 13, 2011
7:37 pm
I have an almost constant stringer width against the dacron in spite of doing the stringers just like Platt says. I faired them using a plane, with an...
1127 Roger Crier
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Feb 13, 2011
6:28 pm
It would be more work, and probably near to imposable to implement, but you would get a constant width line in the Dacron along all stringers! ... From:...
1126 rkofler@...
k7ddg Send Email
Feb 13, 2011
5:30 pm
Sounds to me like more work than fairing the conventional stringers. ... From: bschless@... To: Airolite_Boats@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sun, Feb 13, 2011...
1125 bschless@...
bschless Send Email
Feb 13, 2011
2:32 pm
One problem you'll have will be that the glue area will be reduced. If you were gong to do this I'd be tempted to flatten out the stringer on the cloth side. ...
1124 jsinjpma Send Email Feb 13, 2011
8:12 am
Hi Greg, Sorry, I haven't been checking this site very regularly of late, so you may have already solved your problem by now and moved on. I don't know...
1123 Bob Kay McIntosh
trawler10 Send Email
Feb 13, 2011
12:12 am
Roger . on my Classic 12 I had no problem with the stringers .. Just clamped or used cable ties to secure as I went along. Seems to me that what you...
1122 Roger Crier
rogercrier Send Email
Feb 12, 2011
10:49 pm
I know this would be a bit of an ask for either most peoples spoke shaving skills, or the steadying abilities of any lathe, but to stop the flat sides of the...
1121 Aaron Wood
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Feb 12, 2011
6:18 am
Roger, I'm sure both will work well. I put it on top of varnish and its holding wonderfully. My boat is painted, and I left the fabric raw inside. However if...
1120 John Scott
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Feb 11, 2011
4:50 pm
Roger, An other idea,being a full time RV,er .My Airolite was exposed to UV&weather 24/7 and spent the majority of time living on top of my car.Years ago i was...
1119 Richard Bertram
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Feb 11, 2011
2:33 pm
Right or wrong, I put my heatn'bond on bare wood. I used a double layer of heatn'bond at the gunwale. Helped stick down the kevlar roving better. Of course I...
1118 rkofler@...
k7ddg Send Email
Feb 11, 2011
5:25 am
Thanks again for all the responses to my questions. One question I asked was whether Heat and Bond tape should be put over bare or varnished wood. Someone...
1117 Richard Bertram
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Feb 10, 2011
9:18 pm
My ribs are 5/16" thick by 3/4 " wide. The plans call for something less than 3/4" but since I had a 3/4" board I decided it would not hurt to slightly...
1116 Bob Kay McIntosh
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Feb 10, 2011
9:05 pm
Nearly finished with a Classic 12 and without running out to the shop seems the ribs (I used oak) are about ¾ by maybe 3/8 … very easy to bend. I built a...
1115 Roger Crier
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Feb 10, 2011
8:55 pm
While I am waiting for my plans to get across the atlantic, can someone tell me the cross section sizes of the ribs etc. I have bent 13mm x 13mm old dried oak...
1114 Roger Crier
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Feb 10, 2011
5:31 pm
It is nice to know that you can get a move on if required, and those speeds seem fine for me. Thanks for all the replies. Rog....
1113 Greg
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Feb 10, 2011
3:12 pm
1112 Caruk, Gord
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Feb 9, 2011
10:39 pm
Hi all. I have built three canoes, and have been paddling them all over central Ontario over the last 5 years or so. I travel at 120 KPH (75 MPH). For narrow...
1111 mgrogg@...
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Feb 9, 2011
9:48 pm
Unless you are in Germany on the Autobahn, the posted legal speed limit should be safe. The covering material is used on aircraft wings that go much faster...
1110 Roger Crier
rogercrier Send Email
Feb 9, 2011
8:38 pm
And he does it all with a boat on the roof as well! I bet the fuel mileage is crap though !!!...
1109 bschless@...
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Feb 9, 2011
8:19 pm
wow...you pull that big camper with that little SUV?? Beau Schless NOTEbookS Library Automation (978) 443-2996 http://www.rasco.com From: John Scott...
1108 bschless@...
bschless Send Email
Feb 9, 2011
8:17 pm
Here's what I do on my Subaru (which has two Thule bars that go across the car as well as the longitudinal bars that come standard on the Subaru) I own two...
1107 Elliot Mednick
Elliot00 Send Email
Feb 9, 2011
7:58 pm
I have an Arrow 14, which I think is one of the lightest of the boats. I have no problem cruising at 75 with it strapped it to the top of my Mazda 3. I use...
1106 John Scott
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Feb 9, 2011
7:42 pm
Check pic,Yes the Whitehall is a very strong& well constructed .I logged over 7000miles. Attached to the rack on my Saturn.being towed behind the Rv. Note that...
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