I'm currently constructing a Snowshoe 14 and I'm a bit concerned about the placement of the seat(s) and thwarts. The Arrow 14 appears to have a better and more...
Hi All, I've been calling to order plans for Snow Shoe 14. No answer. Hopefully the huricane didn,t do damage. Anyone been in contack? Tom...
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rowerwet
Sep 1, 2011 1:13 pm
quite a few in the northeast still without power...
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Peter North
boothbayboater
Sep 1, 2011 3:33 pm
I'm one town over and there are still many around without power. I would think you should be able to get them by early next week. The crews were finishing up...
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stephen_arnett
Sep 2, 2011 1:44 pm
Hello, I'll be building a Sweet Pea later this month and I'd like to know if anyone has had any experience applying MonoKote to a hull? Any pros, cons, tips? ...
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Tom Galvin
thebaldguyd
Sep 2, 2011 2:36 pm
Yes y'all are right. They we're out for 48 hours. I did get through and made my order. I've built kayaks, stitch and glue and SOF. Now on to canoes so I can...
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Roger Crier
rogercrier
Sep 2, 2011 3:28 pm
I will be doing the same to my Junior Whitehall in a while. Seemingly it does not shrink as much as the Dacron so you have to be careful. That's all I know...
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Aaron Wood
a_wood_...
Sep 2, 2011 5:47 pm
I didn't monokote my boat, I painted it. I used Moore's latex primer then Aura (latex) top coat. The fabric is still incredibly hard to tear and seems totally...
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Hajo Smulders
hilomania
Sep 2, 2011 6:02 pm
I've covered a bunch of RC gliders with it. Great stuff! Make sure you attach the extremities of your monokote first and then start shrinking. I would try it...
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2scott@...
2scott...
Sep 3, 2011 2:12 pm
MonoKote has NO ripstop qualities. The rip stop comes from threads bunching together in woven fabric. Monokote is the same synthetic material but in a film ...
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Matthew
matthew_pass...
Sep 3, 2011 4:17 pm
I don't post here too often, but did see this post. Monokote laminate is a topcoat, but in order for anything to adhere to anything else, it penetrates the...
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Jim Ash
thissucks0914
Sep 3, 2011 5:03 pm
I've got the SnowShoe Explorer 14 plans, but I didn't buy the partial kit, so I haven't seen the Dacron fabric. I suspect it's basic modern-manufactured...
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Caruk, Gord
gord_t3
Sep 3, 2011 6:56 pm
Hi all. I've built 3 canoes with Platt's method, and have 500+ hours paddling in over the 3 boats. The 1st had a single layer of 3 oz Dacron (supplied from...
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mgrogg51
Sep 4, 2011 2:05 am
You suspect correctly. I got most of my material from Aircraft Spruce & Specialties, the fabric, the Kevlar roving(even noted in the catalog for canoe makers)...
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rueffingkidding
Sep 4, 2011 2:05 pm
Correct or not, Platt Monfort's rationale for proposing the substitution of MonoKote (or other Mylar-like film top coat) for poly varnish/paint was the...
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steve arnett
stephen_arnett
Sep 4, 2011 3:31 pm
Thanks everyone for your responses. It appears that several methods may be appropriate for my intended use.  -Steve ... From: rueffingkidding...
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Bruce T. Martens
brucet.martens
Sep 4, 2011 4:26 pm
Last year I built a wooden stitch-n-glue kayak. I am now hoping to start a NIMROD, then an EBENEZER. On my wood kayak, I coated the bottom with epoxy mixed...
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Aaron Wood
a_wood_...
Sep 4, 2011 9:46 pm
There are many options out there to toughen up these hulls. I think the graphite option is a good one, however the epoxy may not remain flexible enough on this...
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dwstucke
Sep 5, 2011 1:51 am
I recently completed a skin-on-frame kayak using 8oz polyester fabric. If you are looking for heavier weights than the aircraft suppliers stock, George Dyson...
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2scott@...
2scott...
Sep 5, 2011 4:15 pm
To be honest I dont think there can be any wrong coverings, the different choices simply carry different characteristics costs and levels of difficulty in...
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Matthew
matthew_pass...
Sep 6, 2011 10:02 pm
A fiber's ability to taughten via heat or chemistry is important to us. When using high tensile fibers, consider: Vinyl ester resins bond well when used as...
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Jim Ash
thissucks0914
Sep 7, 2011 12:19 am
Test message. I sent a few messages in this thread yesterday but it looks like they fooled with my webmail software and they apparently didn't get sent. Jim...
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rueffingkidding
Sep 7, 2011 10:45 am
Matthew, that's very interesting. I originally became interested in Platt's GA technique as a possible alternative method for surfboard building. The...
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Matthew
matthew_pass...
Sep 9, 2011 4:09 am
My courses haven't gotten up to fluid friction of elastomeric surfaces in my coursework, but aircraft poly is pretty coarse to the touch. crocryalline wax...
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Matthew
matthew_pass...
Sep 9, 2011 8:44 am
Pardon that disjointed typing. On standby at work (tv grip). So I haven't tested for the coefficient(s) of friction, and probably won't unless it were...
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rueffingkidding
Sep 9, 2011 11:30 am
Thanks for the reply. I think that "water inside" is an inevitability for any hollow surfboard design. Consequently my concept includes a draining mechanism....
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Scott Perkins
2scott...
Sep 13, 2011 8:59 am
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Beau
bschless
Oct 25, 2011 2:38 pm
My Classic 10' has gone through 6 years of being beaten up, and it's time for a recovering job. I store the boat on a balloon tire wheely cart (the boat rests...
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jm_silverman
Nov 9, 2011 2:42 am
I just realized that it was almost 5 years ago when I started this group. We are almost 600 members strong. I have not yet started my boat but someday soon I...
