Subject: Re: baidarka Center Floor Adjustable Foot Brace
From: Bob Klemick (klemick@home.com)
Date: Sun Dec 17 2000 - 21:39:08 EST
Mike Hanks wrote:
> Bob,
>
> There are both plans ($15) and kits ($50) available for them at Eric Schade's
> <snip>
> Thanks Mike, just exploring whether it might be an effective plan, sure can't
> afford 50. and the scroll cuts are more than I am able to do with my current
> tool chest. I'll probably use deck beam braces. I don't know if I'm going to
> make 27 lbs, it seems like the canvas weighs that much, but with all the
> spruce wood work its going to be reasonably light. Last night when I canvassed
> the bottom it was tight as a drum but the humidity has become so low that it
> loosened a bit. Tomorrow I will give it a bath and scrub in boiling water
> which usually does the trick for tightening up. I think I'll have it in the
> water in a couple weeks. The next major part is the cockpit before I put the
> top skin on. How did you do your cockpit and can you offer any advice? I
> could put on a badairka cockpit but some how it doesn't seem appropriate and I
> don't think it would look to cool either. Also Mike, when you do a plywood
> Walrus what are the significant differences?
Thanks again.........bob klemick
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