Subject: Re: [baidarka] Gunnels
From: brian.nystrom@att.net
Date: Fri Oct 19 2001 - 15:25:42 EDT
> > > I am moving toward starting my first skin kayak. Do most people split
> their
> > > gunnels from one piece of wood or utilize two separate pieces of wood?
> In my
> > > area, clear 1X Douglas (tongue and grove flooring). fir is relatively
> easy to
> > > come by. Clear 2X material is significantly harder. Does anybody have
> any
> > > experience with the boat becoming warped due to the gunnels not being
> cut from
> > > the same piece of wood?
>
> Brian replied:
> > Rumor has it that Harvey Golded has built a lot of boats this way.
Sorry about the typo in your name, Harvey.
> Not sure if you are referring to "warped" or "gunwales being cut from the
> same piece of wood". .
Actually, I was referring to using two distinct boards for the gunwales, as opposed to cutting them from one piece of wood.
> . . Either way, both are occasionally the case. I
> do sometimes rip gunwales from the same piece of wood, and even then, I do
> not always find that they bend the same. When they don't, I'll rotate and
> flip them around until they come the closest, and then I'll score the
> stiffer one to loosen it up a bit.
Could you please explain the scoring process you use?
-- RegardsBrian
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