Subject: Re: [baidarka] Scoring Gunwales
From: Michael Daly (michaeldaly@home.com)
Date: Sat Oct 20 2001 - 01:19:54 EDT
From: "Harvey Golden" <qayaq@pacifier.com>
> From: <brian.nystrom@att.net>
> >
> > Could you please explain the scoring process you use?
> >
> . .essentially you can take a knife or saw and score the stiffer area of the
> gunwale to make it bend more. The scoring is perpendicular to the length of
> the gunwale, and is done intermittently and not too deep of course, lest a
> 'kink' appear instead of a fair curve.
Why would you do that as opposed to simply planing off a bit of depth (or width
as the case may be) until the flex matches?
Mike
-
Baidarka Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be
reproduced outside Baidarka or Baidarka archives without author's permission
Submissions: baidarka@paddlewise.net
Subscriptions: baidarka-request@paddlewise.net
Searchable archive: http://rtpnet.org/robroy/baidarka
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b27 : Thu Nov 01 2001 - 01:30:03 EST