Subject: Re: [baidarka] Scoring Gunwales
From: Warwick Carter (wdctr@hotmail.com)
Date: Sat Oct 20 2001 - 03:23:33 EDT
Hi,
Strength in a beam (ie Gunwale) with a given material is related to the
distance between the inner and outer fibers - the bit in the middle doesn't
do much. Think of it like a I beam - It's the flanges that give the
strength.
If you score on the compression side of the beam there is a minimal loss of
strength compared to a thinner beam.
Warwick Carter
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Daly" <michaeldaly@home.com>
To: <baidarka@paddlewise.net>
Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2001 7:19 AM
Subject: Re: [baidarka] Scoring Gunwales
> 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
>
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