Subject: Re: [baidarka] Which is more fragile?
From: James Mitchell (baidarka@earthlink.net)
Date: Sat Oct 09 2004 - 08:48:46 EDT
Hyok, where are you located? Do you have access to redcedar? Much
better choice than pine.
On Oct 10, 2004, at 2:06 AM, Hyok Lee wrote:
> Sorry for the omission. It is a baidarka. I will have 44 ribs in
> all, since I decided to space them 3" apart in the cockpit area, and
> about 4" apart elsewhere.
>
> If using the 5/16" ribs are not a big deal, I may rip the hull
> stringers out of pine, like I had planned, instead of using hardwood,
> to save weight.
>
> Hyok
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Will Samson <willsamson@yahoo.co.uk>
> Sent: Oct 9, 2004 9:39 AM
> To: baidarka@paddlewise.net
> Subject: Re: [baidarka] Which is more fragile?
>
> You'll no doubt get a feel for how stiff the ribs are once you've done
> a
> few. As for the oversize mortises, why not just make a bunch of tiny
> wedges
> that you can poke in to take up any play? I whittled my willow ribs by
> hand, and one or two (or a lot more!) needed the wedge treatment. so
> far (5
> years on) everything is holding together nicely. After all, the skin
> holds
> the ribs into the mortises, loose or not.
>
> Can you remind me - is it a baidarka you're making, or a Greenlander?
> If
> it's a baidarka, there are so many ribs I doubt very much whether
> you'd be
> significantly compromising strength. OTOH you'll be saving a bit of
> weight,
> which is a very important characteristic if you have to carry it any
> distance for launching.
>
> Good luck!
>
> Bill Samson
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