Subject: Re: [baidarka] Question about mortise and tenons?
From: fpatrum (fpatrum@gmail.com)
Date: Mon Apr 23 2007 - 08:52:29 EDT
I believe it's for simplicity of cutting the tenons more than anything
else. I did it both ways on my daughter's boat (slightly modified
Cunningham style) with reasonable results.
Fpatrum
On 4/22/07, Leif Erickson <leiferickson@cogeco.ca> wrote:
>
> I hope this isn't a really stupid question.
>
> I am building my first Greenland SOF and using Cunningham's book as a
> reference.
>
> It looks to me like he places the tenons at the edge of the deck beams
> well at least on the ones that are towards the ends of the kayak.
>
> Is this the best way to do it or should I try to place them in the
> centre of the beams?
>
> Thanks for any info.
>
> Leif
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