Re: [Paddlewise] Kayak Stands

On Tue, 07 Apr 1998 14:15:41 -0400, you wrote:


>
>After a day of paddling, I like to put my boat up on some rickety old saw
>horses and hose it down.  Occasionally, I will use these same horses to
>perform some repairs or other maintenance on the boat.
>
>I want to build some better, more stable, kinder-to-the-boat, portable
>stands.  I have seen what look like a pair of letter X's at my local kayak
>dealer and other stands that look like two uprights connected by a piece of
>fire hose.  Both good approaches but perhaps there are others.


What I use for maintenance and building are folding x shaped stands
(2) with cloth (in this case 14 oz nylon, but any strong cloth will
do).   The X is essentially  a pair of ~ four feet long 2 x 3 bolted
in the centre.
How do I stop the x's from falling over? 
The end of each strut has an 24 inch cross piece held in place with a
triangular plywood gusset.. Cloth is notched to go around strut and
laced to hoizontal suppport.                               
 Ascii art of one strut below.
                 ________________________
                |________________________|        
                                \    |    |    /                      
                                  \  |    | /
                                      |    |
                                      |    |
                                      |    |
                                      |    |
                           ////// |    |/////[]  3/8" pivot bolt for x
                                      |    |
                                      |    |
                                      |    |
                                      |    |
                                      |    |
                                   / |    | \      gusset to stiffen
                 ________/_ |    |__\________
                 |________________________|

                                Ground


The cloth is gentle to the boat and the X'x fold flat for storage.

Cheers!  Mark
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