R: ... even the crew at the CLC shop was usually hard pressed to avoid building knuckles into the transitions from round bottom midsection to the V-shaped ends ... A: Two ways to get round that - make a "funny" shaped keel line on the two planks or "fill it in". I used the latter method, adding 3 mm of ply along the "hollow" and grinding/fairing it back to a straight line keel. R: I used a bit of a combination of both ... after the fact. Using my trusty circular saw to do some free hand carving (don't try this at home, kids!!) I opened up the seam at the keel line in the region of the offensive knuckle and then pulled the sides further in. You can only go so far this way because you do run up against the limitations of "torturing" the plywood. So the rest was fill and grind, but actually very little of the latter was required in the end. Now that we've finished boring the rest of the PaddleWisenheimers to tears ... Best regards, Ralph_at_PouchBoats.com *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Feb 21 2001 - 17:53:41 PST
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