A. Hurley wrote: > Anyone have an easy way to make a pattern? Take a length of stiff wire (like single strand 14 gauge house wire) and bend it to match the shape of the inside of the hull where you will place the bulkhead. A length of 2 feet or so would be about right - longer can be awkward and shorter will require too many individual fittings around the hull/deck. Transfer the shape to a piece of corrugated cardboard, poster board or something similar. When you've got all the bits transferred, cut out the cardboard and test fit - make any corrections as required. Once it fits well, transfer to a piece of minicel - 2" thick would be fine. Cut carefully - better to be a bit big than too small. Use dragonskin to fine tune the shape. Remember that you'll have to make the edge slightly wedge shaped to fit the tapering shape of the kayak. Hint: an easy way to work inside the kayak is to support it upside down so it's overhead and you can stand up with your head and arms inside the cockpit. Much easier than bending over or crawling around. I've used a vacuum cleaner to suck stale air out while working inside for a while. > then of course some kind of glue. You'll want a marine sealant. There are several out there - I can't think of one I'd recommend offhand, someone will chime in, I'm sure. You won't want something like 3M5200 - that would be too permanent. Mike *************************************************************************** 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 Thu May 03 2007 - 14:38:34 PDT
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