I'm going to make the Moonman's yoke. Here my rough draft. I have a bunch of 3/4-inch ash in odd sizes that I've been holding onto for years. Seems like a good project. Any thoughts?
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- Sat Dec 04, 2010 3:15 pm
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- Sat Dec 04, 2010 12:50 pm
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I'd love to see more photos of the build if you have time to post them online.
This guy uses tape with holes punched through it to laminate carbonfiber bike tubes. Do you think that could help improve your process or is it not worth the extra effort?
This guy uses tape with holes punched through it to laminate carbonfiber bike tubes. Do you think that could help improve your process or is it not worth the extra effort?
- Fri Dec 03, 2010 9:59 pm
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My Freedom 17 employed some unconventional materials (for a cedar strip canoe) in an attempt to get the weight down to within ultra-light composite range: The uni-wale was constructed of Core-Cell foam sheathed with carbon fiber sleeves and epoxy. A kerf was cut on the underside to accept the top e...
- Fri Dec 03, 2010 9:49 pm
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Randy, Here is a picture of a solo yoke solution I saw a few years ago. Maybe on this site or Canadian canoe routes. The yoke is not attached to the canoe permanently, the weight of the canoe holds it in place. You might vary something like this for your boat. http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll2...
- Thu Dec 02, 2010 12:09 pm
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- Wed Dec 01, 2010 6:32 pm
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I think doing a scaled down gunwale, like Moonman said, would probably save more weight than a uni-gunwale, but the uni-gunwale will look pretty cool. I just had this idea. Do a scaled down inwale and outwale and cap it with a thin strip. That'll minimize fitting problems and still give a capped loo...
- Sat Nov 27, 2010 10:36 am
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- Topic: 6 oz glass or 4 oz glass?
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Depends on how you treat your canoe. I'd personally go with two layers of 3.2 oz. tight weave, which isn't a listed choice. From personal experience, on my Freedom 17, I used 6 oz. glass on the inside. All the damage I've done to it is on the outside of the hull and I've taken some big hits. I've ne...
- Tue Nov 02, 2010 9:45 am
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- Sun Oct 31, 2010 6:25 pm
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- Topic: Light weight Canoe
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Judging by the length of this thread reducing weight is an issue. Unfortunately all our good ideas have no basis in hard facts. Where are all the studies on the characteristics, properties and behaviors of cloth and epoxy layered core materials These, at least, the ones that I'm mentioning, have be...
- Sun Oct 31, 2010 6:06 pm
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- Topic: Light weight Canoe
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If I was to use something like the 3.2 oz tight weave, would it be advisable to double it only on the football, or the entire surface? On the inside of the hull, would it also be advisable to double up in the bottom to help support my 220 lb frame? If you go with a 3.2, you'd want to lay multiple l...
- Sun Oct 31, 2010 5:46 pm
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Hi Bryan,Do you wet out both layers at the same time? I do remember John Winters wrote somewhere that he has used 4oz cloth, laying it perpendicular to the length of the boat, and overlapping it by a few inches as he worked his way down the hull, calling it sort of a 'frame stiffener'. I wet out al...
- Thu Oct 28, 2010 3:33 pm
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- Tue Oct 26, 2010 1:17 pm
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- Mon Oct 25, 2010 10:50 am
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It gets pretty difficult fairing the canoe with 1/8-inch strips, so you'll want to either add stations or just be very careful when you strip the boat. I'd suggest using several layers of 3.2 oz tight weave, instead of one layer of 4 oz. The tight weave soaks up very little epoxy, which ends up with...
- Mon Oct 25, 2010 10:15 am
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- Topic: Two Years in the Making - My "Bucket List" Project
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