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- strong double-sided masking tape may serve as well | - strong double-sided masking tape may serve as well | ||
- friction tape on angle blocks could eliminate need for adhesion to stringers | - friction tape on angle blocks could eliminate need for adhesion to stringers | ||
- lashing the ribs to stringers | |||
- use artificial sinew: beeswax impregnated nylon, available at leather stores | |||
- use a square lashing technique, frap clockwise then spiral clockwise up the rib to the next junction. (if that detail worries you :-) | |||
- Processes that need refinement | - Processes that need refinement | ||
- assembling + adhering stem assembly | - assembling + adhering stem assembly | ||
Revision as of 19:57, 15 August 2012
We'll throw up some not-quite-random notes that have occurred to us as we've built this first canoe. In time we hope this can become a knowledge base that will be of service to future builders of this kind of boat
- Tools that work
- Shopsmith disk sander (?" diameter) - drum sander... need to improve it: currently just aluminum stock, abrasive-wrapped, chucked into the lathe - table saw with featherboard - awl/pick (piercing station molds for wiring stringers on) - thin wire
- Tools needed
- infeed and outfeed rollers for tablesaw - zero-clearance insert for tablesaw - bandsaw
- Processes that work
- pencil line on strongback - didn't do taut wire, seems ok so far - helps that strongback is very rigid and flat - wiring stringers to station molds: - enables single-handed stringer installation - assists even when workers are plenty - adhering temporary clamp-holding wedges to stringer ends - CA glue is easy to knock loose later - strong double-sided masking tape may serve as well - friction tape on angle blocks could eliminate need for adhesion to stringers - lashing the ribs to stringers - use artificial sinew: beeswax impregnated nylon, available at leather stores - use a square lashing technique, frap clockwise then spiral clockwise up the rib to the next junction. (if that detail worries you :-)
- Processes that need refinement
- assembling + adhering stem assembly - need flat surface, nonstick (maybe bluetape) - maybe nail in place? - 2"x4" as station mold cleat - adequate, but... - could be more right-angled if ripped to square section - simple lever/bender to clamp stringers to stem
- Redesign/Improvement Ideas
- Build Strongback with station locations planned - Build reusable station molds with retractable stringer hookers