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Thread: Oceans1 Strip Kayak
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6th May 2014, 02:39 PM #1Intermediate Member
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Oceans1 Strip Kayak
Hi Guys,
I recently posted a description of this kayak in "MY Blogs" but have just found a couple of pics of the finished article...was worth having a beer at the completion. Just hope the attachments work.
Richard B9.
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6th May 2014, 09:10 PM #2
Superb work there Richard, looks very impressive.
Does it paddle as well as it looks?Cheers, Bob the labrat
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6th May 2014, 10:46 PM #3Intermediate Member
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Oceans1 Kayak
Hi Labr,
It hasn't been in the water yet, but am told they are very stable and easy to paddle.
Richard b9
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6th May 2014, 11:30 PM #4
That is a beauty!
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7th May 2014, 12:37 AM #5Senior Member
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Wow, very nice!
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7th May 2014, 12:50 PM #6GOLD MEMBER
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Very nice.
How long did it take to make?
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13th May 2014, 08:23 PM #7Intermediate Member
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13th May 2014, 08:30 PM #8
There are usually parts of the construction of a strip kayak that don't allow you to work full time, especially if you build stapleless.
For that reason most people quote the total number of hours rather than the number of weeks or months.
Most of my strippers have taken about 200 hours including the time to cut out and align forms. There are people who are cleverer than me who can build one in a bit over 150 hours and there are people whose standards are higher than mine who take 250 or even 300 hours.
Most peo0ple can do a pretty good job in 200 hours.
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14th May 2014, 09:06 PM #9Intermediate Member
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Time not a factor
Hi Anewhouse,
I don't staple my strips as such.....I cut a hundred or so small squares of !/8 mdf board and nail these on to hold the strip in place until the glue dries...with just enough air pressure on nail gun to keep the nail head flush with the top surface of the mdf square. When glue has dried, it is easy to flick off the mdf , leaving the nail head exposed and easy to extricate with a set of pincers, or small claw hammer....Just a bit of Kiwi ingenuity. You could strip half a hull in 2 or 3 days using the bead and cove method.
Richard B.
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15th May 2014, 10:03 AM #10
I use a similar technique, but only on those few strips that don't want to behave.
My system is a bit more primitive. I use squares cut from scraps of strips and on top of that I have small square of plastic cut from the lid of an ice cream container. That allows me to tap a very small nail in enough to create a bit of pressure without the head of the nail disappearing into the timber square. The nails I use are very thin and have quite small heads.
Like you, I find it easy to remove the nail once the square has been split off.
It is the same basic approach but using slightly different materials and tools and beveled strips. Most of the strips I can hold in place with clamps and masking tape.
One of the reasons I get a strip along the keel as soon as the strips on the side of the hull cross the chine and work out from there is that straight strips are so easily held in place, so I can works faster.
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18th June 2014, 08:03 PM #11
Awesome job richardb9, I particularly like the red accent strip.
Cheers, Ian"The common law of business balance prohibits paying a little and getting a lot.. it can't be done.
If you deal with the lowest bidder it is well to add something for the risk you run.
And if you do that, you will have enough to pay for something better"
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