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Willow ribs for SOF kayak
I've looked att he site showing a blue polytarp-covered kayak made with willow
switches for the ribs. This is a Q&D job just for fun. But, all seriousness aside, why wouldn't willow limbs make good ribs? Is there a traditional style that uses bent shoots for the ribs? It seems that one could alternate the butts from starboard to port as you go along, or, since the ribs are lashed and mortise/tenoned anyway, put a pair of butts each side at the keelson, with a scarphed, lashed joint in the middle, the skinnier tips tenoned into the gunnels. Larger willow limbs could do for the deck beams. I am (obviously) not a kayak builder, but I've had an interest aroused over the last few weeks for a SOF boat and have been thinking about materials. OK, let's have it all, flames, references, what have you. Cheers/The Fader "LABOR SVGIT" |
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Willow ribs for SOF kayak
the best ribs bend when building but not when paddling
Wiz ) writes: I've looked att he site showing a blue polytarp-covered kayak made with willow switches for the ribs. This is a Q&D job just for fun. But, all seriousness aside, why wouldn't willow limbs make good ribs? Is there a traditional style that uses bent shoots for the ribs? It seems that one could alternate the butts from starboard to port as you go along, or, since the ribs are lashed and mortise/tenoned anyway, put a pair of butts each side at the keelson, with a scarphed, lashed joint in the middle, the skinnier tips tenoned into the gunnels. Larger willow limbs could do for the deck beams. I am (obviously) not a kayak builder, but I've had an interest aroused over the last few weeks for a SOF boat and have been thinking about materials. OK, let's have it all, flames, references, what have you. Cheers/The Fader "LABOR SVGIT" -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ National Capital FreeNet www.ncf.ca Ottawa's free community network website: www.ncf.ca/~ag384 "Tank, take me in." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
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Willow ribs for SOF kayak
Brian,
Amazon lists this book *used* for US$95. I don't think I'll be buying *that* one :-) Cheers/Carron Wolfgang Brinck's book "The Aleutian Kayak" is a good place to start. "LABOR SVGIT" |
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