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About Sheet Plywood

On July 13, 2012, in Designer Articles, Plywood Construction, by Glen L. Witt
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Plywood is wonderful stuff. It’s lightweight, stiff, strong and readily available in most areas. However, it is limited as to the shape it can be formed. Sheet plywood requires a developable surface or it won’t bend in place. The designer uses a method often referred to as “conendric” development. This uses a segment of a cone […]

Tips for Fairing Frames on Hard Chine

On December 28, 2011, in Glen-L Styles, by Klaus Silbernagl
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I planed the frames of my first boat straight as rafters and was surprised that the planks did not fit. Now I wanted to make it better for my new boat. I found a working method to implement the properties of a developable surface consistently and documented this with the clip Fairing Frames without Trouble So you […]