Have any of you ever used one of these to reverse engineer parts of canoes? I’m currently working on a hybrid of a couple of my boats and I think this tool could be useful.
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Flexible Steel Curve Template
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Tex, I just discovered your post. I have not used this tool and had no idea it existed. I hope things are going well with your project.
Perhaps this discussion on the WoodenBoat forum will provide some ideas. Boatbuilders have for centuries been devising low tech methods for laying out complex curves. http://forum.woodenboat.com/showthread.php?258890-Questions-on-taking-lines-from-an-existing-hull
Here is a video with a good explanation of the "tick stick" or "Joggle stick" method. Sorry about the annoying sound track.
Use a flexible batten of clear lumber or plastic to connect the points and draw your curve.
Perhaps this discussion on the WoodenBoat forum will provide some ideas. Boatbuilders have for centuries been devising low tech methods for laying out complex curves. http://forum.woodenboat.com/showthread.php?258890-Questions-on-taking-lines-from-an-existing-hull
Here is a video with a good explanation of the "tick stick" or "Joggle stick" method. Sorry about the annoying sound track.
Use a flexible batten of clear lumber or plastic to connect the points and draw your curve.
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Was just going to say the tick stick is often used for taking lines off a hull.
alsg, aren't you the guy who used a ShopSmith to build a strip canoe?
Guilty as charged. Are you on that Shopsmith forum?
I've been a lurker for a while. I inherited my father-in-law's ca. 1957 ShopSmith, but at the moment it is not operating.
