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Steve in Idaho's latest activity
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Steve in Idaho reacted to Cheeseandbeans's post in the thread New Issue with my Swift portage yoke with
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I have the same set-up on my new Keewaydin, and it appears to be robust. I would wager to say it received some abuse from the previous... -
Steve in Idaho reacted to Pseudonym's post in the thread New Issue with my Swift portage yoke with Like.
I was thinking about @Alan Gage's solution again, while looking at the useful picture provided by @M Clemens, and will offer a friendly...
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Steve in Idaho reacted to Alan Gage's post in the thread New Issue with my Swift portage yoke with Like.
I can certainly see this being the case with an old hull that doesn't follow the current HIN guidelines. I would not think that would be...
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Steve in Idaho reacted to M Clemens's post in the thread New Issue with my Swift portage yoke with Like.
FYI, I did find the Swift video in question, titled 'Video Owner's Manual - Solo Canoes'. In the video, owners are cautioned to lift...
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Steve in Idaho reacted to M Clemens's post in the thread New Issue with my Swift portage yoke with Like.
Be advised, there are smaller threaded inserts that secure the seats to the composite side pods in many of the late model solos. Best...
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Steve in Idaho reacted to Black_Fly's post in the thread New Issue with my Swift portage yoke with Like.
i got this boat 2nd hand. Still learning. It definitely has idiosyncrasies. Had to get Swift to issue a new hull number so I could...
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Steve in Idaho reacted to stevet's post in the thread New Issue with my Swift portage yoke with Like.
There’s always old school two paddles yoke…adds no weight or extra items to carry…. but I have to say I would be pretty upset after...
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Steve in Idaho reacted to Pseudonym's post in the thread New Issue with my Swift portage yoke with Like.
If you didn't undercut the skin, then yes, but in the article they detail the procedure as follows: How We Tested We drilled 7/16-inch...
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Steve in Idaho reacted to Alan Gage's post in the thread New Issue with my Swift portage yoke with Like.
If it was mine I'd be temped to pour it full of epoxy and then thread a bolt into the threads that was really well waxed or wrapped with...
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Steve in Idaho reacted to M Clemens's post in the thread New Issue with my Swift portage yoke with Like.
The problem is that the epoxy casting would still be surrounded by the foam core of the gunnel and dependent on that bond for strength...
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Steve in Idaho reacted to Pseudonym's post in the thread New Issue with my Swift portage yoke with Like.
Somewhere I have a book detailing how threaded bolts can be drilled and tapped into an epoxy-casting to create an amazingly tenacious...
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Steve in Idaho reacted to M Clemens's post in the thread New Issue with my Swift portage yoke with Like.
Yes, I am sure you are correct. If Swift would manufacture under the same standards as NASA or MILSPEC this threaded insert would not...
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Steve in Idaho reacted to stripperguy's post in the thread New Issue with my Swift portage yoke with Like.
Uhhmmm yeah… I stand by my assessment. I am a design engineer that spent my career in R&D, mostly in advanced technologies for defense...
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Steve in Idaho replied to the thread Keep a secret?.Hey, where did you get this list? It's been driving me nuts trying to figure out why some are red and some are blue. I can't establish a...
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Steve in Idaho replied to the thread Keep a secret?.@Microtus - you had me scratching my head for a while there because the Yuba in Idaho is a small stream that flows into the middle fork...