TexasRiverRacer23 Joined Sep 11, 2021 Messages 40 Reaction score 73 Location Houston, Texas Oct 6, 2021 #1 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.
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.
U UCanoe_2 Joined Sep 6, 2021 Messages 191 Reaction score 160 Location Mount Solon, VA Oct 18, 2021 #2 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. Last edited: Oct 18, 2021
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.
alsg Joined Aug 29, 2017 Messages 1,324 Reaction score 751 Location Gaithersburg, MD Oct 18, 2021 #3 Was just going to say the tick stick is often used for taking lines off a hull.
U UCanoe_2 Joined Sep 6, 2021 Messages 191 Reaction score 160 Location Mount Solon, VA Oct 18, 2021 #4 alsg, aren't you the guy who used a ShopSmith to build a strip canoe?
alsg Joined Aug 29, 2017 Messages 1,324 Reaction score 751 Location Gaithersburg, MD Oct 18, 2021 #5 UCanoe_2 said: alsg, aren't you the guy who used a ShopSmith to build a strip canoe? Click to expand... Guilty as charged. Are you on that Shopsmith forum?
UCanoe_2 said: alsg, aren't you the guy who used a ShopSmith to build a strip canoe? Click to expand... Guilty as charged. Are you on that Shopsmith forum?
U UCanoe_2 Joined Sep 6, 2021 Messages 191 Reaction score 160 Location Mount Solon, VA Oct 18, 2021 #6 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.
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.