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    Lofting instructions?

    Where can I find information about lofting? Specifically how to do it. I want to start with a design and figure out the cut sheet dimensions. I've looked around and can only find a few books that mention it. I bought one, then found out it only had some vague reference to the process.

    charlie
    Epilog Legend EXT 75W
    Model airplane kits

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    Hopefully the link below works. Mystic Seaport sells one or two manuals dedicated to lofting. One is called lofting.

    http://books.google.com/books?id=cYl...5_Beg#PPT28,M1

    Looked up the manual Mystic Seaport offers.

    http://www.mysticseaport.org/index.c...28A3B56E8657BF
    Last edited by ray connors; 08-26-2008 at 11:00 AM.

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    Stip Build Kayak Lofting Instructions

    Charlie,

    Take a look at this site:
    http://www.guillemot-kayaks.com/

    Nick Shade gives some pretty good instructions in his book on strip built kayaks. I believe there are some lofting figures on the website also.



    Lon
    Last edited by Lon LeBlanc; 08-30-2008 at 9:25 PM.

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    Lofting help

    I found this,
    http://groups.msn.com/CanoesKayaks/lofting101.msnw

    Glen Smith a moderator at Bear Mountain Boats forum posted this, I found it very helpful.
    Gary

    "It is neither wealth nor splendor, but tranquility and occupation which give happiness. " Thomas Jefferson

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    Lofting Instructions

    Gary,

    Thanks for that link. Very useful. I'm planning to start on one of Nick Shade's kayaks, perhaps as early as this fall. I have all the offsets out of his book, but had no luck in finding graph paper large enough to do the lofting. This looks very helpful.

    "Beautiful Lake Arrowhead calls!"

    Lon

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    Thanks for the links, just what I needed.

    charlie
    Epilog Legend EXT 75W
    Model airplane kits

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    Lon,
    I used gridded easel pad, 1" grid. I found it at Staples. I used a clean sheet for each station much less confusing that way.

    Good Luck,
    Gary
    Gary

    "It is neither wealth nor splendor, but tranquility and occupation which give happiness. " Thomas Jefferson

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    Hi Charlie,

    This article from Svenson's boat plans might give you some additional information:

    http://www.svensons.com/boat/?p=Other/Lofting

    Louie

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    Easel Pad

    Gary,

    Excellent idea. I forgot that the gridded easel pads were available. Yes, that will make it quite simple, doing a separate page for each station...and large enough to draw the entire station on one page, instead of only drawing half.

    ...on my way to the office supply store!!!!


    Lon

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    Buy John Gardner's The Dory Book for a good primer.
    “Perhaps then, you will say, ‘But where can one have a boat like that built today?’ And I will tell you that there are still some honest men who can sharpen a saw, plane, or adze...men (who) live and work in out of the way places, but that is lucky, for they can acquire materials for one third of city prices. Best, some of these gentlemen’s boatshops are in places where nothing but the occasional honk of a wild goose will distract them from their work.” -- L Francis Herreshoff

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    Wonders never cease. An animated site explaining lofting.

    http://facstaff.colstate.edu/linton_ronald/default.htm
    “Perhaps then, you will say, ‘But where can one have a boat like that built today?’ And I will tell you that there are still some honest men who can sharpen a saw, plane, or adze...men (who) live and work in out of the way places, but that is lucky, for they can acquire materials for one third of city prices. Best, some of these gentlemen’s boatshops are in places where nothing but the occasional honk of a wild goose will distract them from their work.” -- L Francis Herreshoff

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    That's a great link Bob. Refreshes my memory. Spent a week at Bob Prothro's school back in the early 80's when he was still teaching there and this was one of the classes we took.
    Charlie Mastro
    Mastro Woodworking & Design
    Joseph, OR

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lon LeBlanc View Post
    Gary,

    Thanks for that link. Very useful. I'm planning to start on one of Nick Shade's kayaks, perhaps as early as this fall. I have all the offsets out of his book, but had no luck in finding graph paper large enough to do the lofting. This looks very helpful.

    "Beautiful Lake Arrowhead calls!"

    Lon
    Lon

    If you have access to CAD (AutoCAD, Generic CAD, Turbo CAD, etc.) you can draw the stations in CAD and send them to a local drafting house (usually by email) who will plot them out for you full size. I 'lofted' and drew up Nick's Guillemot and had them plotted for less than $20.

    PM me if you would like more info.

    Luciano

  14. Bob,

    Thank you for that great animated link on lofting. This really explains it very well.

    Luis

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