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WOODEN BOAT SCANTLINGS
Well, Soren certainly can give out the good advice!! Kudos!- eponodyne
- Post #6
- Forum: Marine/Ocean engineering other topics
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WOODEN BOAT SCANTLINGS
Greetings, Adrian; After some thinking about your situation, I realized that every possible answer to your questions about the sizes of your framing members cam be found in one volume: It is titled WOOD As An Engineering Material; I forget the author, but it's published by the Forest Service...- eponodyne
- Post #4
- Forum: Marine/Ocean engineering other topics
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WOODEN BOAT SCANTLINGS
Hi, I'm not sure I understand your question as it's posed... Is the vessel already finished? Are you working on a restoration? What's going on here, really? :) As far as rules of thumb for addressing scantling sizes: Look to the past. The old designer/builders such as Herreshoff, Fife, and...- eponodyne
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- Forum: Marine/Ocean engineering other topics
