Cozy Boat Episode 2: A New Skin

Step 6Mark the Pattern for New Skin

Mark the Pattern for New Skin
This was hard to figure out. The old skin seen here had stretched to fit the boat perfectly. It was hard to see how to cut the new skin so it would be tight enough but not too tight to fit.
We ended up draping the new skin over the boat frame, clamping it with split pipe rings, and marking the edges with sharpie marker before cutting it out.
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Tim Anderson is the author of the "Heirloom Technology" column in Make Magazine. He is co-founder of www.zcorp.com, manufacturers of "3D Printer" output devices. His detailed drawings of traditional ...
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