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Re: Temperatures, tools and space

Posted by: Jim Reid on December 19, 1999


> My coho kit just arrived the other day and I am anxious to get started
> (got to bulldoze the garage clean first). My space is cramped, does anyone
> have advice about building in a tight space?

> I'm in central NY and it gets kinda cold here and I'm a bit concerned
> about expoxy in cold weather. The epoxy book sort of talks about this,
> probably more than I noticed in my initial read through. I think I will
> have to go back and basically memorize the pygmy instructions and all the
> pertainent info in the epoxy book before I actually begin.

> The instructions that came with the kit are a bit sparse (at least for
> me). I remember reading here about a book by Chris Kulczycki that folks
> recommended, but I can't find the name (server error in archive search).
> Could someone tell me?

> Also, if anyone has a list of handy tools that pygmy doesn't mention it
> would help. I guess now that the stuff is here and I am actually faced
> with doing the work it seems a little more intimidating. This is probably
> normal (hopefully I'm under the bell curve someplace:-))

> Having never attempted anything like this before, I am really glad this
> BBS exists. I just hope I don't become annoying before I'm done. At least
> I can't be shot over the net (can I?)

> The book is called The Kayak Shop - Its an excellent book


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