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> 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 building an Arctic Tern in a fairly tight space myself and have found that a lot of room is not necessary; particularly once all of the panels are joined. Just make sure that you have enough room to walk all the way around without tripping over things.
> 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.
There was an excellent discussion regarding "Garage Heating" a couple of weeks ago, take a look in the archives. I am using a kerosene heater to keep things warmed up in my garage during building but there are some drawbacks to this method relating to humidity.
> 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?
The book is "The Kayak Shop." I also learned a lot from Nick Schades book "The Strip-Built Sea Kayak" and Ted Moores "Canoecraft." Don't shy away from books outlining stripper techniques just because you are building a S&G, I learned a lot from the latter books I mentioned which have helped with my Arctic Tern. Additionally, Ted Moores has a new book out Kayakcraft. I have not read the new book yet but have heard great things about it on this board.
> 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:-))
I don't have the manual in front of me so I may be repeating something already listed from Pygmy but the number one tool that I would recommend is a cabinet scraper.
> 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?)
This is a great forum. There are a large number of experienced builders who are always helpful and friendly.
PS - Congratulations and Have Fun!!!
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