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PVC Pipe & duct tape canoe #234142 07/19/08 03:20 AM
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PVC Pipe & duct tape canoe

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It's amazing how a simple idea can take on a life of its own once you start. Have a desire to build a boat for fishing at your local lakes and a bunch of American Ingenuity? Build a boat out of things American, Duct Tape, PVC pipe, and plastic.

I wanted a boat that would allow me to cast into the shore instead of from the shore. Being a mechanical engineer, one thing led to another and as the years passed I decided I would build a skin-on-frame kayak. The final kayak would be wood framed and fabric skinned. I searched for additional ideas and eventually made a balsa and tissue paper model of an 18 footer. Not wanting to invest more money and time than necessary in a prototype, I began thinking of a simple and quick way to test a design.

Again one thing led to another, and my son Daniel and I came up with the idea of a PVC pipe frame, duct tape for fastening the pipes together, and 4 mil construction plastic for a test skin. We arrived at an initial design that would use 10 foot sections of PVC pipe, since that was the length available at our local stores. Since fishing was the primary aim for this boat, shorter and wider would be more maneuverable.

We put our first prototype in the water in the summer of 2007 and it sat a little lower in the water than we wanted. The next design, shown in this article, was widened from 30 inches to 36 inches but the keel form stayed the same. Each boat was put in the water for less than $25.00. In addition to the change in width, we added the use of brackets formed from PVC pipe to help hold the pieces in the proper position, since the duct tape lashing on the original design had allowed two joints to shift slightly.


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Re: PVC Pipe & duct tape canoe [Re: Andy Wayne] #234143 07/19/08 12:30 PM
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Now that is pretty cool.


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Re: PVC Pipe & duct tape canoe [Re: Shaolin] #234144 07/19/08 02:14 PM
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Wow that is totally future primitive.


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Re: PVC Pipe & duct tape canoe [Re: Unsub] #234145 07/21/08 07:04 AM
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I have to try that <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ooo.gif" alt="" /><img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />


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Re: PVC Pipe & duct tape canoe [Re: Simon] #234146 07/21/08 01:28 PM
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Now that's what I'm talkin about!!! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ooo.gif" alt="" />

Thanks Andy! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />

I've been wanting to do something like that for quite some time looks like fun! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />


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Re: PVC Pipe & duct tape canoe [Re: Rainwalker] #234147 07/21/08 09:38 PM
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The only problem with that canoe is that if you drop your knife you're going down like the Titanic <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/doh.gif" alt="" />. I don't think that 4mil plastic is going to stop a nicely sharpened Scrap Yard blade!

On second thought, I guess if he sealed off the ends of the PVC pipes to where they were air tight, you wouldn't go to the bottom, but you would definitely still get wet.... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />


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Re: PVC Pipe & duct tape canoe [Re: Tolly] #234148 07/22/08 04:28 AM
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I saw another similar version, but instead of plastic sheets, they used cotton waterproofed with wax.


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Re: PVC Pipe & duct tape canoe [Re: Andy Wayne] #234149 07/22/08 10:46 AM
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I like the ingenuity, but the economics are a bit questionable. Used kayaks and canoes can be had for a song. If he worked during the hours he spent planning and executing the short-lived model, he could own one that is actually serviceable.

Re: PVC Pipe & duct tape canoe [Re: scraphound] #234150 07/23/08 04:38 PM
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hahaha this cracked me up

cool idea though


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Re: PVC Pipe & duct tape canoe [Re: CloaknDagger] #234151 07/24/08 12:09 PM
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That is a pretty neat idea......

Re: PVC Pipe & duct tape canoe [Re: Texas Tony] #234152 07/24/08 12:16 PM
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Sweet!
I love Ducttape!


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