diy Kayak Made of Sticks 

In early 2019 I began the work of building a kayak out of cardboard, sticks, and plastic wrap (and glue, tape, and string). I originally wanted to make "A CARDBOARD KAYAK." But after much deliberation I decided that using Buckthorn (an invasive species in North America) was my best option. I went through two different design iterations and wound up with a kayak that floated and paddled actually quite nicely. I used SketchUP (specifically the 3D warehouse) for the original kayak model which i will put a link to here: 3dwarehouse.sk...
I then converted the .skp files to either .DXF of .skp files ( I cant remember which it was). I then opened these files in AutoCAD where I was able to manipulate then, make a few edits, and eventually put them in sheets. Exporting those sheets to PDFs - i then used a laser cutter at my local makerspace (The Hack Factory in South Minneapolis) to cut everything out. I used duct tape to attach the sticks to the cardboard ribs. I used commercial stretch wrap and wrapped my kayak frame like a skin on kayak (sort of.) The design of this kayak was a little too small and I'm not sure if the original design was for a child or a small adult? So i ended up using a small foam cushion and sitting cross-legged which was actually quite comfortable. The idea here is that you could make your own kayak if you can manage to make a simple frame to wrap some stretch wrap around it. I will leave a link to Advoko Makes a RU-vidr who I got much inspiration from. Thanks Advoko. Its worth noting that I also used two-part epoxy on my cardboard ribs. Had I not done this the ribs would have disintegrated quite quickly. In retrospect i should have made my ribs out of 1/2 inch plywood.
/ @advoko (other kayak guy)
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/ @macdemarchives (Frogleg)
/ joedunnmusic-1 (Joe Dunn whose music I stole, thanks Joe ;)