Thanks a lot to the forum for all the answers convincing me that I really do not need a router if only usage is for kayak building. (I still will have the option to buy one cheap, but as I am told, the small bits needed to make it useful is *not* cheap. Seems to be as the Gilette campaign: free or cheap entry, and tehn you will pay and pay and pay...)

Well, To get the deck on a plywood kayak as I want it to be, I will *have* to stripbuild. I want the deck to be stiff in the direction perpendicular to the length of kayak, and so I will need the necessary amount of glass or kevlar or... and epoxy. Then the thick plywood will not be necessary, and also if not using a router to make bead and cove, the bad consequenses of lacking bead and cove will be reduced with thinner strips: Less room between strips to be filled with epoxy without adding to strength.

But what is best/cheapest way to make 1/8" strips without bead and cove?

Bandsaw? If using a bandsaw, I have read here that one should use a router to finish surface to reduce sanding. But I was going to not buy the router, right?

Should I buy motorized equipment for planing? Should I try to plane using hand tools? If so, is there a risk that the thin strip will be too unstable on the table to be planed?

What procedures do you use to make 1/8" strips?

Jan Gunnar