An obvious advantage of wider strips is the stripping could go faster because you wouldn't need to install as many. However, given that some people have trouble installing 3/4" wide strips, I would not go any wider than that. And, I would make a dozen or so strips even narrower.

> I am about to start ripping out my strips and need some advice. The best
> stock wood I could find was clear pine 2"X10"X20'. My table saw
> and large curf of the mills saw where I bought the wood limit me to first
> making strips 2" wide. My options are then to rip these strips down
> to 1" wide (I will loose 1/8" to the curf of the blade). After I
> run the strips through the bead and cove process, I am looking at strips
> less than 3/4". Is there an opinion out there that could guide me if
> I do indeed need to split 2" strips, or is 2" ok for bending
> around the Guillemot Expedition forms???

> Thanks for any help carl