I agree with Larry: Get to work! The Ice is starting to melt here in NY. The most important tools in kayak building are: your own brain, the low-angle block plane and the Cabinet Scraper.You won't believe the amount of skill you will pick up with a small amount of practice with these tools.

Epoxy cure time is more temperature than skill level, so go ahead and get at it!

>so an expensive tool would be a waste I think.

Be your own judge! It's all in the execution. I have a really cheap plane and a really good ($6.00)cabinet scraper.

Dave