> Does anyone really cut enough strips to make a single pass worth
> while.

> I saw, route first face, route second face, route bead, route
> cove. George,

(a serious reply to your question)

One reason I am doing this is not so much to save time, but rather to ensure some consistency in the nominal width of the strips. The boards I started with are a little rough - not a "perfect" 3/4" thick (the dimension which will ultimately be the width of the strips after sawing).

I don't own a planer, so I figure if I set the guides a little on the tight side on my newly constucted "over and under" router table, I will end up with an essentially consistent width dimension. (Even thought the arcs of the beads and flutes(coves) may vary a little).

In the long run, this may not be important, but I'd like to think that if I start at the shear and work toward the keel (or vice versa), I won't end up with a couple of obviously dissimilar strips - something I saw once on a boat that no amount of varnish could hide. Of course if you have the artistic talent to do what Nick does on his boats with all those awesome curving patterns, this wouldn't matter either.

another $.02 from an artistically challenged mekanikal enganere