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Re: The Key to stapless construction / pic
By:Ross Leidy
Date: 4/11/2000, 10:26 pm
In Response To: The Key to stapless construction / pic (Rick thomas)

That's a quite attractive "fudge-swirl" boat. What model is it?

With your building setup, it's easy to see that you'd use wedges to hold the strips against the inner forms, but how did you force the strip edges together?

Nice job. I hope we get to see more pictures of the boat and the setup.

Ross

> I found that this method worked quite well and I bet used only 3 or four
> clamps but a ton of small wood wedges to hold the strips in place click
> pic to inlarge

Messages In This Thread

The Key to stapless construction / pic
Rick thomas -- 4/11/2000, 7:21 pm
Re: To cut the forms..
Don Beale -- 4/12/2000, 12:32 pm
Re: To cut the forms..
Rick thomas -- 4/12/2000, 3:09 pm
Re: To cut the forms..
Don Beale -- 4/13/2000, 1:05 am
Re: The Key to stapless construction / pic
Kent LeBoutillier -- 4/12/2000, 6:09 am
Re: The Key to stapless construction / pic
Rick thomas -- 4/12/2000, 9:07 am
Re: The Key to stapless construction / pic
Ross Leidy -- 4/11/2000, 10:26 pm
Re: The Key to stapless construction / pic
Rick thomas -- 4/11/2000, 11:28 pm
Re: Stapleless Rules
Spidey -- 4/11/2000, 8:31 pm
Re: Stapleless Rules
Rick thomas -- 4/11/2000, 11:48 pm
stapless construction method
mike allen ---} -- 4/11/2000, 8:06 pm
Re: stapless construction method
Rick thomas -- 4/11/2000, 8:39 pm
Nice looking boat
Mark R. -- 4/11/2000, 7:51 pm
Re: Nice looking boat + Picture
Dean Trexel -- 4/11/2000, 8:00 pm
Re: Nice looking boat + Picture
Cliff Troxell -- 4/11/2000, 10:09 pm
Re: Wasted recources
Don Beale -- 4/12/2000, 12:29 pm
Re: Green Paradigm
Clifford Troxell -- 4/13/2000, 7:43 am
Re: S&G Layout diagram
Shawn B -- 4/13/2000, 5:49 pm
Re: S&G Layout diagram
Clifford Troxell -- 4/14/2000, 6:28 am
Re: Green Paradigm
Don Beale -- 4/13/2000, 5:19 pm
we could look at it like this...
Jack W. -- 4/12/2000, 12:57 pm
Re: we could look at it like this...
Rick thomas -- 4/12/2000, 2:53 pm
Now I see it. Thanks (no text).
Mark R. -- 4/11/2000, 8:28 pm