Martin Step's technique worked well for me, too, on my stripper Osprey canoe. You can exert a LOT of clamping pressure, both against the station form and against the adjacent strip, using his wedging technique.

Ken Sarkozy

: You could also try routing a groove around the edge of the form, set in
: .5" or so. This would give you a continous channel in which to clamp.

: The one potential problem with your idea is that not only do you need inward
: pressure to keep the strips tight to the form, but also downwards to the
: previous strip ... this is often a more, or less situation .... infinite
: clamping positions are better than fixed.

: but you MUST check oput matin steps technique of stapleless construction -
: www.greenval.com

: It worked like a million bucks for me.

: James