: Hi everyone,

: I am just installing the third strip from the shear and so far things are
: going ok. Nevertheless I see some difficulties when I get into strips with
: more twist. I am using 7/16 wide hand beveled strips.

: What is the proper way of steaming a strip? When can you glue it and how long
: should you wait before epoxying?

: Andreas

Hi,
I was getting along fine by clamping my strip to the boat sections and then putting wet towels on overnight, then heat gunning it till dry and then glueing. But last evening as I tried to pull a strip onto the forms it broke and shot across the room. Now I am going to make a steam box. A builder told me to do it this way. Take a PVC pipe, slip it over a tea kettle spout and wrap both ends with towels while steaming. As soon as the stores open this morning I will be getting a tea pot and PVC.
John