Just to see what this stapleless craze is all about, I'm trying it on my current project (Outer Island). I'm using hot-glue to hold strips to stations. I'm still working on the hull, but so-far, so-good. It's slower than stapling, but it's not too bad. Armed with Rob Mack's tip for dislodging the forms later, I think it all work out okay. (That method involving a long screwdriver, a mallet, and a swift arm motion) I'll be sure to report on the final results.

Ross

: i'm looking for suggestions on how to strip the deck without stapling through
: the strips. I've already built a kayak without stapling by simply stacking
: blocks of wood on top of eachother and using them as a surface to drive a
: wedge between the strips and the blocks, but this was very time consuming.
: I've heard of using dowels too. Any one actually built this way? Tips?