: Easiest thing to do is rip off that rough edge on your table saw. Run about
: half your strips through the saw with the blade tilted 5 degrees, and do
: the other with the blade set square. Just do the one edge. Leave the other
: edge alone for now. That way you'll have a smooth edge to start with. That
: saves some time with the hand plane, you'll get fewer splinters in your
: fingers, and you'll have a bunch of strips that are going to be close
: enough to just drop into place without any additional beveling.

I agree with Paul on this one.

I've used WRC the is normally surfaced on three sides with one broad face left rough. The times
I left that face rough (which ended with a rough edge on one edge of my strips) I was sorry later
because I had a ragged glue joint that showed and looked poor.

I don't agree with using B&C as a time saver over hand beveling. Setting up the C&B cutters is
VERY time consuming, you must have two routers to do it right and the set-up must be perfect
or you'll create more problems. I think beveling is faster and you'll see progress in stripping your
hull rather than wasting all the time it takes to correctly set-up and mill C&B.

The trick to beveling is to hold your new strip against the previous one and see how big the
gap in the joint is. THEN duplicate the gap between the sole of the plane and the strip edge.
Test fit the strip, just by pressing it against the old strip.

I loosely hold the new strip to the old with spring clamps and work from one end to the other.

Don't be in a hurry to glue. You can use spring clamps to hold the new strip exactly in place and
gauge the fit. If you have to twist the strip at the stems use a heat gun to make the twist as you
need it, instead of hoping you can force the strip into place during glue-up.

If you take the time now to prefit each strip so you know it will fit the way you want it to,
you will save hours of work down the road trying to level and fix strips that didn't fit right.

Your #1 job is to fit and align the strip edges. IF you do that, every step that follows will
be easier.

I know it's hard to have the patience to do that, but it pays BIG dividends.

All the best,
Rob