: Hi Kurt

: I haven't seen Joe's forms personally, but a friend and neighbor uses the
: technique as well and what he does is route a 3/8" wide groove in his
: 3/4" thick plywood forms, 3/8" from the edge, and approx.
: 5/16" deep ( slightly less than half the thickness of the ply.) For
: added strength, he puts a coat of resin in the groove. Where-ever the
: strips pass over a form, the spring clamp will hold the strip down by
: clamping it over the strip and into the groove. You may have to take the
: rubberized end off the spring clamp for the groove side, but it holds very
: well. He then uses other 1" spring clamps with pieces of foam in the
: " jaw " and puts them over the glued strip and grips the
: previous strip to hold them in place. The foam protects the strip edges.
: Usually about 3 or 4 between two forms. Yes, it takes a few clamps to do
: this, but I have seen few ideas that are as Possitive a holding system as
: this. I picked up 100 - 1" clamps to go around the boat. It takes
: about 10 to 15 minutes for the glue to set and you can move around the
: boat and start new stirps fairly quickly, with the exception of the
: twisted ends of the bow and stern of some boats. If purchased in bulk from
: a hardware or welding supply, you can get a fairly good price. I was able
: to get the 100 Pony sprimg clamps for approx. $1.40 each and around here,
: that's about a $1.00 savings over the hardware shelf price. Per clamp!
: STILL.... if you only plan on building one or two boars, it could be an
: expensive solution. There are some good alternatives that would be much
: cheaper. Maybe just do the groove system at the forms and use PVC sections
: to clamp along the strips between forms. ?? And there are others....

: Hope this helps.... I don't have a picture handy.

: Rehd

Oh yeh, and the groove goes all the way around the form, the same distance from the edge ( to do the deck and hull ).