: OK now I find that I need to steam some of the strips (particularly the deck
: sheer strip) on my Night Herron. Rather than try to build a 16' steam box,
: does anyone have alternative ideas? Do I steal my wife's steam iron and
: use this on various sections of the strip? Do I wet the wood in hot
: towels, and then dry with a dryer? What is the easiest workable solution?
: If I use a heat gun, will it affect the glue that is on adjoining strips?

: Thanks for the help. I could never have gotten this far without everyone on
: this BBS.

I tried all of the mentioned ways to make tricky bends but the one I was using all of the time in the end was slitting the 3/4" strip down the middle of the stressed area. I clamped a metal stait edge on top of the strip and made four or five light passes along the strip area until I cut through. I force glue between cut and fastened the strip inplace. It worked so easy and you couldn't see the cut after it was all faired.

Jonn