: This is the Shooting Star I am building and I want the bottom section of the
: hull to be White Pine and then the rest will be red-Western Red Cedar as
: Rob Mack's SS are. The back stern section, (about a foot long) has to be
: stripped first and then fastened to the strong back and then the rest of
: the hull is to be stripped. So the bottom of the stern will be pine and
: the rest will be WRC but I have to determine exactly how far down the pine
: will run so it will match up with the pine on the main hall. What I am
: attempting to do is measure down 1/34" all along the sections and
: then projecting a horrozonal line across the the sections to determine
: where to put the starting pine strip that will define the pine section of
: the hull. This does not completely work as you can see in station 2 as the
: strip dips some. But could I go this way and the fair up this strip to
: look good or is their a proper way of doing this that I don't know about.
: I hope this isn't to muddy to understand.

: Thank you,
: John
John-Can't help you with your question, but would like to ask one of my own; I'm going to start building a North Star in the near future, but have been stymied by the fact that the floor in my basement is incredibly uneven, drops at least an inch and a half along the length of a 6' level. Your strongback looks like a possible solution to my problem. Could you supply more details on the design/construction? Thanks, Greg.