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Re: Strip: I wish I could do that.
By:Chip Sandresky
Date: 4/10/2002, 12:16 pm
In Response To: Re: Strip: I wish I could do that. (Scott Ferguson)

: I wish I could do that. What type of boat is this?

Thanks Scott, no doubt you could do it. It's a 20' 8" Reliance from the KayakCraft book. I like to

: Does your wife let you cut these mitre cuts in the family room watching a
: game on TV or are you standing at the workbench? ... Are you
: cutting one piece at a time or a stack of three or four at once?

I cut them on the bench. I head down to the garage when everyone else is asleep. I do it one piece at a time so I can keep a tight reign on things. It takes forever but that's okay. I'm drawing it out because it will be several years until my next boat :D

: Do these
: strips have bead/cove edges? I assume they do.

No bead/cove. There is such little curvature here that they aren't required. Each joint adds a magnitude of difficulty. For this application it will be (should be) easier to plane the bevel right on the boat.

Messages In This Thread

Strip: 16' to Go *Pic*
Chip Sandresky -- 4/10/2002, 9:22 am
Re: Strip: 16' to Go
John Monfoe -- 4/14/2002, 7:10 am
Re: Strip: 16' to Go
Steve Frederick -- 4/10/2002, 7:31 pm
Re: Strip: I wish I could do that.
Scott Ferguson -- 4/10/2002, 10:41 am
Re: Strip: I wish I could do that.
Chip Sandresky -- 4/10/2002, 12:16 pm
Chip that's Georgeous
!RUSS -- 4/11/2002, 8:08 am
wow!
Myrl Tanton -- 4/10/2002, 10:36 am