: I've heard from more than one person who told of routing their own beads and
: coves, and said that they didn't quite get the cuts centered. This
: resulted in gaps when they put the strips together.

: I was thinking (my wife would say "Uh-oh.") Suppose your router bit
: wasn't exactly where it needed to be in relation to the edge of the
: strips. Say it was just a little too high or low. If, when you routed the
: edges, you marked each strip to show which side was up or down when it
: went through the router table; then, when stripping the boat, you made all
: of them match - in other words, have all of the "up" sides face
: outside, and the "downs" face inside (or vice versa), wouldn't
: that prevent any problems with the beads and coves on adjacent strips not
: lining up?

: Let me know if this would work before I get started. Knowing me, I'll be
: lucky to get the router bits at exactly the correct height. Should I go to
: the trouble of marking all the up sides "up"?

I agree with Rehd. The best method for me was making plenty of test cuts. When I was happy with the cut, I ran the strips through. Feather boards are a necessity for consistent cuts.

Kurt