: Well, I cut my first panel last night from the luaan doorskins and guess what
: - Voids. Boy, I tried the see through light and checked the edges, but
: right in the middle of the panels - gaps. It was just like Chris K.
: reached out of his book and said 'I told you so'.

: This really isn't all that bad since I decided it was worth $10 and some time
: to acutally go through the process once with some cheap wood before
: cutting the panels for my first boat. It worked, you guys do a great job
: on this board but it takes alot of words to describe what you learn in a
: few minutes of action.

If you wonder the strength of a filled panel, cut the void out and scarf the joint. After all, we scarf the panels to joint them to longer length, don't we?

: Anyway, the current panels were for a scaled down Squeedunk Grebe for my
: daughters to play in. It really is only in one spot towards the middle of
: the bottom panel about 1/2" wide. I think they can still be made
: useful and was just wondering if any of you doorskin users has a technique
: for strengthening voids. I thought about drilling holes along the inside
: and filling it with glue/epoxy and then gluing a thin verneer over the
: gap. Either way it looks like I need to find some marine plywood for mine.

: Thanks,
: Steve