Ken, I saw (probably your) post on the inner tubes sometime back, already pursuing that now for larger spans. But I also got a pack of super jumbo rubber bands at the office supply. I like the rubber bands, they don't beat up my strips, and they also protect the clips from digging into the wood. I examine the Arica's Silver webpage often for ideas, a bunch of good quality pics there (thx Art?), just can't afford all those nice clamps!

Re-reading your post again, the light just clicked, I see what you mean. Good idea for sure, thanks! Wonder if you had trouble wiping glue squeezeout under the wider inner tube bands? Or did you did you squeeze it out first? I'm trying to be merticulous about that and keep that TB2 from staining.

: Hi Mark;
: I did something similar between station forms, but instead of rubber bands, I
: used strips that I cut out of a bicycle inner tube, and I used the bigger
: binder clips.

: In your pic (below), it looks like the binder clips are small ones -- they
: don't reach across the strip. As you get further up the hull, the rubber
: bands may not be long enough, but you can still use bands & clips, if
: you get bigger ones. I used the biggest clips I could get, and they
: reached across the strip being glued, to grip on the next strip over,
: which was already glued. By draping the rubber band (or inner tube
: section) over the strip being glued, then placing the big clip over that,
: onto the next strip, you get a firm hold, then the edge to edge clamping
: force can be heavy or light, depending on how much you stretch the band.

: It'd be a lot easier to show you a photo than describe, but at the moment
: that's not happening. Maybe later I'll email you a pic.

: Ken