: I'm sanding today and was using the ROS (Bosch, 5", 8 hole to be exact)
: and I guess one of the holes caught a fragment on one of the strips and
: ripped a chunk about 4" long out of it. Anyone ever have this problem
: and know of ways to fix it? It did not go all the way through the
: thickness, maybe halfway. And only 2" are clean off, while another 2
: or so are cracked but I think can be glued back..

: this actually happened in 3 places before the big one happened and I actually
: noticed it.

Sounds like you're working on western red cedar. I've run into hairline splits
in this wood that didn't show up until the strip was bent into place on the hull.

The best thing you can do, if you can, is to glue the sliver back in place using
yellow carpenter's glue.

The next best is to carve a out a smooth V and match the wood color and glue
it in place. The hard part is holding the patch firmly down.

I do this by placing thin scrap strips across the patch held down with hot glue.

Rob