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Re: Strip: Redfish King finally launched
By:Steve Rasmussen
Date: 7/31/2008, 10:20 am
In Response To: Re: Strip: Redfish King finally launched (Mark Rakestraw)

: Steve,
: I like your use of veneers. Did you inlay or "onlay" them?
: thanks,
: Mark

There are a variety of techniques. The arrow on the deck is made of full thickness pieces. The curly maple on the tip and tail is bordered by 1/4 inch thick walnut and were almost 1/2 inch thick. They were then shaped to match the curvature of the deck after the stripping was done. The shaft of the arrow is 1/2 inch wide strips that were installed during stripping.

The diamond features on the cockpit recess were made in a similar way. The spalted maple is quite fragile so the shaping was done by sanding only.

The pattern on the hull was made from 1/8 x 1/4 strips that were set into slots cut through the hull. This was done by cutting one slot at a time and filling it.

Walnut burl veneers were used on the hatch lips. They cover the magnets in the lip. In this case, they were built up on the lip structure.

The coaming is Joe Greenley's layered construction and several of the borders trim details are thin - some as thin as 1/32. Whenever thin stock was needed, I resawed stock and thinned it using my disc sander.

Messages In This Thread

Strip: Redfish King finally launched *Pic*
Steve Rasmussen -- 7/9/2008, 4:28 pm
Re: Strip: Redfish King finally launched
Mark Rakestraw -- 7/31/2008, 5:58 am
Re: Strip: Redfish King finally launched
Steve Rasmussen -- 7/31/2008, 10:20 am
Re: Strip: Redfish King finally launched
Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 7/10/2008, 9:26 am
Re: Strip: Redfish King finally launched
Steve Rasmussen -- 7/20/2008, 11:00 pm
Re: Strip: Redfish King finally launched
Bill Hamm -- 7/22/2008, 12:41 am
Re: Strip: Redfish King finally launched
Steve Rasmussen -- 7/22/2008, 11:58 am
Re: Strip: Redfish King finally launched
Bill Hamm -- 7/26/2008, 2:04 am
Re: Strip: Redfish King finally launched------WebK
Mike Bielski------WebKitFormBoundarytviz3Wh+cJSQoq -- 7/21/2008, 7:44 am
Re: Strip: Redfish King finally launched
Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 7/21/2008, 7:34 am
Re: Strip: Redfish King finally launched
Steve Rasmussen -- 7/10/2008, 3:59 pm
Wow!------WebKitFormBoundaryfj1rET8ctp1NBA+R
Bob Deutsch------WebKitFormBoundaryMj+41hHLCDocqqN -- 7/11/2008, 8:13 am
Re: Wow!------WebKitFormBoundaryfj1rET8ctp1NBA+R *Pic*
Steve Rasmussen -- 7/11/2008, 11:02 am
Forget about the pictures...
jesper -- 7/10/2008, 6:39 am
Re: Forget about the pictures...
Steve Rasmussen -- 7/10/2008, 3:50 pm
Re: Strip: Redfish King finally launched
Jim Bell -- 7/10/2008, 6:16 am
Re: Strip: Redfish King finally launched
Steve Rasmussen -- 7/10/2008, 3:42 pm
Re: Strip: Redfish King finally launched
Bill Hamm -- 7/10/2008, 2:34 am
Re: Strip: Redfish King finally launched
Steve Rasmussen -- 7/10/2008, 3:40 pm
Re: Strip: Redfish King finally launched
Bill Hamm -- 7/10/2008, 4:41 pm
Cockpit recess detail *Pic*
Steve Rasmussen -- 7/9/2008, 9:53 pm
Re: Cockpit recess detail
Etienne Muller -- 7/10/2008, 12:49 pm
Re: Cockpit recess detail
Steve Rasmussen -- 7/10/2008, 3:39 pm
Re: Cockpit recess detail
Bill Hamm -- 7/21/2008, 1:39 am
Re: Cockpit recess detail
Steve Rasmussen -- 7/21/2008, 1:26 pm
Re: Cockpit recess detail
Steve Rasmussen -- 7/9/2008, 9:59 pm
Re: Strip: Redfish King finally launched
Bryan Hansel -- 7/9/2008, 7:24 pm
Re: Strip: Redfish King finally launched
Steve Rasmussen -- 7/9/2008, 9:27 pm
Re: Strip: Redfish King finally launched
Steve Rasmussen -- 7/9/2008, 5:04 pm
Wow!
Holmes -- 7/9/2008, 4:47 pm
Re: Wow!
Steve Rasmussen -- 7/9/2008, 6:49 pm
Re: Wow!
Michael McCluskey -- 7/9/2008, 8:02 pm
Re: Wow!
Steve Rasmussen -- 7/9/2008, 9:23 pm
Re: Strip: Redfish King finally launched *Pic*
Steve Rasmussen -- 7/9/2008, 4:37 pm
Re: Strip: Redfish King finally launched
Bill Hamm -- 7/10/2008, 2:35 am
Practice Rolling a Lot
Mike Bielski -- 7/9/2008, 8:15 pm
Re: Practice Rolling a Lot
Steve Rasmussen -- 7/9/2008, 9:21 pm
Re: Strip: Redfish King finally launched
Mike Braun -- 7/9/2008, 6:55 pm
Re: Strip: Redfish King finally launched
Steve Rasmussen -- 7/22/2008, 12:01 pm
Re: Strip: Redfish King finally launched
Steve Rasmussen -- 7/9/2008, 9:19 pm
Re: Strip: Redfish King finally launched
David, Tasmania -- 7/9/2008, 6:09 pm
Re: Strip: Redfish King finally launched
Steve Rasmussen -- 7/9/2008, 6:44 pm
Beautiful details! *NM*
Glen Smith -- 7/9/2008, 4:48 pm
Re: Strip: Redfish King finally launched
Kudzu -- 7/9/2008, 4:34 pm
Re: Strip: Redfish King finally launched
Steve Rasmussen -- 7/9/2008, 4:40 pm