: Geeeze Kim, all of a sudden I feel like I'm back at throwing together
: slapdash by-gosh-and-by-golly strongbacks! Thanks for posting, got a link
: to a photo album for us?

: If I had a drum sander I might use it as you have. Those saw marks present
: more sanding challenge than you'd think if you didn't know better. That's
: why I stress ripping strips with a well-tuned saw, sharp blade, and as few
: stops as humanly possible for each one, I seldom have more than one stop,
: and thus one saw mark, per strip.

: I'm doing a build log stressing basic shop methods because of a surge in
: first time boat builders on Texas Kayak Fisherman-dot-com. Lots of great
: questions are being asked, and I'm trying to take as much scary voodoo
: mojo or whateveritis out of strip building as possible. Figured there
: might be a few noobs around here as well, who might benefit also.

Hi Kurt,

I suspect there are a huge bunch of new builders lurking here that never post, would be nice to have a new building log for them to watch

I enjoy watching what others do too btw, everyone can learn new things if they are open to it.

Bill H.