: I am getting ready to build my second Wee Robbie double paddle
: canoe. I have just purchased a Performax(Jet) 1020 sander. After
: cutting the strips, I plan to run each side thru the sander to a
: finish of .188 thickness. I think having no blade marks and
: uneveness in the strips will save a lot of time in the final
: fairing and finishing. I have two more operations to get out a
: strip and I spent $700, am I crazy?
: Bob Drew

New tools are such a joy!! I'm not sure what a Performax 1020 sander is exactly, but I imagine it to be something like a planer that can adjust a large amount of stock to a thickness desired...What fun! Your project is a canoe, so lots of surface area...I kind of like the Ted Moores' approach to fairing the hull...hand planers and spoke shave to bulk fair, and then fairing board and random orbital sander for more "finish" sanding...after scraping all the glue from drips and filling the gaps between planks in some tight curved spots...I usually take off more than I imagined...it's nice to begin with enough material on the inside and outside of the hull to accomodate my sloppy stripping...and as I like to take a fair amount of creature comforts on a canoe camping trip...it's nice to have more boat between me and the water and any obstacles I might run into...
Bill Cruz