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Strip: Copper External Stem
By:Carl
Date: 1/21/2010, 3:54 pm

I am building a cedar strip Guillemot, and am considering putting a hand-hammmered copper external stem (mainly because I think it would look nice). Has anyone tried something like this? Thoughts on whether the copper stem should be attached before fiberglassing (i.e. glass over the metal stem) or attach after 'glassing? Is this a really bad idea for reasons I haven't thought of yet?

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Strip: Copper External Stem
Carl -- 1/21/2010, 3:54 pm
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Don -- 1/23/2010, 11:15 am
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kiim -- 1/23/2010, 2:11 pm
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Mike Bielski -- 1/22/2010, 9:45 am
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Shawn -- 1/22/2010, 3:21 am
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Carl -- 1/22/2010, 5:53 am
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Kudzu -- 1/22/2010, 9:09 am
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kiim -- 1/23/2010, 12:12 am
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Bill Hamm -- 1/21/2010, 8:21 pm
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Etienne Muller - Ireland -- 1/21/2010, 6:47 pm
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danp -- 1/21/2010, 6:02 pm
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Carl -- 1/21/2010, 6:11 pm