: I am just building the strongback for my guillemot and have cut out
: all the forms. I am just about to cut off the taper on the end
: forms and do an internal stem peice but I am stalled because the
: taper looks like it rounds over and continues over the shear
: line and if I cut it out like that then how do I get the hull
: off the form later? what is the point of it going over the
: shear? I dont know I am prob over thinking this anyone care to
: chime in please?!?

: Dave

I've never built with an interal strongback, just seems odd to me, but it works for Nick. I like internal stems though, makes the construction so much easier since the strips can be both stapled and glued to the stem. I normally very lightly hot glue it in place, couple small dabs of hot glue, and this can be relatively easily removed from the frames/strongback after the hull is built.

Someone that's built using Nick's method can correct this if this doesn't work building that way :)

Bill H.