Hi all

Thought I'd share how I did this on my first build, a Guillemot. I pondered for a while, before deciding to laminate strips to make the lip, per Nick's book.

The thing I couldn't work out, was how to laminate the strips so as to have a smooth surface on the underside. I trialled clamping some strips, but the compound curves meant I just couldn't see how it was possible to do without either a lot of care, or a rough surface on the underside.

So I had an idea! And thought I'd share it. I haven't seen it mentioned before. It's probably not that novel, but I thought I'd mention it anyway.

Instead of gluing the first strip onto the riser, I just clamped it in place, and used the riser as a mold. I then glued each strip on top of that as usual. This meant I could remove the laminated lip off the riser, and shape it off the boat - which made it very easy to get a smooth fair surface on the underside, and get a nice edge all around.

I found this *heaps* easier than gluing them directly on to the riser, I am sure I would have had a very rough surface otherwise, and the oak I used is so hard it would have been very time consuming to sand the underside and edge.

More here in case you are interested:
http://ianjohnsonz.wordpress.com/category/guillemot-kayak/4-stripping/f-coaming/

Regards, Ian