: 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

Looks great! I think I'm going to use this technique on mine that is just getting started. Want to route out the strongback holes in the forms nicely so I got just a little sidetracked building a small, portable router table....

Jason