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Re: Strip: hand bevel vs b&c - opinions
By:Charlie
Date: 10/22/2010, 12:07 am
In Response To: Re: Strip: hand bevel vs b&c - opinions (Bill Hamm)

On the cover of Ted Moores' "Canoecraft" there is modern glass/wood stripper next to a traditional stripper built 70-80 years ago. The inside of this old boat is filled with steamed ribs. Probably as many as 80. And every strip is nailed to every rib. You can't see it in the picture but the strips are ship lapped and every strip is tapered to account for the fat middle and the skinny ends of the canoe. To assemble one of these boats you have to have a mold just like the one used for wood/canvas boats. And every different hull has to have it's own mold. Building the mold is a major project. It has to be extremely sturdy to maintain it's shape while absorbing thousands of hammer blows.
The process is so involved I don't think anyone does it any more. I did see a modern version of a traditional stripper. It was built at a French boatbuilding school and I think they only built one.
Trying to figure out a simplified way to construct like this could end up being a lifetime of work.

: The strips on a stripper are the core for a fiberglass sandwich
: construction method. The strips are way too thin to be used
: alone. Would need something like 3/8" thick strips at
: minimum and that would be very heavy.

: Why would you want to do it without fiberglass?

: Bill H.

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Strip: hand bevel vs b&c - opinions
J Law -- 10/18/2010, 8:12 am
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Randy Echtinaw -- 10/29/2010, 10:13 am
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J Law -- 10/23/2010, 3:19 am
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Bryan Ledahl -- 10/22/2010, 10:54 pm
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 10/19/2010, 12:07 pm
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Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 10/19/2010, 1:39 pm
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Ancient Kayaker -- 10/22/2010, 9:48 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 10/19/2010, 1:01 pm
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riston -- 10/18/2010, 8:12 pm
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J Law -- 11/1/2010, 3:42 am
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J Law -- 10/18/2010, 8:19 pm
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riston -- 10/18/2010, 8:27 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 10/18/2010, 2:55 pm
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BryanK -- 10/28/2010, 4:35 pm
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Ancient Kayaker -- 10/18/2010, 5:49 pm
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Mike Savage -- 10/22/2010, 6:19 am
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Bill Hamm -- 10/18/2010, 8:42 pm
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Charlie -- 10/22/2010, 12:07 am
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Ancient Kayaker -- 10/29/2010, 11:53 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 10/30/2010, 12:59 am
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Ancient Kayaker -- 10/30/2010, 3:34 pm
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BryanK -- 10/28/2010, 4:38 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 10/22/2010, 2:39 am
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Charlie -- 10/22/2010, 10:36 am
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Bill Hamm -- 10/22/2010, 10:57 am
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Bill Hamm -- 10/23/2010, 2:08 am
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xplorz -- 10/18/2010, 2:21 pm
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MattD. -- 10/18/2010, 1:05 pm
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Rob Macks / Laughing Loon CC&K -- 10/18/2010, 11:32 am
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J Law -- 10/18/2010, 2:25 pm
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Bob Beaullieu -- 10/18/2010, 8:49 am
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J Law -- 10/18/2010, 9:01 am
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BryanK -- 10/28/2010, 4:31 pm
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mtkayak -- 10/18/2010, 12:38 pm
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J Law -- 10/18/2010, 2:24 pm