: Hi,

: I'm going to be stripping the deck on my night heron hybrid
: sometime in the next few months and i was debating between bead
: and cove or a rolling bevel. The design i'm planning has several
: curving elements and some thinner accent strips which i am
: assuming aren't done with bead and cove (at least not the
: 1/8" accent strips). Would it be worth making all my strips
: with bead and cove or will i end up planning off most of them
: anyway? Thoughts?

: Thanks All,

: Damian

I am building a guillemot strip and my deck design is somewhat reminisent of your drawing (see guillemot deck half stripped thread below). I used bead and cove between the two pine strips with flat edges on the outsides, then the accent stripps are 1/4 inch rolling bevel, and all the rest of the cedar is bead and cove, hull and deck.

I personally find the rolling bevel a pain. I have never once said " I wish I didn't rout all these strips". I have heard other say that b&c is a waste of time but it only took me a day and the locking in over the length of a strip makes me relax a bit when trying to twist strips around curvy area's, it is kinda like a full length clamp.

When I build another I won't even think about not routing my strips, I even think I would double cove the shear strip so the deck "clicks" in instead of rolling that strip as well.

My 2 cents to each their own

dave g