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Re: Strip: bending 1st bow strip?
By:Allan
Date: 5/19/2011, 1:28 am
In Response To: Re: Strip: bending 1st bow strip? (Noel Bennett)

: The SoF solution seems to be to scarf/glue/whatever another piece
: of wood onto the gun'l to create a bow that's upswept more than
: can be created through the use of a single stringer/gun'l.

: Is there any reason you can't use the same approach to add strips?
: As long as you can anchor the additional strips at one point (on
: one of the formers/stations, maybe), then add the strips as
: needed to complete the upsweep?

With SOF, you are working with timber that is much wider and thicker than strips, so the techniques for upswept bows are a bit different.

A heat gun is a good solution and should be all you need to deal with the problem.

There are some extra options too such as making that first strip slightly narrower, but you should not have to resort to that.

Cheater strips are similar to what you are describing, but most people like to try to get that first strip to follow the sheerline all the way to the bow and then add cheater strips as necessary after that.

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Andrew T -- 5/18/2011, 11:38 pm
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Andrew T -- 5/18/2011, 11:39 pm
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Andrew T -- 5/18/2011, 11:39 pm
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PatrickC -- 5/19/2011, 10:36 am
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Noel Bennett -- 5/19/2011, 12:06 am
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Allan -- 5/19/2011, 1:28 am
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JohnK -- 5/19/2011, 12:44 am
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dave g -- 5/19/2011, 12:54 am
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Bill Hamm -- 5/19/2011, 1:54 am
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Joy -- 5/19/2011, 3:50 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 5/19/2011, 9:06 pm
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Mike Savage -- 5/20/2011, 8:58 am
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Bill Hamm -- 5/20/2011, 10:11 am
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george jung -- 5/20/2011, 9:46 pm
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Al Edie -- 5/21/2011, 1:04 am
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Bill Hamm -- 5/21/2011, 7:39 am
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ancient kayaker -- 5/20/2011, 5:40 pm
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Andrew T -- 5/22/2011, 7:49 pm
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Andrew T -- 5/22/2011, 7:53 pm
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Andrew T -- 5/22/2011, 7:56 pm
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Randy Echtinaw -- 5/22/2011, 9:12 pm
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dave g -- 5/22/2011, 11:43 pm
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Andrew T -- 5/23/2011, 4:29 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 5/24/2011, 1:10 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 5/25/2011, 1:51 am
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ancient kayaker -- 5/25/2011, 10:10 am
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Bill Hamm -- 5/25/2011, 1:34 pm
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Clayton Plunkett -- 5/22/2011, 8:33 pm
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Clayton Plunkett -- 5/19/2011, 8:47 am
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Andrew T -- 5/19/2011, 9:39 am
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Clayton Plunkett -- 5/19/2011, 9:54 am
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Randy Echtinaw -- 5/19/2011, 11:09 am
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Bill Hamm -- 5/19/2011, 9:08 pm
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Bryan Kapteyn -- 5/20/2011, 10:53 am
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Randy Echtinaw -- 5/20/2011, 5:05 pm
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Etienne Muller - ireland -- 5/21/2011, 3:46 am
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Al Edie -- 5/19/2011, 11:32 am
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Joe Whitman -- 5/19/2011, 12:37 pm
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Andrew T -- 5/19/2011, 2:11 pm
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Clayton Plunkett -- 5/19/2011, 3:41 pm
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Clayton Plunkett -- 5/19/2011, 3:42 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 5/19/2011, 9:10 pm
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Al Edie -- 5/19/2011, 9:11 pm
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Clayton Plunkett -- 5/20/2011, 9:26 am
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Al Edie -- 5/21/2011, 12:44 am