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Re: Strip: Black Pearl Stripper Putting together a
By:yellowbelly
Date: 1/9/2012, 3:28 pm
In Response To: Re: Strip: Black Pearl Stripper Putting together a (Dan Caouette (CSFW))

Dan and .. .. Dan (!)

I would bow to Dan C's experience but I found that as the stations are widely spaced I'd stick with slightly thicker strips so that the shell is stronger. I found that once I had finished sanding the hull, it was uneven. I'd pushed the surface in between stations to get the rotary sander (not as Mr T's instructions) to 'grip'. Seemed to bounce. (?) Maybe using a belt sander or a sanding board would have avoided this.

This was my first build and I used plain 5mm (3/16" = 4.7625mm) , not bead and cove strips. The c-c distance for the station molds was 44cm (17") and I was using fairly flexible, wide grained WRC.

. . . Ben

BTW - I got this calculation very wrong and have enough for half another kayak/canoe. Not a bad thing?

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danperry -- 1/9/2012, 1:50 pm
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Bob Beaullieu -- 1/9/2012, 2:02 pm
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danperry -- 1/9/2012, 2:17 pm
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Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 1/9/2012, 2:44 pm
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yellowbelly -- 1/9/2012, 3:28 pm
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danperry -- 1/9/2012, 4:24 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 1/9/2012, 5:59 pm
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Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 1/9/2012, 6:34 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 1/9/2012, 6:38 pm
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Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 1/9/2012, 7:22 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 1/10/2012, 4:53 am
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Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 1/10/2012, 7:50 am
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Bill Hamm -- 1/11/2012, 2:11 am
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Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 1/11/2012, 10:25 am
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Etienne Muller -- 1/11/2012, 12:36 pm
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Randy Echtinaw -- 1/9/2012, 7:30 pm
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Michael Lynskey -- 1/9/2012, 9:04 pm
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danperry -- 1/9/2012, 9:36 pm
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Michael Lynskey -- 1/10/2012, 8:38 am
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danperry -- 1/10/2012, 10:22 am