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Re: Tools: Recommendations?
By:Justin
Date: 1/20/2017, 5:25 am
In Response To: Re: Tools: Recommendations? (Steve Solomon)

Hi Steve,

I just had a look at the photos, and I'm impressed for a first build.

As Rob Macks always says, the real key to a "fair" hull is that the edges of all the strips line up perfectly - and are on the forms, but you seem to have managed that part really well - and I can see a couple of places where this is not the case.

That means that you have to sand the higher strip down as far as the lower strip, and then distribute this difference over as big an area as possible to avoid a dip in the smooth surface of the hull. On the outside this is actually not too hard, but you really do need a long board sander, a ROS won't do this.

If you have a strip that is more than a millimeter or so lower than the strips next to it, it is much better to either cut the joints and re-glue, or its actually much easier to glue another strip on top of the low strip and then plane or sand it down.

The inside is harder to sand fair, but not so many people will see it!

By the way I'm particularly impressed by the (horribly difficult) tail piece!

Keep the photos coming!

Justin

Messages In This Thread

Tools: Recommendations?
Patrick North -- 1/16/2017, 7:23 pm
Re: Tools: Recommendations?
Mike Bielski -- 1/16/2017, 7:48 pm
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Mike Bielski -- 1/16/2017, 7:49 pm
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Marc Upchurch -- 1/16/2017, 7:50 pm
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scottbaxter -- 1/16/2017, 9:23 pm
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Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 1/17/2017, 7:30 am
Surform
jaybabina -- 1/17/2017, 8:12 am
Re: Surform
Jim777 -- 1/21/2017, 6:28 am
Re: Tools: Recommendations? *PIC*
Etienne Muller -- 1/17/2017, 8:45 am
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Nick R. -- 1/17/2017, 9:38 am
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Rich D -- 1/17/2017, 9:42 am
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Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 1/17/2017, 10:55 am
Re: Tools: Recommendations?
Patrick North -- 1/18/2017, 9:42 am
Re: Tools: Recommendations?
Steve Solomon -- 1/18/2017, 12:32 pm
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Patrick North -- 1/18/2017, 12:56 pm
Re: Tools: Recommendations?
Steve Solomon -- 1/18/2017, 1:38 pm
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Marc Upchurch -- 1/18/2017, 3:47 pm
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Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 1/18/2017, 1:44 pm
Re: Tools: Recommendations?
Steve Solomon -- 1/19/2017, 10:26 am
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Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 1/19/2017, 11:54 am
Re: Tools: Recommendations?
Steve Solomon -- 1/19/2017, 12:23 pm
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Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 1/19/2017, 1:06 pm
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Steve Solomon -- 1/19/2017, 2:08 pm
Re: Tools: Recommendations?
Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 1/19/2017, 3:22 pm
Re: Tools: Recommendations?
Etienne Muller -- 1/19/2017, 4:42 pm
Re: Tools: Recommendations?
Steve Solomon -- 1/19/2017, 5:22 pm
Re: Tools: Recommendations?
Marc Upchurch -- 1/19/2017, 5:42 pm
Re: Tools: Recommendations?
Steve Solomon -- 1/19/2017, 6:01 pm
Re: Tools: Recommendations?
Etienne Muller -- 1/19/2017, 6:09 pm
Re: Tools: Recommendations?
Steve Solomon -- 1/19/2017, 6:42 pm
Re: Tools: Recommendations?
Justin -- 1/20/2017, 5:25 am
Re: Tools: Recommendations?
Steve Solomon -- 1/20/2017, 6:45 am
Re: Tools: Recommendations?
Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 1/20/2017, 8:57 am
Re: Tools: Recommendations?
Etienne Muller -- 1/20/2017, 3:10 pm
Re: Tools: Recommendations?
Bob Ten Eyck -- 1/22/2017, 12:13 pm
Fair ?
jaybabina -- 1/19/2017, 11:56 am
Re: Fair ?
Patrick North -- 1/19/2017, 12:20 pm
Re: Fair ?
Steve Solomon -- 1/19/2017, 12:39 pm
Re: Fair ?
scottbaxter -- 1/19/2017, 4:28 pm
Re: Fair ?
Steve Solomon -- 1/19/2017, 5:43 pm
Re: Fair ?
Bill Hamm -- 1/20/2017, 12:08 am
Re: Fair ?
Steve Solomon -- 1/20/2017, 6:37 am
Re: Fair ?
Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 1/19/2017, 5:10 pm
Re: Fair ?
Marc Upchurch -- 1/19/2017, 5:45 pm
Re: Fair ?
Mike Bielski -- 1/19/2017, 10:45 pm
Re: Tools: ROS and neighbours
Ian Johnson -- 1/22/2017, 9:32 pm
Re: Tools: ROS and neighbours
anewhouse -- 1/22/2017, 10:19 pm
Fair
Les Cheeseman -- 1/29/2017, 10:40 am