| EasyB Cedar Strip Canoe - Gluing the strips |
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| Written by Jon | |||
| Thursday, 09 April 2009 14:44 | |||
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Building a boat involves a good deal of trial and error. I made an error last weekend when I trimmed the bow and stern strips. This was a section we were worried about, and did not know how to approach it, so I tried scribing a line and cutting on it. Needless to say i was not stoked about the results. Especially once I saw the way Chad did his by laying the saw against the next mold station. He made a perfect cut.
When I saw the Wharram Tiki 30 built by Boatsmith at the St Pete Boat Show, I asked them how they got such a great finish on all the parts they fabricated. David Halladay told me they take their time, and if something isn't right they do it again and again until it is. Pretty simple advice for a lot of things huh?
So I decided to pull off the 5 strips that I had put on the storboard side, and started fresh on the port side. We have also run into an issue with the rubberband method, it pulls down so hard it is bending the tacks marking the sheerline. If I was to do this again, forget the rubberbands, and just staple to thinker plywood molds. Oh well, live and learn, especially when we are building off of pics posted on the internet!
Chad now has strips on both hull sides, and they look great. Not in a rush to finish, but it is really cool to see these come along!
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