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Here's a view that
I will try to use to show the progress as the boat comes together.
Here, a temporary strip is simply set for showing the lines of the boat
and planing the stems so that each strip lays up flush against the
stems.
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Here's the first
and second strips in place and glued up. Now to get the rest of the
strips on. So far it seems easy, but the challenge will be going around
the bilge.
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A few more
strips... Easy going right now because the strips don't bend much or
twist hardly at all. Stripping seems like it'll be painless.
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More strips. The
inlay strips of redwood are complete. The rest of the bottom will be
the light colored cedar (Western Red Cedar) The dark strip is also
Western Red, but just a MUCH darker piece of wood. I didn't hardly
notice the difference at the lumberyard. I'm glad I got it though.
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Ouch. I spoke too
soon. Getting the strips
to twist and bend in two dimensions while fitting the bead and cove
together tightly is truely not fun around the bilge of the boat.
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Here's a view from
the end showing the bow coming together. You can see how the stem is
tapered a few strips ahead to get the strips to lay flat. In addition,
you can see the dowels that are inserted into the coves of eash strip
to prevent damaging the delicate cover. No staple holes in this hull.
(Many builders use staples to hold the strips to the forms, but it
leaves marks on the sides of the hull where the staples damage the
wood.)
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