Sorting the strips

Establishing a pattern, and planking the bow and stern (page 3 of 3 pages)

This is a "cheater strip." Several of these strips, tapered on the bead side with a band saw (a new bead is then added with a hand plane, by hand with a shop knife, or by using a stationary sander--- I prefer a shop knife and a small Sure-Form tool) can be employed to ease the tight sweeps where the strips must conform to the bow and stern angles... (apologies to my now headless wife!)

More creative clamping! I found that my roof rack straps (handy, since they were lying nearby) make great clamps! Here I used spring clamps, some wedges inserted over a couple of waste strip ends, screw clamps and straps to clamp. Again, in every clamping situation, be sure to place a 2-inch length or so, of ripped-off bead into the delicate cove of the top strip, or the cove will be damaged.

Planking the sides. Well, well... I can start to see a boat! As you can see, I've used a few staples to keep the joints tight. Also, you can see the non-cove-and-bead crap-lumber strip on the keel. This has already been glued to the bow and stern spars with a few dots of wood glue. It will be pulled or cut-free later and replaced with relatively complex fitted keel strips. For now, it helps to establish a visual reference for the keel line, as well as keep everything aligned and in place.

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