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Re: string and wedges
By:Shawn Baker
Date: 4/9/1999, 10:44 am
In Response To: string and wedges (Pete Ford)

Hi Pete- That looks great. Do you use bead & cove strips? Looks like you have really nice, tight joints.

That's a Georgian Bay, right?

Shawn

> I laid 4-5 strips at a time on each side, put a brad in at each station
> thru a piece of scrap, then tied a string around the strips midway between
> each station and wedged scrapwood under the string to pull the strips
> together. Takes awhile to tie all the strings, but you end up with no
> staple holes between stations. Buy a big roll of non-stretchy string and
> hang it over the middle of the kayak so you can cut off lenghts easily.

Messages In This Thread

POOR FITTING STRIPS
JD -- 4/8/1999, 7:11 pm
Re: POOR FITTING STRIPS
Nolan Penney -- 4/9/1999, 8:27 am
Re: POOR FITTING STRIPS
Bob Marr -- 4/9/1999, 7:50 am
string and wedges
Pete Ford -- 4/9/1999, 12:04 am
Re: string and wedges
Shawn Baker -- 4/9/1999, 10:44 am
Re: POOR FITTING STRIPS
Ross Leidy -- 4/9/1999, 12:00 am
Stapling strips between forms
Paul Jacobson -- 4/10/1999, 8:17 pm
Re: POOR FITTING STRIPS
Greg Steeves -- 4/8/1999, 10:43 pm