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How wide (strips that is) can you go?
By:Carl Wilson
Date: 11/14/1999, 6:18 pm

I am about to start ripping out my strips and need some advice. The best stock wood I could find was clear pine 2"X10"X20'. My table saw and large curf of the mills saw where I bought the wood limit me to first making strips 2" wide. My options are then to rip these strips down to 1" wide (I will loose 1/8" to the curf of the blade). After I run the strips through the bead and cove process, I am looking at strips less than 3/4". Is there an opinion out there that could guide me if I do indeed need to split 2" strips, or is 2" ok for bending around the Guillemot Expedition forms???

Thanks for any help carl

Messages In This Thread

How wide (strips that is) can you go?
Carl Wilson -- 11/14/1999, 6:18 pm
Re: How wide (strips that is) can you go?
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 11/15/1999, 9:32 am
Re: How wide (strips that is) can you go?
Kent LeBoutillier -- 11/15/1999, 6:02 am
Re: How wide (strips that is) can you go?
garland reese -- 11/14/1999, 10:44 pm