Angling the cutter relative to the strip will cut a groove in the "back" of the strip. This could make the inside of your boat ugly.

> Had a little epiphany over coffee break this afternoon. Let's see what you
> guys think. I haven't really thought this through but I'll throw it out
> anyway. When routing the cove on strips what happens if you raise the
> angle of the strip so that the axis of the cove cut is at, say, 30 degrees
> while the axis of the bead remains at 90. Seems to me using the resulting
> short side of the strip on the inside of the hull would reduce gaps on the
> outside forced by the curvature of the hull. Thoughts? Tom