... I am in the initial stages of making a Guillemot - forms, strongback, cutting strips, excreta.

> Ewww....don't get any of that on you!

Uh... I meant "etcetera" (damn spell checkers!) actually the "excreta" probably does apply - some what - when I neglect my other duties when I am busy building kayaks ;-)

> The extreme strips are the ends that run right onto the inner stems. If
> you use "cheater strips" then nothing is too extreme. If you
> don't use cheaters (like I did) and no staples, it is a major PITA. I
> wouldn't recommend skipping the cheater strips, especially if you're going
> staple-less.

Shawn, did you have a specific reason for not using cheater strips?

> The extreme strips are those strips that have either an extreme bend or an
> extreme twist. With my method of staple-less, the extreme twist wasn't too
> hard to work with. The bend was, because there isn't anything out on the
> ends above the strips to screw to, and it takes a lot of tape to hold down
> that much pressure.

I might make a point of keeping the "negative" piece of wood that I cut off of the form to use to make a clamping jig on those extreme strips neat the bow and stern. What stations give the most trouble?

> By the way, I'm also using the "rolling bevel" rather than cove
> & bead. It's working pretty well.

C&B or bevel - something else I have been debating. Do you have any problem keeping the strips aligned inbetween stations? Which method to use? Hmmmm...Oh well, I will just have to make two kayaks to find out which way I like best.

Thanks for the comments.

Hank