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Re: cove and bead
By:Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks
Date: 3/31/2000, 8:49 am
In Response To: cove and bead (Butch)

Cove and bead strips are handy, but the effort of making them may not be worth the saved effort while stripping the boat. It is a close call. The boat turns out fine either way.

Don't worry about the long strips. You can do just fine with shorter pieces and in many cases the shorter pieces are easier. I don't see any benefit in pre scarfing lumber to make longer wood. You can make as tight a joint on the boat as you are building. Most kayaks don't end up using that many long strips anyway. The only strips I like to pre-scarf are the sheer strips. The first strips define how fair the following strips run. It is easiest to make the first strip fair if it is pre-scarfed.

> I am a first time builder and am wondering; will I be ok using strips that
> aren't cove and bead? also, I am having a tough time finding any 20' cedar
> boards. Any suggestions? Butch

Messages In This Thread

cove and bead
Butch -- 3/30/2000, 3:17 pm
Grain and single scarfing
mike allen ---} -- 3/31/2000, 4:11 pm
Re: cove and bead
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 3/31/2000, 8:49 am
Re: cove and bead
Edgar Kleindinst -- 3/31/2000, 7:34 am
Re: cove and bead
Kent LeBoutillier -- 3/31/2000, 6:20 am
Re: scarf splicing strips
Dave Houser -- 3/31/2000, 1:57 am
Re: scarf splicing strips
Walter H. Klaus -- 4/2/2000, 8:54 am
Sanding disk
Paul G. Jacobson -- 4/2/2000, 6:46 pm
Re: Sanding disk
Walter H. Klaus -- 4/3/2000, 9:44 pm
Re: Sanding disk
John B. -- 4/2/2000, 7:28 pm
Re: Sanding disk
Paul G. Jacobson -- 4/3/2000, 1:13 pm
Re: Sanding disk
John B. -- 4/3/2000, 7:22 pm
Re: Table Saw Sanding disk Source
Dave Houser -- 4/2/2000, 9:35 pm
Re: Table Saw Sanding disk Source
John B. -- 4/3/2000, 7:48 am
Re: scarf jig
Don Beale -- 3/31/2000, 12:13 pm
Re: scarf jig
Spidey -- 3/31/2000, 3:14 pm
Re: scarf jig
Don Beale -- 4/1/2000, 1:27 am
Re: scarf jig
Spidey -- 4/1/2000, 2:07 am
Re: scarfing jig
Hank -- 3/31/2000, 9:33 am
Re: cove and bead
Paul G. Jacobson -- 3/30/2000, 11:37 pm
Re: THAT explains it!
Spidey -- 3/31/2000, 12:48 am
Re: THAT explains it!
Hank -- 3/31/2000, 9:25 am
Actually, it is more like this
Paul G. Jacobson -- 3/31/2000, 4:42 am
Re: cove and bead
Eric Schade (shearwater Boats) -- 3/30/2000, 7:36 pm
Re: cove and bead
Dean Trexel -- 3/30/2000, 5:13 pm
Re: cove and bead
Vaclav Stejskal -- 3/30/2000, 4:34 pm