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Re: Stapleless Guillemot -a couple of questions
By:Rehd
Date: 10/29/2000, 9:50 pm
In Response To: Stapleless Guillemot -a couple of questions (Richard Boyle)

: Hi,
: I'm building a Guillemot (my first kayak building project), have got the
: forms aligned and am about to start stripping the hull, without staples.
: What's a good way to hold the first strip in place?
: I was thinking of using hot melt glue or clamping it to a sacrificial deck
: sheer strip screwed in place. Any one have a better idea?
: Also, I am going to make some plywood U shaped fixtures to hold the strips in
: place while the glue dries, as shown in Kayakcraft, but I'm wondering why
: they need to be U shaped. I don't see what the bottom of the U is for.
: Couldn't the fixtures just be L shaped? That would make the much simpler
: to make.
: Thanks, Richard.

Richard, have you considered steaming the strips to get them to conform to the bends? Use the u-shaped clamp and for the tight bends, steam or wet with hot water over a towel around the strips and they should limber up enough to pull them into place. Give it a try. :)

Rehd

Messages In This Thread

Stapleless Guillemot -a couple of questions
Richard Boyle -- 10/29/2000, 5:37 pm
Re: Stapleless Guillemot -a couple of questions
Richard Boyle -- 11/6/2000, 8:22 am
how about masking tape
Jason Given -- 10/30/2000, 2:52 pm
Re: how about masking tape
Ray Port Angeles -- 10/31/2000, 11:37 pm
Re: how about masking tape
Grant Goltz -- 10/30/2000, 11:11 pm
Re: Stapleless Guillemot -a couple of questions
John Monfoe -- 10/30/2000, 5:45 am
Re: Stapleless Guillemot -a couple of questions
Paul G. Jacobson -- 10/31/2000, 12:04 am
Try screws in small scraps to hold the first strip
Paul G. Jacobson -- 10/29/2000, 11:03 pm
Re: Try screws in small scraps to hold the first s
Shawn Baker -- 10/30/2000, 11:27 am
Re: Stapleless Guillemot -a couple of questions
Rehd -- 10/29/2000, 9:50 pm
Re: Stapleless Guillemot -a couple of questions
Mitch Isoe -- 10/29/2000, 7:51 pm
Re: Stapleless Guillemot -a couple of questions
Hans Friedel -- 10/29/2000, 6:27 pm