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how many strips per hour?
By:sage
Date: 4/5/2001, 9:38 pm

I have been doing 3 to 4 strips a night. I only have a 1.5 to 2 hour window to work on the boat. I am building a Night Heron. The chine on the front half of the boat is striping fine with 1/2 in strips. Don't kill me for using staples! I will try stapleless next time! Right now I just want to get a boat on the water.
The back half of the boat has a very hard chine. Next time I build this boat I think 1/4 in strips will work better. O.K now here is my new problem I have. The
last 5 forms (excluding the very last one) the strips have been pulling away from the forms. the worse one is 1/4 in above the form. I think I will continue and try to keep it smoth by eye. what did I do wrong?

sage.

Messages In This Thread

how many strips per hour?
sage -- 4/5/2001, 9:38 pm
It's not too late...
Pete Rudie -- 4/5/2001, 11:10 pm
Re: It's not too late...
sage -- 4/6/2001, 10:42 pm
One other thing...
Pete Rudie -- 4/7/2001, 2:15 am
Re: One other thing...
sage -- 4/7/2001, 5:47 pm
Re: One other thing...
Pete Rudie -- 4/7/2001, 6:34 pm
Re: One other thing...
sage -- 4/7/2001, 8:01 pm
Yahoo'ed again
Pete Rudie -- 4/8/2001, 12:24 am
Re: Yahoo'ed again
sage -- 4/8/2001, 3:01 am
Re: It's not too late...
sage -- 4/5/2001, 11:42 pm
Re: It's not too late...
Pete Rudie -- 4/6/2001, 1:39 am
Re: It's not too late...
John Monfoe -- 4/6/2001, 5:52 am
Re: how many strips per hour?
daren neufeld -- 4/5/2001, 10:56 pm