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Strip: Cheater strips
By:mtkayak
Date: 2/9/2009, 4:14 pm

First time builder. Any tips for making those bow cheater strips fit tight to the very feathered end? I'm using a rolling bevel and not cove and bead. I was able to get a tight fit right down to about the final 4 inches of the very point. Planing that thin end seemed to either break it off or rip it out. Sanding seamed to get it a bit finer but it was very fragile and I ended up breaking it off too. I ended up with very thin gaps of about 4" long that I tried to slide in some shavings. Still not perfect though.

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Strip: Cheater strips
mtkayak -- 2/9/2009, 4:14 pm
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Kirt Lindeman -- 2/15/2009, 1:41 am
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Etienne Muller -- 2/13/2009, 6:57 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 2/14/2009, 1:33 am
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Rob Macks / Laughing Loon CC&K -- 2/10/2009, 11:01 am
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Scott Fitzgerrell -- 2/10/2009, 8:23 am
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mtkayak -- 2/10/2009, 8:58 am
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Kyle T -- 2/10/2009, 7:45 am
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Bill Hamm -- 2/10/2009, 1:08 am
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mike allen -- 2/9/2009, 4:26 pm