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Re: Strip: Going Staple-less
By:f groves
Date: 3/16/2009, 8:41 pm
In Response To: Strip: Going Staple-less (FrankP)

Frank,

Years ago a buddy and I build a plug for our fiberglass kayak mold using
wood strips and hot glue. It worked great! Now thirty years later wood
stripping is a big deal.

Check out this article by Rob Macks at his Laughing Loon site.
http://www.laughingloon.com/shoptips2.html He's touting the virtues of using HOT GLUE. He also has some good ideas about using a HEAT GUN in bending/forming wood strips.

I hope this helps.

jfgroves
King, NC
jfgroves17@yahoo.com:

I know I've read some posts here, there, and everywhere about strip building
: without staples. Unfortunately I can't seem to find any of them in archive
: searches-- more accurately I don't want to spend the time it takes to
: filter through unrelated posts to find the ones I want.

: So, starting yet another staple-less thread, how have people done it in the
: past? I'm thinking about just using some 3M painters tape, at this point,
: but I'm not sure how well that will hold. Any other suggestions?

: FrankP

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Strip: Going Staple-less
FrankP -- 3/16/2009, 9:58 am
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Pawistik -- 3/18/2009, 4:46 pm
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FrankP -- 3/19/2009, 12:00 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 3/19/2009, 2:12 pm
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FrankP -- 3/23/2009, 3:40 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 3/24/2009, 12:29 am
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tony olsen -- 3/17/2009, 9:39 am
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Bill Hamm -- 3/18/2009, 12:46 am
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Don Goss -- 3/17/2009, 8:00 am
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Bill Hamm -- 3/17/2009, 12:23 am
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James Kingston -- 3/16/2009, 10:01 pm
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f groves -- 3/16/2009, 8:41 pm
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Rod Tait (Orca Boats) -- 3/16/2009, 11:32 am
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don -- 3/16/2009, 10:56 am