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Re: Strip: Stems; please help guide me *PIC*
By:Ian Johnson
Date: 10/29/2010, 12:07 am
In Response To: Re: Strip: Stems; please help guide me *PIC* (Ian Johnson)

: I didn't use an internal stem, on the Guillemot I am building (my
: first). Now that I have finished glassing the hull, I seem to
: have got away without it. I did add an external stem. Reason
: being my ends were not as tidy as the work experienced builders
: achieve!

This is how my bow looked - you can see that I just never got the interlocking thing happening like it was supposed to. A heat gun would have made it a lot easier. An internal stem would have helped to (in as much as it provides an edge to glue the strip to), but in the end it's all been fine.

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Strip: Stems; please help guide me
Todd O -- 10/27/2010, 6:05 pm
Re: Strip: Stems; please help guide me *PIC*
Rob Macks / Laughing Loon CC&K -- 10/28/2010, 9:14 am
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Bill Hamm -- 10/29/2010, 12:22 am
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Bill Hamm -- 10/29/2010, 12:26 am
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Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 10/29/2010, 5:13 am
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Bill Hamm -- 10/30/2010, 12:47 am
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Ancient Kayaker -- 10/30/2010, 12:30 am
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Todd O -- 10/28/2010, 10:22 pm
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Ian Johnson -- 10/28/2010, 11:22 pm
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Ian Johnson -- 10/29/2010, 12:07 am
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Kurt Maurer -- 10/28/2010, 6:48 pm
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Terry -- 10/28/2010, 12:06 am
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Allan -- 10/28/2010, 1:18 am
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Bill Hamm -- 10/28/2010, 8:50 am
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Allan -- 10/27/2010, 9:11 pm
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Glen Smith -- 10/27/2010, 9:06 pm
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Joe Whitman -- 10/27/2010, 7:43 pm
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 10/27/2010, 7:33 pm
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Kurt Maurer -- 10/27/2010, 8:53 pm
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 10/28/2010, 12:26 am
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Bill Hamm -- 10/28/2010, 1:33 am
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 10/28/2010, 6:59 am
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BryanK -- 10/29/2010, 2:02 pm
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dave g -- 10/29/2010, 7:29 pm
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Glen Smith -- 10/29/2010, 11:15 pm
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dave g -- 10/30/2010, 1:09 am
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Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 10/28/2010, 7:23 am
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 10/29/2010, 2:25 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 10/28/2010, 8:45 am
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Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 10/29/2010, 5:15 am