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Re: Strip: making Wood strips
By:Kurt Maurer
Date: 7/13/2014, 10:58 am
In Response To: Re: Strip: making Wood strips (ancient kayaker)

I'd use those 4x4's in a heartbeat, and look forward to being very proud of a boat that I built with my own hands, at my own home, using materials I already had laying around. I'd be especially proud of any and all imperfections as evidence of my dogged persistence and eventual success.

I can never understand how staple holes, scarfs joints, and other evidence of hand craftsmanship can be regarded as blemishes on self-made boats? Fully half the reason I've never tried staple-less building is because I think the neat rows of staple holes add interest and texture to the finished boat. Scarf joints do the same thing. I know it isn't a popular notion, but in my world those things are actually features!

Incidentally, I offer a few tips of ripping strips on my build pages at:
http://ngc704.home.comcast.net/~ngc704/NewOI/

Cheers, Kurt

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Strip: making Wood strips
Darren Edwards -- 7/13/2014, 8:52 am
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ancient kayaker -- 7/13/2014, 10:05 am
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Kurt Maurer -- 7/13/2014, 10:58 am
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Marc Upchurch -- 7/13/2014, 10:36 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 7/13/2014, 11:24 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 7/13/2014, 1:57 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 7/13/2014, 2:29 pm
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Don T. -- 7/13/2014, 9:31 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 7/14/2014, 12:50 pm
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Jay Babina -- 7/14/2014, 7:55 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 7/14/2014, 11:48 am
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Jay Babina -- 7/15/2014, 6:45 am
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Darren edwards -- 7/14/2014, 10:44 am
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Marc Upchurch -- 7/14/2014, 7:21 pm
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Mike Bielski -- 7/14/2014, 11:35 pm
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Mike Bielski -- 7/14/2014, 11:40 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 7/15/2014, 12:32 am
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Mike Bielski -- 7/15/2014, 12:46 am
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Bill Hamm -- 7/15/2014, 3:46 am
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Etienne Muller -- 7/15/2014, 5:57 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 7/15/2014, 12:43 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 7/16/2014, 2:12 am
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ancient kayaker -- 7/15/2014, 7:51 am
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Bill Hamm -- 7/16/2014, 2:14 am
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ancient kayaker -- 7/16/2014, 7:53 am
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Bill Hamm -- 7/20/2014, 1:01 am
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Darren.edwards -- 7/21/2014, 8:17 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 7/21/2014, 9:50 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 7/21/2014, 9:51 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 7/22/2014, 12:22 am
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ancient kayaker -- 7/22/2014, 10:17 am