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Re: Strip: Strip Thickness
By:Randy Echtinaw
Date: 2/22/2018, 9:59 pm
In Response To: Re: Strip: Strip Thickness (JohnAbercrombie)

I tried planing strips a couple of times but found it was one step not required as ripped strips work just fine.
When I did plane strips I used a strip of 1/4"x12"x96" plywood. I glued a 3/16"x1" strip across one end about 8" in from the end. I played 6-8 strips on this plywood with the ends butted to the 3/16" strip. The plywood supported the strips, the 3/16" strip pushed then through and being 8" from the end of the plywood prevented planner snip at the end of my strips. Worked excellent. Never had a strip "explode" and at 6-8 strips per shot it only took about 20 minutes to do a boats worth of strips.
You need some good infeed/outfeed support for planing strips. My longest strips are 10' so relatively easy. You guys using 12/14/16' strips will have a fun job trying to plane them. I use to plane the full board so I started with the same width strips but now, because I rip many diffeerent widths for different areas of the boat I don't even do that any more.
Now I agree with some of the other opinions, I like the saw marks as an indicator of where I am sanding and I enjoy sanding :) I like the 'feel' of the boat, kinda developes a personal relationship with it :_)

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Ned Smith -- 2/3/2018, 3:05 pm
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Dan Thaler -- 2/3/2018, 3:26 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 2/3/2018, 3:32 pm
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Ned Smith -- 2/3/2018, 7:17 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 2/3/2018, 10:12 pm
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Dan Thaler -- 2/4/2018, 7:55 am
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John U -- 2/4/2018, 12:52 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 2/4/2018, 2:55 pm
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Dan Thaler -- 2/4/2018, 3:31 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 2/4/2018, 11:57 pm
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Justin -- 2/6/2018, 7:23 am
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JayBabina -- 2/6/2018, 8:12 am
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Nick R. -- 2/9/2018, 4:20 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 2/10/2018, 2:05 am
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AVO -- 2/21/2018, 3:03 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 2/21/2018, 4:24 pm
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h -- 2/21/2018, 9:01 pm
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M A Bielski -- 2/21/2018, 10:21 pm
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scottbaxter -- 2/21/2018, 11:17 pm
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scottbaxter -- 2/21/2018, 11:18 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 2/22/2018, 1:20 am
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h -- 2/22/2018, 6:25 am
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JayBabina -- 2/22/2018, 7:51 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 2/22/2018, 10:42 pm
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 2/22/2018, 9:37 am
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J Van Buren -- 2/22/2018, 12:34 pm
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Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 2/22/2018, 3:00 pm
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AVO -- 2/22/2018, 3:50 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 2/22/2018, 7:27 pm
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Randy Echtinaw -- 2/22/2018, 9:59 pm
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dave koslow -- 2/23/2018, 9:40 am
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Randy Echtinaw -- 2/23/2018, 11:13 am
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dave koslow -- 2/23/2018, 1:17 pm