I've been adding strips 2 or 3 at a time over the last week. I took Saturday off from working on the boat as I ran the Quicksilver 50km race in San Jose in the morning with 5,440 ft of elevation gain (3:51:58, 1st) and the legs were a little too tired/sore to be crouching down beside the canoe. But I was able to get a few strips on on Sunday.
This part of the process is pretty easy. I'm just starting to make the turn of the bilge and I can see how the strips are going to be twisted toward the bow and stern. The staples are holding fairly well but I used a few clamps on the latest strip to hold it tight to the forms.
In the second picture, you can see the flat grain accent strip that I am using on each side of the canoe against the rest of the end grain strips.
2 comments:
congrats on the race! The stripping seems to be going very well for you :)
hey Scott,
if you can't finish your canoe, maybe you can sell it unfinished for an outraging amount to an interior designer!
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