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making strips fit into hollows in hull.
By:Paul Jacobson
Date: 5/5/1999, 3:06 am
In Response To: Re: Guillemot-Coastal, Hollows in hull. (Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks)

> The ugly way is to run a sheet-rock screw into the forms through the
> strip. The webbing idea is better looking.

Of course you can always calmp that strip in place by using a screw in a small scrap of wood strip, which is attached NEXT to the strip you want ot hold in place. There is no hole in your wood strip. The screw is driven into he form just outside your strip, and it pulls that little wood scrap down like a clamp, holding the strip in place until the glue sets. After that, back out the screw and add another strip, which will lay right on top of the screw hole. Reuse the scraps and screws in spots where the staples don't hold well enough.

Hope this helps.

Paul Jacobson

Messages In This Thread

Guillemot-Coastal, Hollows in hull.
Kris Gabrielson -- 5/3/1999, 10:11 pm
Re: Guillemot-Coastal, Hollows in hull.
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 5/4/1999, 12:26 pm
making strips fit into hollows in hull.
Paul Jacobson -- 5/5/1999, 3:06 am
Re: Guillemot-Coastal, Hollows in hull.
Greg Steeves -- 5/4/1999, 5:46 pm
Re: Guillemot-Coastal, Hollows in hull.
Pete Rudie -- 5/4/1999, 12:23 am
Re: Guillemot-Coastal, Hollows in hull.
Mac Buhler -- 5/4/1999, 5:10 am