: I am attempting to build a Guillemot L. I started to set up the strong back
: the other night and was looking over my forms. I thought I had done a good
: job of shaping them but on closer inspection they are not perfectly
: symmetrical.

: I purchased the full size plans from Nick, used spray mount adhesive to
: attach the drawings to 3/4 plywood, rough cut them on my bandsaw and used
: a Ridgid oscillating spindle/belt sander to clean them up. I thought this
: would be very accurate but as I was sanding the paper curled a bit. In
: some place I sanded right to the line, other places slightly over and
: still others slightly under the line.

: The maximum difference in any given area is no more than 1/8 of an inch and
: probably closer to 1/16. Is this going to cause a problem in the finished
: boat? Will the hull move a little anyway when I remove it from the forms?
: How accurate do I need to be?

: The sander was borrowed, I hate to ask to use it again, and I really don't
: want to go out and buy one.

: Please tell me what to do!
: Thanks,
: Mike Boren

Mike

I'm sure you can work around the inaccuracies of your forms alright. If you feel there are some areas that are around 1/8" deep, then you could try the self-adhesive backed edgeing tape used by cabinet and furniture builders. It's approximately 1/16" thick, will stick down to your form or itself for a 1/8" thick area. You can resand them to get a good fair curve on the forms.

Rehd