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Re: Strip: Need some encouragement
By:george jung
Date: 8/25/2009, 7:54 pm
In Response To: Re: Strip: Need some encouragement (Rod Tait)

: I think that you will find that once building begins and you have a few
: strips in place, any obvious mis-alignments will become blatantly obvious
: and you can adjust then. I know that One Ocean plans call for internal
: beams. I find these to be less forgiving when adjustments are needed after
: building commences and certainly eliminates removing a form after all the
: others are in place should you need to adjust the shape of the form (minor
: sanding).

Hehe.... I don't know if misery loves company, but I can sure relate! I'm working on a Storm LT - actually found the internal strongback a piece of cake - but since this is my 'first' stripper, doing something new always seems fraught with 'complications'. I decided to take a page from several builders here, and just 'do it'. So far, works like a charm. Hull stripped, even looks fair! So dive in, don't worry about the little stuff.

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Strip: Need some encouragement
Mike Dangelo -- 8/25/2009, 11:40 am
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Etienne Muller -- 8/26/2009, 5:10 am
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Mike Dangelo -- 8/27/2009, 9:13 am
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Ian Johnson -- 8/26/2009, 3:26 am
Re: Strip: Need some encouragement
Rod Tait -- 8/25/2009, 7:33 pm
Re: Strip: Need some encouragement
george jung -- 8/25/2009, 7:54 pm
Re: Strip: Need some encouragement
Andy Waddington -- 8/25/2009, 12:20 pm
Re: Strip: Need some encouragement
Roger -- 8/25/2009, 12:17 pm