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Re: Strip: Setting up forms
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 1/12/2011, 4:36 pm
In Response To: Re: Strip: Setting up forms (Dan Thaler)

: On my first boat I used staples when building the deck and I had
: issues with them not holding well in the particle board deck
: forms. I was using the longest I could find, but maybe the
: weren't long enough. On my wife's boat I only used a few staples
: and mostly used the U clip method which worked quite well. On
: this boat being my first full stripper I'll probably use staples
: again, but I'll search harder for the longest that'll fit a
: T-50.
: Here's a link to my boat
: http://picasaweb.google.com/danielthaler/Shearwater17Hybrid#
: and my wife's
: http://picasaweb.google.com/danielthaler/Shearwater16Hybrid#

Nice boats :)

Given the choice, and I obviously do have the choice, I prefer plywood for the forms and now prefer using MDO, very easy to draw on and doesn't splinter like most ply does when you cut with a sabre saw.

Bill H.

Messages In This Thread

Strip: Setting up forms
Dan Thaler -- 1/12/2011, 12:12 pm
Re: Strip: Setting up forms
ancient kayaker -- 1/12/2011, 2:48 pm
Re: Strip: Setting up forms
Bill Hamm -- 1/12/2011, 3:40 pm
Re: Strip: Setting up forms
Dan Thaler -- 1/12/2011, 4:20 pm
Re: Strip: Setting up forms
Bill Hamm -- 1/12/2011, 4:36 pm
Re: Strip: Setting up forms
Bill Hamm -- 1/13/2011, 12:45 am
Re: Strip: Setting up forms
Les Cheeseman -- 1/13/2011, 2:47 pm
Re: Strip: Setting up forms
Al Edie -- 1/13/2011, 9:06 pm
Re: Strip: Setting up forms *PIC*
Ian Johnson -- 1/13/2011, 9:52 pm
Re: Strip: Setting up forms
Dan Thaler -- 1/14/2011, 5:38 am
Bent&Perfect S/B Form Alignment Issues
mick allen -- 1/19/2011, 5:55 pm