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Re: Strip: transition from hull to deck?
By:Jay Babina
Date: 8/7/2011, 7:57 am
In Response To: Strip: transition from hull to deck? *PIC* (Andrew T)

Looking at your boat, your forms 1 and 2 start going horizontal.

Yes, you will bevel the strips and you should use 1/2 width strips to get around that bend on the forward deck.

Here's what I do: take your strip and place it along the boat and put pencil tick marks on the strip corresponding to your forms. A good way to work is have a little shelf along the boat on each side so you can lay the strip there and bevel it with a block plane. As I bevel a section, I now push it up in position and see how it fits. The little pencil marks let me know what area I'm working on. I go section by section, often beveling a few feet at a time. That strip will have a pretty strong bevel on your front deck. Put a pencil line along the strip as it is beveled to completion so you don't start re-beveling a section that you just did. Two strips will get your around the bend and back to full width strips. Don't forget, since a strip has two edges, the angle to make a 45 degree bend has to be around half of that with two faces touching.

Don't panic. It's easier than you imagine. and if you off a tiny bit, error on the over beveled side so you get tight outside joints. You can always fill the inside with a tiny bit of putty. Nobody can cut two half width strips and make a rolling bevel 90 degree corner perfectly. But you can easily make the outside joints perfect.

Messages In This Thread

Strip: transition from hull to deck? *PIC*
Andrew T -- 8/6/2011, 6:07 pm
Re: Strip: transition from hull to deck?
Robin Boys -- 8/6/2011, 6:30 pm
Re: Strip: transition from hull to deck? *PIC*
Kurt Maurer -- 8/6/2011, 6:52 pm
Re: Strip: transition from hull to deck?
Jay Babina -- 8/7/2011, 7:57 am
Re: Strip: transition from hull to deck?
george jung -- 8/7/2011, 8:06 am
sanding block
Jay Babina -- 8/7/2011, 8:52 am
Re: sanding block
Andrew T -- 8/7/2011, 11:03 am
Re: Strip: transition from hull to deck? *PIC*
Joy -- 8/7/2011, 11:17 am
Re: Strip: transition from hull to deck?
Kurt Maurer -- 8/7/2011, 7:11 pm
filling the cracks
Jay Babina -- 8/8/2011, 8:19 am