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Re: Strip: NEW BUILD
By:les cheeseman
Date: 12/18/2011, 3:36 am
In Response To: Re: Strip: NEW BUILD (Douglas Lee)

: Hello Les C
: Are you going to cut your own station forms or are you ordering CNC
: cut forms. I have been thinking about cutting my own station
: forms but they are a nightmare to get perfect. 19 for the O.I.
: I cut my own for the Wee Lassie I am building right now. I am
: setting up my other strongback to build an O.I. and
: contemplating cutting them myself. I am trying to get both ready
: to strip, then
: finish off the Wee Lassie, then start stripping the O.I.
: For the amount of time and materials, ordering finished forms for
: approx. $250 is worth it!!! and they are accurate. I just
: finished the Panache and tried to cut the forms twice...I
: eventually ordered
: CNC cut forms from Michael at NEWFOUND BOATS.
: I think you will like the OI as all the folks I asked and the
: comments on the forum speak favorably of the OI.
: I think you made an excellent choice. Nicks NH is next on my
: agenda. I wonder if Nick sells CNC cut station forms?
: Douglas
: Good luck on your project.

Hi. Douglas.

I hadn't thought yet about forms but because I am in the UK, postage might be an issue.
I cut the forms for my Guillemot. Jig saw and then finished on a disc sander. Just a little
bit of fiddling with concave curves on a couple of stations but no big deal.
If I go the OI route I'll have to give that a little thought.

Sounds like you are one jump ahead of me.

Good luck on your builds.

Les C

Messages In This Thread

Strip: NEW BUILD
les cheeseman -- 12/17/2011, 3:22 pm
Re: Strip: NEW BUILD
Douglas Lee -- 12/17/2011, 8:41 pm
Re: Strip: NEW BUILD
Charles Robinson -- 12/17/2011, 9:36 pm
Re: Strip: NEW BUILD
les cheeseman -- 12/18/2011, 3:36 am
Re: Strip: NEW BUILD
Etienne Muller -- 12/18/2011, 7:07 am
Re: Strip: NEW BUILD
les cheeseman -- 12/18/2011, 9:31 am
Re: Strip: NEW BUILD
Allan -- 12/17/2011, 10:37 pm