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Strip: Cockpit recess for a V-shaped deck
By:Mark Catterson
Date: 4/10/2017, 1:55 pm

I am building a Great Auk design from Nick Schade. I'm planning to do a cockpit recess with strips, not plywood. The Auk design has a pretty strong inverted V-shape for the bow of the deck.

When I put a strip perpendicular to the V-shaped deck, the two parts don't match up at all. I've noticed that most of the online images of cockpit recesses show a fairly flat deck profile.

I'm a first-time builder, so I have to ask: Can you do a cockpit recess with a V-shaped deck? If so, what's the best technique? Do you just plane off the parts of the strip the project beyond the V? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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Strip: Cockpit recess for a V-shaped deck
Mark Catterson -- 4/10/2017, 1:55 pm
Re: Strip: Cockpit recess for a V-shaped deck *PIC*
Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 4/10/2017, 3:02 pm
Re: Strip: Cockpit recess for a V-shaped deck
Mark Catterson -- 4/10/2017, 4:29 pm
Re: Strip: Cockpit recess for a V-shaped deck *PIC*
Justin -- 4/11/2017, 4:07 am