Let Me Strip For You - Making a Kayak - microBootlegger Sport - E12
Continuing with the stripping. Using a robo-bevel to fit the strips.
Strip building involves bending thin (1/4-inch [6-mm] or less) pieces of wood around temporary forms, edge-gluing them together, and then fiberglassing inside and out. It is a great method for making beautiful, lightweight, small boats. Also called "Cedar Strip", "Wood Strip", "Strip Planked" etc.
Continuing with the stripping. Using a robo-bevel to fit the strips.
Continuing with the stripping. Using a robo-bevel to fit the strips.
Installing the first strips on my microBootlegger Sport sea kayak. Discussion about keeping all the matching strips organized and in order.
Sorting strips for book matching from a 1-1/2" x 12" vertical grained board
Sorting strips for book matching from a 3/4" x 12" flat grained board
Spending a little time shaping the inner stems
Finally getting the forms strung on the strongback. I discuss the spacer system and how to true up the forms.