Information and articles about the tools used to build small boats and how to use them.
There are often situations where you need to trim a group of strips tofollow a line, such as a chine or keel line.
Here are links to sources of some of the materials, tools and books useful to people building wooden kayaks. This is not a complete listing just some of those I can find on the net.
To build a striper from scratch you the minimum tools needed:
Table Saw or Band Saw, (Not required with the kits)
Jig Saw
Block Plane,
Thin Kerf Hand Saw,
Jack Knife,
Sanding Blocks.
A selection of clamps
Some of the schools may have some of these tools, but if you want to be better prepared with your own tools these are what we use: