The Bear Mountain Boat Shop

If you scarfed the boards before ripping the joints would all be in pretty much the same place on the hull which you wouldn't want.

Thanks, I appreciate the input, I"ll stick with conventional marine varnish.

John

I read somewhere on this forum a discussion on rub-on-varnish. I have never heard anymore about.
Has anyone used it, is it a viable thing ? It almost sounds too good. Maybe you can't get enough film thickness to be of value though.
Any thoughts would be appreciated.

John

Tom - the lumber was one inch thick rough and the sanding was just the last step to insure a constant thicknes thus a constant width to the strips.

There is a specialty RF glue but the Original Titebond works fine also.

That's right, kind of like a microwave.

John

Here's the long version URL, maybe it will work better. http://picasaweb.google.com/momamdpopb/ ... 7676028482

They aren't cheap, but they are available used, a friend just picked one up for around $500. I was in the architectural woodwork business for 25 years and in retirement I've been doing cabinet and furniture work for another 16.

I am new to this forum but have been reading it for 6 months - it is a great resource! I started my first build, a Bob's Special, after Christmas 2009. I have used a WorkRite RF gluer in my shop for many years and was really looking forward to use it to build a canoe, now I don't know how I could do...