19' 9" Chaa Creek Expedition

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Re: 19' 9" Chaa Creek Expedition

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stem planks are steamed, bent, and left to dry
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Re: 19' 9" Chaa Creek Expedition

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planks ready for the router... a few of these are irregular but most are useable
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Re: 19' 9" Chaa Creek Expedition

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Just curious... Are you building without outer stems?
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Re: 19' 9" Chaa Creek Expedition

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jimlgordon wrote:
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setting up mill the cove and bead on the mountain of strips
Just curious if you planed your planks to a uniform thickness, before you cut your strips ? If not you will likely see discrepancies in you strip widths.
I solve this problem, by running my strips Between the bit, and the fence.
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This effectively Kills Two Birds with One stone @ Uniforms the strip width in the first pass, and cuts the bead.
This is totally safe with thin strips of Cedar. I wouldn't do this with Hard wood.

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Re: 19' 9" Chaa Creek Expedition

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great idea about the router... I saw that pic before but did not understand it then... now it makes more sense to me after a trial run of the setup
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As some can probably observe, I forgot to steam and bend the outer stems so I will have to do that next over the inner stems.
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Re: 19' 9" Chaa Creek Expedition

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Oh OK. I was actually thinking you might be going with only inner stems. That could work nicely too...
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Re: 19' 9" Chaa Creek Expedition

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Steamed the bow and stern outer stems… this time the wood was so hot and wet, even the maple and walnut strips bent very easily with very little pressure.
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Re: 19' 9" Chaa Creek Expedition

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I find that the hardwoods actually seem to bend easier than the softwood:.

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Re: 19' 9" Chaa Creek Expedition

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Added a walnut strip to the bow and glued it up (like I did on the stern earlier) and replaced the middle support with a wider stance so it can be rolled easier without distorting the strongback and molds.
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The first staple in the first plank
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Re: 19' 9" Chaa Creek Expedition

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Planking begins
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Exciting part, as you strip the boat ... you can start to imagine that it is really a canoe .... enjoy

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Re: 19' 9" Chaa Creek Expedition

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Excellent start !
Staples aren't too deep ! Duct tape works great on the forms ! And you have simple miter for the strips !

:tu :tu

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Re: 19' 9" Chaa Creek Expedition

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Lots of planking progress in one weekend
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