I think I got three or four strips done and some cheater strips put in as well.
At the end of the day, I worked on sharpening up my plainer.
I doubt you can tell from the pics I have posted, I am working with straight strips. I did no do the cove and bead strips because I wanted to give the straight strips a try. Running a bevel down both sides of the strips is going faster than I had thought it might, but it is still time consuming,
It was 32 when I went out in the shop today, so even if it takes a little while to bevel the sides of the strips it's too cold to do anything else outside.
So far this has been one of the best winters yet, I can't see getting cabin fever, when I can go out and work a little each day on the fishing kayak.
Thank you Angie for getting me the plans for my new kayak..!
I will say this for those who may be thinking about building a kayak and wanting to know the pros and cons of using staples to hold the sticks in place or the clamp method. I assumed before I started that I could staple the strips and just keep going and knock them out a lot faster. Since I am not building a show kayak, instead a fishing kayak, I opted for staples and thought it may be faster. I am not sure it is any faster, I have only been able to finagle a couple of trips per day anyhow.
I do have several splices in each board right now. My average length board is only about 6-8' so by the time I make a skarf joint and clamp it and keep on going down the side of the yack I am stopping and waiting on the skarf joints to dry before I add another strip.
I worked on smaller projects that needed to be done while I waited on glue to dry. Oh another big perk I found out today, the shop heater will run on diesel so no more $12 a gallon kerosene. It makes the $3.60 a gollon diesel seam cheap, that is sad to, it isn't worth but the same ole 1.50 a gallon it used to be,,
Anyhow, hope you all have an awesome day.
Dale.
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