Jim Dodd's latest activity

You have corrected the wave ! I know the Herringbone is more work and a challenge. It looks like you have it ! Great pics by the way...

Another benefit. The herringbone method, makes it easier to keep the strips tight to the hull, giving you a true to the form shape...

I've always built with WRC. Maybe it has to do with the wood you are using ? If you have Faired your forms, the strips should lay...

Did that strip warp after you glued it into place ? I've never had that happen on any of my Stemless hulls. I start stripping in the...

Moose can be unpredictable but that one may have brain worm. We don't see that parasite here in Alaska....yet. I've been charged by cows...

The Jimmie clamps are like an extra hand, I use them to hold the strip in place, while I work clamping strips to the forms. . I still...

I think I mentioned this before as well, the 1/4" B&C is fine... to a point, then they start to kick out of the cove because it is...

I have the 3/16" bits, but opted for the 1/4". There is enough cove with the 1/4" bits, to hold the strip in place, and to me ? That's...

Oh, please... let's not drift the thread to shop cleanliness! I live by "a place for everything and everything all over the place".

I'm now radioactive (they actually gave me a wallet card & warned me that airports & tunnels could detect me... What the Hell did I...

You can never have too many

I think that's normal. I keep saying that I'll build when things are slow in the winter but it seems I'm doing epoxy in the summer...

I hope you have more Jimmy clamps than what's shown😜. I started with 25 on my stripper. On day 2, I paused long enough to make 25...

Jim: Can't help but notice the PPE. Wish I had seen that (and heeded it) when I was cutting strips. I have no known allergies, and...

The link below has a similar example done with moose hide. Benson https://forums.wcha.org/threads/moose-hide-canoe.12314/