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Pea fun. Think of common phrases that can be used with "pea". Keep it (mostly) clean. For example, here is a select sample list from...

Maybe they are not really looking.

I don't know what you plan to use for coating, but the Varnish grade, 4" Cigar type Foam rollers would be my choice, for application...

I have had to splice gunnels for nearly all my strippers. It's really a good option, but you need a scarf ratio, of at least a 9 to...

Scarf joint is your friend.

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...