We got the wide strips for the hull sides ripped, set up the bow and secured no less than four strips. That is real progress!
We are becoming experts at ripping strips with the skilsaw. Fast and easy. Next time we will have to do some hard decisions and start beveling the edges of the strips going into the bottom section.
We will have to re-check bulkhead 300 with Phill. Is it supposed to go in at position 300 and is the bow supposed to be hollow?
With the current setup the bow will be hollow, and I have a hard time trying to imagine Phill designing it like that.. Hopefully we will know before wednesday, when we begin stripping in earnest.
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Hi, How are you going to remove the staples? In the past I have used a 3" (8cm) piece of reinforced packing tape under each staple. Then when you need to you just pull the end of the tape and out comes the staple.
Since we are going to glue the strips together by brushing epoxy on the gaps between them it might create a problem if we use fibre strips/tapes or similar. At least that is why we have not done that. If the glue process works well, we might consider it for the next hull half.
We plan to use the "standard" grinded steel to work them loose, then a set of pliers to pull them out.
Love your building project, even if you are going synthetic and not using wood in the finished hull :-)
It is actually very easy. The epoxy protects the wood surface without making it significally harder to pull the staples. I recommend the "Rapid" staple puller - it grabs the staple, locks it and pulls it in one go. Saves a lot of time. Grind the lower part shorter and thinner though...
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