Stripping three quarters of a hull in one evening, while working mostly alone. Not too shabby. Feels like some real progress now. Frode certainly likes to see what looks like boat parts begin to fill the garage.
Amazing how much faster we came to this stage the second time we did it. Can it be done faster? Certainly!I have a japanese dozuki saw with a 0.3mm thick blade on order. The company, Clas Ohlson, takes its time to deliver. Not happy with them just now. While waiting for the saw, I plan to put in a heavy duty sanding session with a drill and a flexible sanding pad on friday. I filled some poor planking last night, and the epoxy had not hardened enough for sanding tonight. At 15 degrees C the epoxy takes its own sweet time to finish off, much like Clas Ohlson in fact..
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And what do you need that one for?
What? The saw? I have been told by several builders that the fastest way to fit the strips is with a saw. Using a plane takes some time, no matter how enjoyable it is :)
Or was the question something entirely different?
It was about the saw, I will still enjoy the plane
I ride: "Now all stations are up, except station 5 and 30".
Since I am seriously considering moving to strip and into my plans (for plywood building), there are 15 stations plus the transom, you may be more precise in the number of stations that are using every means hull?
Thank you, congratulations for your work, I will be useful.
Frenk from Italy.
Frenk,
as I have written here earlier several times, the plans we are building to is a one-time opportunity. The designer have known us for quite some years and did these special plans just for us under a special agreement.
With just 15 stations, I think you will have some trouble getting a good result. It would be much better to do it in ply instead. You need a lot of stations as the lists are just 5mm thick.
If it can be any help, we would definately go for ply construction if we should do this again. Strip plank is nice, but ply is a lot faster. The only reason we are doing this in strip is becouse it was not possible to get usable ply at the time we started.
I agree completly with Rolf, stick to the plans of Phill, and follow his method (he is a very skilled builder) if you dont have made an agreement with him.
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