Recent content by Jeff001

Thanks, learning a lot. Your Freedom 17 looks great, I see the staple reference. Going to go back and study it a bit more.

This seems like the way to go. I'll report back. In the event that I sand a window into the bottom of this thing I will not report back. :p

I hear ya, trying not to let perfection be the enemy of good.

The random orbital is what got me in the first place. First build so I decided to go with staples to lessen the complexity. But...I buried the crown on more strips than I realized. In an effort to hide that sin, I created (sanding) some low spots on the staple lines. You would think I could...

Yup, first one. I'm rough sanding (random orbital) with 80 in preparation for a final sanding with 120. Also using a manual long board.

16' Prospector. Will do on the pics.

Mark, Thanks for the response. When wet and under normal lighting conditions, no problem. I was concerned that the gloss of the epoxy might show them off. RE: Stems, I ordered some brass stem bands which haven't arrived. I was waiting for them to do the final shaping on the stems. Jeff

Hi all, First build and currently at the rough sanding phase. Unfortunately, I was overzealous on the staple hole cleanup. The sanding marks are invisible under normal light but are pretty pronounced with task lighting. My question is this, am I overthinking it or will these marks be accentuated...