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I have no experience (yet - lurking around here soaking up information like a sponge!) with building strippers but I have shaped and...

Yes. I liken them to a third hand, for hold strips. The biggest two advantages to bead and cove. One strip alignment. Bead and Coved...

I love ideas and applications like this. Thanks for sharing the diy method! These clamps look awesome and I do like the idea of building...

They'll work just fine without the tubing. I've been building with bead & cove and using these Jimmy clamps without any tubing to...

Not much sun on my week long trip to Disappointment Lake. It was only one longvportage in, and the traffic was non-stop. On the third...

Location: Eno river from Kings Highway Park to dam at Orange-Alamance Lake. Date: Late September 2025 Craft: Mad River Explorer...

My choices in hardware are pretty plain. I bought the same seat, hangers and end caps that are in my Clipper. The longest trip I've...

The inner stem is fine, it should be flush with the top of the station. The channel for the outer stem is carved from the covering...

So long as there's no " Wanted Posters" out on you ! ;)

I'm surprised to hear that. Canada is a pretty rough place. I've spent months traveling and sleeping out of my car, including less than...

I was guiding a couple down the Steel River. As we approached Deadhorse Creek bridge, there was some debate between them about ending...

A closer look at you stems ? I believe either your two piece forms, attached to the stem, are too low, or your inner stems are too high...

A few more strips today, frustrating pace. Used the heat gun to put some twist on the strips. Reached the point that I need to start...

All I know, is it takes me a lot more time, and trips back and forth, to the wood shop. Even when I'm just doing a partial Staple less...

I'm in mem's camp. Staple holes and bead & cove allow me to work quickly and usually by the time I get my stem taper cut, scarf the...