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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...

Try using the micro-plane by itself, too.

I see a fair bit of this was user error and not using staples. Having a coffee break now but things are going a lot smother today. I...

I'd say five minutes a strip sounds about right, maybe less if it was full length.

A strip an hour?! I haven't timed myself, and I don't recall doing more than 6 strips total per session, but maybe 30 minutes - so 5...

I'm currently getting a strip an hour maybe which I'm not too pleased with. I was actually planning on using staples, the distressed...

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...

I use staples and bead and cove, so a hull the size of an osprey can usually be planked quite quickly. I don't think I would have the...

I got another 6 strips on today. It's not going very quickly with the square edge. How many strips do you guys normally get on in a day?

My first strip didn’t go so well. I end up breaking it off just as the glue was finishing setting. There gaps were too big and I knew...

SG, my wife is away right now so I'm free to put the hours in. Like you mentioned before the plans come with very good directions for...

Mike, You're sure moving right along... I can't quite tell from your pics how that accent strip works relative to the crease. When I...

You have discovered the problems involved keeping the strips tight to the forms. There are more to come. Good luck ! Jim

It took a fair bit more work today on the ends to get the walnut sitting well at the ends. I used my oscillating tool with a sander head...

So today I moved away from the instructions. When I was deciding whether to use the yellow cedar or not I came to the conclusion that it...