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Rotisserie ! Now we are Talking ! The first one I saw was in Wisconsin. Martin Van, a professional canoe builder, had one. That was my inspiration for Tilting my strongbacks. He was able to get a full 90 degree rotation. Using Plastic cement, that came as a powder, and mixed with water, was...

After looking at your pics a little closer ? I wonder how much rocker you are going with ? It almost reminds me of the rocker on a Prospector. Jim

Nice ! Brian A great foundation ! Could you clamp a couple of scrap strips to your stem forms, to verify alignment ? Jim

After you have your forms set, just for kicks and giggles, stretch some Fish line, from stem to stem, a check the trueness of your forms. Jim

In my experience, I repositioned the forms by adjusting the cleats and forms, to make things Fair. Now that you have the forms in place, You need to insure your stem forms are perfectly vertical, or at least aligned with each other. This Is a trick I learned from the MCA Builders book. Here...

Glad you made the Uniwhale work ! My fear of the Uniwhale, would be it splitting ,at the 1/4" thick area, between the inwhale and out whale, while I was wrestling it into place saturated with Thickened epoxy. Another thing the Uniwhale doesn't allow for Scuppers. I got to have scuppers...

I Stand Corrected ! Your plan overlay is enlightening ! I should have done that ! If you take out the Rocker from the NWC Merlin ? You pretty much have the same forms, below the waterline, as the 38. Oh, I see the Shearlines are slightly different also. I'd like to know Who drew up the NWC...

Accuracy is in the eye of the builder. Some are happy if their forms are a1/4" off. That's just not me. How will a hull preform, if the forms are off a 1/4" ? I don't know. How thick is the laser beam projection ? I can visually inspect the fish line, anytime during the set up and building...

Northwest Canoe, modified the Original Bruce Kunz Merlin. A good move, beings you have the PDF file, see if you can enlarge by .38% You will then have the 38 Spl. You will need to go to a 12.5" form spacing, and yes as Mark states above, you will need to Fair the station. I know I did. I...

On the weight issue, I've seen a few race hulls, that had no gunnels at all, just a thick shearline strip. The seats were the pedestal type, so no need for thick gunnels to support the seat. All that would have saved a lot of build time, as well as expense. They used aluminum thwarts, made...

I'll grant you, that there is not much weight reduction going to a stemless build. The time it takes to shape a stemless form, should be about the same as shaping the inner stem. A stemless build doesn't require steam bending, or laminating both the inner and out stems. Both time, energy, and...

Yes ! It's This time of year, when we start dreaming up a new build ! Two things, in the weigh savings. A Kevlar copy , with Aluminum gunnels, notice I didn't say cost ! Kevlar will likely double your weight reduction. Second, a stemless build, will likely reduce the weight by more than...

If I didn't know better ? I'd say I was in the shop working With You ! You are on the right road Travis ! Keep it up !

Funny ! Just today I was setting up a router, to bead and cove ! Your set up looks good. Sometimes you can't avoid tear out, If you take a quick look at the grain of the strip, before running it through the router, you can avoid that. Yes that strip is usable.

I will investigate ! Thanks ! Jim

Thanks ! Stripper !

I like the looks of the Swift better than mine! Mine is a straight cut, with the transom, at a forward angle. I'll post some pics soon, on another thread. Thanks for the input on Innegra ! Yes, I've only seen a few posts, on it. I'm curious if the vinyester, would wet out any better...

That was how I made the patterns for the flotation chambers, on my first few. It worked. I glassed both sides Haven't had an issue in over 30 years. Jim

It's a Bob tailed, Bruce Kunz 38 Spl. Bob tailing the 38, so I can get by with a few shorter strips. It won't change the water line, but it could accomodate a rudder. Have the forms up, working on the strips now. Jim

I'ts been quite some time, since there has been any scuttle on Basalt innegra. I'm in the process of another stripper build, and entertaining the idea of pulling a composite copy from it. I have a bunch of Kevlar cloth, and would like some input on the combination. Thanks ! Jim