I have been throwing everything in the thread about finding wood for strips and figured maybe I should break out some questions in either separate threads or start a build thread. For now I'll do a break out of a specific topic.
I dug out my 1981 printing of "The Strippers Guide to Canoe Building" from when I toyed with the notion of building a stripper way back then. It reminded me that back then I got the impression that most seemed to think band sawing the strips was the way to go. Given that in my shop the band saw is habitually the go to tool for operations where there is a choice between it and other tools I might normally tend to lean that way if it is a toss up.
I see that folks here seem to either use a skilsaw or a tablesaw. Given the choice between the two It occurs to me that I like the duct collection on the tablesaw considering how much cutting this will involve. It also might be a reason to prefer it over the bandsaw which has poor dust collection despite my best efforts to set that up.
If I wanted the very most smooth and uniform thickness strips I could run them through the thickness sander for a light pass on each side before doing the bead and cove, but I imaging that is overkill. It wouldn't take very long though since a lot could be done side by side in one pass.
Oh, on another note I saw some mention of "gang cutting strips" on the table saw using more than one blade with a spacer between blades. See http://www.michneboat.com/Making Strips.htm Anyone ever try that? Probably not worth the setup time for cutting the strips for one Wee Lassie 2, but it looks interesting. Thoughts?
I dug out my 1981 printing of "The Strippers Guide to Canoe Building" from when I toyed with the notion of building a stripper way back then. It reminded me that back then I got the impression that most seemed to think band sawing the strips was the way to go. Given that in my shop the band saw is habitually the go to tool for operations where there is a choice between it and other tools I might normally tend to lean that way if it is a toss up.
I see that folks here seem to either use a skilsaw or a tablesaw. Given the choice between the two It occurs to me that I like the duct collection on the tablesaw considering how much cutting this will involve. It also might be a reason to prefer it over the bandsaw which has poor dust collection despite my best efforts to set that up.
If I wanted the very most smooth and uniform thickness strips I could run them through the thickness sander for a light pass on each side before doing the bead and cove, but I imaging that is overkill. It wouldn't take very long though since a lot could be done side by side in one pass.
Oh, on another note I saw some mention of "gang cutting strips" on the table saw using more than one blade with a spacer between blades. See http://www.michneboat.com/Making Strips.htm Anyone ever try that? Probably not worth the setup time for cutting the strips for one Wee Lassie 2, but it looks interesting. Thoughts?