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Chapter:-Glueing strips-
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Attaching the first cedar strip ( 18 x 6 x 5500 mm.) was an impressive step. The strips were stapled to the cross sections to keep them in place.

A fellow boat builder advised me to use a polyurethane glue which is seawater proof. The glue expands when it reacts and fills small holes and cracks. I enjoyed working with this glue.

Because the boat has a rounded shape, the strips have to be assembled in sometimes difficultly twisted ways. With an old kettle and an old piece of pipe from a vacuumcleaner I constructed a system to steam the Red Cedar strips. I steamed the strips for 20 minutes. During cooling down the strip was bent into the required shape.

You can see the end of the strips sticking out, these will be removed later.

When I needed to turn the boat over I couldn't use the beam as a support anymore, so I constructed a kind of box in which I mounted 3 pre shaped polystyrene sheets to support the boat. I was able to exchange the sheets easily when I needed to turn the boat to other positions.

Glueing the strips for the deck is almost the same as stripping the hull of the boat. I used different coloured strips for the deck and created a diamondshape to make it look nicer.

Polyurethane glue is a strong glue, however it has a disadvantage, the expanding glue leaves a very hard ridge. It's hard work to remove this ridge. The outside of the boat can be cleaned with electrical tools, however the inside has to be done by hand.

All strips are mounted, this picture shows the rough shape of the boat.

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	Attaching the first cedar strip ( 18 x 6 x 5500 mm.) was an impressive step. The strips were stapled to the cross sections to keep them in place.
	A fellow boat builder advised me to use a polyurethane glue which is seawater proof. The glue expands when it reacts and fills small holes and cracks. I enjoyed working with this glue.
	Because the boat has a rounded shape, the strips have to be assembled in sometimes difficultly twisted ways. With an old kettle and an old piece of pipe from a vacuumcleaner I constructed a system to steam the Red Cedar strips. I steamed the strips for 20 minutes. During cooling down the strip was bent into the required shape.
	You can see the end of the strips sticking out, these will be removed later.
	When I needed to turn the boat over I couldn't use the beam as a support anymore, so I constructed a kind of box in which I mounted 3 pre shaped polystyrene sheets to support the boat. I was able to exchange the sheets easily when I needed to turn the boat to other positions.
	Glueing the strips for the deck is almost the same as stripping the hull of the boat. I used different coloured strips for the deck and created a diamondshape to make it look nicer.
	Polyurethane glue is a strong glue, however it has a disadvantage, the expanding glue leaves a very hard ridge. It's hard work to remove this ridge. The outside of the boat can be cleaned with electrical tools, however the inside has to be done by hand.
	All strips are mounted, this picture shows the rough shape of the boat.