# Sheer Clamps

**URL:** <https://forum.clcboats.com/t/sheer-clamps/35144>\
**Category:** Builder's Forum\
**Created:** [April 18, 2009, 4:06pm UTC](https://forum.clcboats.com/t/sheer-clamps/35144 "2009-04-18T16:06:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Hector\_Puig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/13edae/32.png) [@Hector\_Puig](https://forum.clcboats.com/u/Hector_Puig)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2009, 4:06pm UTC](https://forum.clcboats.com/t/sheer-clamps/35144/1 "2009-04-18T16:06:59Z")

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Hi,

&nbsp;&nbsp;I was getting ready to glue my sheer clamps to my Chesapeake 16LT when I noticed that they are not straight. You can see in the picture below that they curve right after the scarf joint. Is this going to be a problem? &nbsp;I am worried that the side panels of the hull are going to conform to the curve in the sheer clamp.

![sheer clamps](http://lh4.ggpht.com/_evjJKktGvrM/Seo_kZ-glLI/AAAAAAAAChY/6rWwefJxeDM/DSC_1560-sm.JPG)&nbsp;

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**Author:** ![pag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e19adc/32.png) [@pag](https://forum.clcboats.com/u/pag)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2009, 8:32pm UTC](https://forum.clcboats.com/t/sheer-clamps/35144/2 "2009-04-18T20:32:53Z")

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Hector,

I ran into the same situation on my Shearwater hybrid.&nbsp; One of the pieces of sheer clamp material had quite a twist.&nbsp; Not the best material I would have hoped for, but I decided to live with it.&nbsp; It took a bit of clamping force to get it lined up but it did not distort the plywood as far as I could tell. Those panels are all wired up, epoxied and glassed now with no ill effects.&nbsp; I have installed the deck forms and all is nicely fair and ready for stripping the deck.&nbsp; So clamp those puppies up and forge ahead.

Paul

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**Author:** ![Hector\_Puig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/13edae/32.png) [@Hector\_Puig](https://forum.clcboats.com/u/Hector_Puig)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2009, 8:02am UTC](https://forum.clcboats.com/t/sheer-clamps/35144/3 "2009-04-19T08:02:09Z")

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Thanks Pual,

&nbsp;&nbsp;That is good to know. I will go ahead and continue.

&nbsp;Hector&nbsp;