Stripping Without Staples

Builder's Forum
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I have a Shearwater 16 Hybrid and somewhere I read of a jig to use to strip a deck without using staples however I can't seem to find it.  Has anyone stripped a deck without staples?  Any advice or insight would be greatly appreciated.

 

Thanks,

Charlie 

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I used a whole bunch of these doohickies..

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Here is a link to a post with pictures of pretty "doodads" for clamping strips:

http://www.blueheronkayaks.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1071&p=10788&hilit=strip+doodads#p10788

At one point, a participant of the Blue Heron forum had a large number of these manufactured and was selling them very reasonably priced. But you get the idea, you can make them yourself. These clamps are good for putting sideways pressure to clamp strips to each other, it is also critically important to have a way of exerting downward pressure to insure that the strip is conforming to the forms. So long as you make sure, by whatever means, the strips are clamped to each other, and clamped down to the forms, you should be ok.

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eric

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put tape around your forms first ,add a little hot melt glue to the back side of your strip, afte you have fit it and put glue on, to help hold the strips to the forms . Put the U clips on withe spring clamp and away you go

have fun 

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Thanks, I appreciate the hints and I will give it a try.

 

Charlie 

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If anyone has any other advice, I would appreciate it.

 

Charlie