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You can use short pieces of strips stapled to the forms as clamps. (I am assuming you are using cove and bead strips) I stapled the sheer strips and tried to go stapleless but quickly found the additional aggravation of trying to get the strips to stay in place not worth the effort and I resorted not only to staples but to a power stapler. On the deck I did without the staples but for any of the areas with much twist or bend the staples (or brads) were the best.
> I have found several very helpful articles regarding stapleless
> construction but all fail to mention the attachment of the sheer strip. Is
> it so vital to the construction that it should be stapled to the station
> or can it be clamped into postion until the glue dries on the next strip.
> Thanks for the help. Happy Y2K.
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Guillemot Kayak - High
Performance Wooden Sea Kayak Designs
