{"id":218,"date":"2014-07-06T12:02:32","date_gmt":"2014-07-06T19:02:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/projects.mykos.org\/?p=218"},"modified":"2014-07-06T12:02:32","modified_gmt":"2014-07-06T19:02:32","slug":"creative-clamping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mykos.org\/?p=218","title":{"rendered":"Creative Clamping"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The past weeks I’ve been adding strips almost daily. While I was going up the sides of the canoe I could add three strips at a time. The curve was gentle and predominately in one dimension. The curve was also in the plane which the strips are thin, so they could easily conform.<\/p>\n

Once I got up to the turn of the bilge, things got complicated. I knew I wouldn’t be able to do three strips at a time. I was hopeful I could do two though. I was proven wrong. Strips 7 – 10 went on as a triplet. I attempted to put 11 and 12 on together and it was a disaster. No matter how I arranged my wedges I couldn’t get them to lay tight together and conform to the forms at the same time.<\/p>\n

With my glue setting up I had to just settle for fitting the forms or risk having to cut them off altogether. Which would be a ton of work and mean scrapping two unused strips to keep my bookmatched pattern.<\/p>\n

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\"gap<\/a><\/p>\n

So that leaves me with this ugly gap and a ridge between these two planks. It’ll get faired with the spokeshave later and the gap will have to be filled with glue and sanding dust. Because so much material will need to be taken off to get the fair curve the hull will be a bit thinner here unfortunately.<\/p>\n

So all the strips after that have gone on one at a time. I’ve switched the orientation of the L brackets as well. Now I’m clamping on the long arm and trapping the strips under the short section. I’ve also abandoned the wedges most of the time. I can put enough pressure on the strips to get them into place, transfer the force onto the L block to hold the position and then tighten the clamp to keep it there.<\/p>\n

The areas near the stems have required some very creative clamping solutions. In fact almost every strip needs a different setup as the angle is changing there so dramatically from one strip to the next. I’ve used wedges with sandpaper glued to them to provide a square surface for my F clamps. I’ve also used small blocks screwed right to the station mold as levers. And for the last few strips I’ve used a spring clamp with a caul supported on the far end by a block to increase clamping force and protect the hull.<\/p>\n

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\"spring<\/a><\/p>\n

That gap looks pretty bad but it’s not as bad as it looks. The camera angle is just looking right into it here. I have lots worse…<\/p>\n

I’ve also used a whole roll of masking tape up to this point. It’s been pretty much my fall back clamping setup. I can’t recommend enough having lots of masking tape on hand for building a canoe. Even between the blocks on station molds I’ve used strips of masking tape to help keep the joints tight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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