Chapter 4    Photo 7


1/4 by 1/2 inch oak rub strip


I added this oak rub strip to trim out the ends.  I cut the strips on the table saw, and bent them to shape on the stove.  I just boiled a large skillet of water, dipped the middles of the strips into the boiling water, and in about 30 seconds, it was pliable enough to bend easily into a smooth curve.  Slick as can be.  I rounded them off after the epoxy cured, and it looks first-rate on the finished canoe.


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