Round Your Edges

Round Your Edges

Stitch and Glue Boatbuilding Tips

With stitch-and-glue boatbuilding joints it is often necessary to wire together parts so they touch at their inside corners, as shown in the sketch. Holding them in this alignment can be tricky as they tend to slip out of position. Try rounding over the corners that meet. One or two passes with a sanding block will do it. Now it should be much easier to keep the edges in alignment.

Wiring together items before rounding edges.
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