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lapstitch question - first time sassafras builder
Built the mill creek before and now doing a Sassafras 12. Look this new lapstitch question but am unsure of something. I just put the exopy into the seams and removed the wires. I'm wondering when I get back to the exterior finishing stage how much of the lapped over section of the strake stays and how much gets sanded off if any? I'm thinking I may need to fill in the seems even more if I'm suppposed to just round over the lapped area between each section and that is it? I now that the finished product does have a nice stepped down appearance between each section but I can't picture what it is supposed to look like when complete and wonder how much I'm suppoed to sand over the lapped area of the seam. Am I making any sense here at all? Anyone have any close up photos of what it should look like when done?
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RE: lapstitch question - first time sassafras builder
I built a Sass '16. I did as you probably have done: applied enough epoxy to glue the bits together, removed the wires, then wondered what to do with the rest of the space remaining between the strakes.
What I did was use epoxy mixed with a lot of wood flour, and spacked it in there with a spatula. Lighter, easier to sand, and less epoxy, so cheaper build overall. Maybe some strength lost over pure epoxy, but three years of rough handlings says it's fine.
RE: lapstitch question - first time sassafras builder
Thanks so much for the feedback. I will go and fill the seams up level is the lap is even as it drops to the next section. I was wondering if that was what it was supposed to look like. I've not seen one of these first hand and that would help a lot if I had.
I'm sure I will be back with another question or two before it is all said and done.
Klaver
RE: lapstitch question - first time sassafras builder
» Submitted by Klaver - Tue, 12/9/08 » 7:37 AM
So clearly I need to go back and fill in the seams more than I did. Looks like you almost need to over fill then a bit? Right now I filled them up and they have slight dip in them that dropped under the line of the strake. Looks like I really need to fill them all the way to top plus a little correct? Looks like in your photo you sort of fan out the fill in the seam and tapper it off a bit into the next section?