After ripping the strips, the next step in the process was routing the cove and bead into the strips. The cove and bead can be accomplished by either a router or a sharpener, and since my dad only owned a router I was not going to complain. The difference between using a router and a shaper is the bead on the router is done with two pulls through, while only one pull is needed for the shaper. This process was time consuming and tedious, yet it was exciting actually envisioning how the planks will fit together. However, this step also produced a lot a of saw dust, so again out came all the equipment as pictured below. When routing the cove and bead, we used a feather board to help assist the applied pressure on the router bit, which was purchased from Rockler. The next step was scarfing and gluing the strips together to have 17 ft long board that I will need for stripping the hull of the canoe.
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