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Alan Gage	03/08/2017 01:26PM   Leave a small gap and either fill it with a sliver of wood or thickened and tinted epoxy (or wood filler) before fiberglassing. Alan
HighPlainsDrifter	03/08/2017 10:14PM   Alan I had a real good suggestion from "Brian" on the Bear Mountain site. He suggested this: 1) Glue a scrap of cove strip ( having the same color and grain ) to the bead of the strip that needs some fat. I used a scrap about 15" long. 2) Bevel the scrap down to add about 1/16" to the bead of the full strip. 3) Plane and sand the new addition to taper out and achieve a nice bead. 4) Go forth to the canoe and fit the new strip in place. This technique worked great and when on the canoe you can barely see where I added wood.
HighPlainsDrifter	03/07/2017 09:41PM   I have book-matched my strips for each side of the hull. One thing I strive for is to have the points on the port and starboard strips meet as one point along the center line. I have cut my center line and those strips are fixed in place. I know what to do if my lay-up strip is slightly higher than the fixed strips (plane down the bead). But what do I do if my lay-up side is running lower than the fixed side ?