BFich and I are building together, we put down the bottom rail strip yesterday, we'll probably start the rails soon.

Thanks Rich for the advice, i'll post more pics when i get a chance

Woke up in the middle of the night last night with a thought. What if instead of putting your bevel facing down, you faced it up - so that the point pointed toward the celling. You'd get half the benefit of bead and cove, and still not need a router.

Like this:



The result might be an "interlocking" lip that would hold each rail strip in place while the glue sets. GG would foam up and fill the void as well. You'd just need to be careful in sanding so that you didn't expose the void.

Haven't had coffee yet - this idea might be ridiculous - many have been.

The only bad thing I could see in that is on the top of the frames where most of the wood gets planed down, it might be a little weak only having gorilla glue to fill the void that would become exposed by planing. I think it would still be doable though. Looks like a great solution for those without a router.

Looks like a great idea rich - so simple. Why didn't I think of that. The board I am working on has Bead and cove rails - I am comparing the effectiveness of the two at the moment.

Started shaping the rails today, it's tough. Anyone have any tips or techniques that worked for them?

It helped to have a punching bag in the basment next to where I was working...

Practice with you plane...long even pressured strokes on a bit of an angle.

If you are talking about the final shaping:

It takes more time and the dust sucks but sanding with 80-grit keeps you from making any big gouging mistakes.

Hello all
I just got plans for the 10 footer today (Christmas present), and had a question about the chine strips. Rich, you said to just cut the notches ourselves, but I was just curious where those notches should be placed, especially in the nose where the rails are close to 50/50. Should they be placed basically where the rail starts to curve up? If placed here, you will still have the rails curving up on the outer side of the chine strip; how would one negotiate this, especially if one is using the cove and bead strips? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance, and I can't wait to get started building.
Nate

Oops.
After further consideration I think I figured out my own question, but still, any tips are always appreciated. Anyways, I'm sure I'll be back with more questions as I get deeper into the build.
Nate