Depends on the size of the project. Staples are OK for a canoe or
dinghy but my strips were 1.125" thick. Staples would not have worked.

auerbach wrote:
Isn't it just as easy to use a staple gun and long staples, driven in over
small pieces of heavy plastic to make location and removal easy later?

"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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On Mon, 03 May 2004 23:17:03 +0200, peter
wrote:


The screws don't rust as far as I know and as the whole lot is
encapsulated in epoxy afterwards I doubt if they ever would.

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The standard screws will rust, it's just a matter of time. You can
get them in either galvanized or stainless steel however.





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On Mon, 03 May 2004 22:28:47 -0400, Glenn Ashmore
wrote:
Depends on the size of the project. Staples are OK for a canoe or
dinghy but my strips were 1.125" thick. Staples would not have worked.

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With stips that thick, at what point are you able to remove the
screws?

Wayne.B wrote:
On Mon, 03 May 2004 22:28:47 -0400, Glenn Ashmore
wrote:

Depends on the size of the project. Staples are OK for a canoe or
dinghy but my strips were 1.125" thick. Staples would not have worked.


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With stips that thick, at what point are you able to remove the
screws?

I pulled them as soon as the planking was finished so I would not grind
into the heads while doing the rough fairing.

--
Glenn Ashmore

I'm building a 45' cutter in strip/composite. Watch my progress (or lack
there of) at: http://www.rutuonline.com
Shameless Commercial Division: http://www.spade-anchor-us.com

Glenn Ashmore wrote:

Wayne.B wrote:

On Mon, 03 May 2004 22:28:47 -0400, Glenn Ashmore
wrote:

Depends on the size of the project. Staples are OK for a canoe or
dinghy but my strips were 1.125" thick. Staples would not have worked.



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With stips that thick, at what point are you able to remove the
screws?


I pulled them as soon as the planking was finished so I would not grind
into the heads while doing the rough fairing.

I recall that there's a company producing plastic nails that can be
driven with a nail gun. The idea is that when it comes time to plane or
sand the surface, the nails remain in place and are shaped along with
the wood.

Raptors.
Good idea but they only work with one or two high end nailers.

Brian Nystrom wrote:


I recall that there's a company producing plastic nails that can be
driven with a nail gun. The idea is that when it comes time to plane or
sand the surface, the nails remain in place and are shaped along with
the wood.


--
Glenn Ashmore

I'm building a 45' cutter in strip/composite. Watch my progress (or lack
there of) at: http://www.rutuonline.com
Shameless Commercial Division: http://www.spade-anchor-us.com