First Strips

I found a couple of nice red cedar boards that I could get a few strips from, there were a lot of knots in the boards but I was able to get enough strips to use for features and will be able to add some nice color. I plan on using the red cedar to make a patter of sorts on the top side of the kayak. I cut strips from the juniper, white cedar and red cedar and now have about 1050 feet of 1/4 x 5/8" strips ready to use. I have milled the bead on them using my router and will mill the cove on the strips in small batches as I use them so as not to damage the coves.

I finally got the time to install the shear strips that are made of red cedar and began installing the lighter juniper strips on the hull.  I had to make sure the shear strip presented a fair line along the hull since this will set the appearance for the remainder of the strips.The kayak should start to take shape fast now as I to make progress stripping the hull
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The above shows the shear line at the bow

This is the shear line at the stern

Here is a closer view of the stern

I'm deciding how the next strip will go on

while allowing for the first "cheater" strip

Just a cool photo of my tools